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| Ingredients for Fermented Fruit Juice, or FPJ |
The UPLift Pig/Compost project pilot is still going strong in Mae Sot, Thailand The system of raising pigs on a mixture of banana stalk, dry feed and homemade microorganism concentrates is moving on to its second phase--teaching both teachers and students at Hway Ka Loke Migrant School how to make "IMOs", or indigenous microorganisms.
These microorganisms are to be used in several ways:
- to enhance the feed of the pigs by providing stronger and more appropriate bacteria to the stomachs of the pigs
- to break down the banana feed mix into simple nutrients, so that pigs can digest more nutrients than when eating store feed
- to break down existing deep-litter materials into organic matter and compost, so that the school can use or sell up to a ton of rich compost per year
Our staff began the workshop last week by introducing a few basic processes for making these IMOs, of which there are seven in total for use in the project. Take a look!
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| Students and teachers prepared ingredients for an IMO that promotes stomach health (for pigs as well as humans!) |
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Morning glory and sugar will be fermented to create a liquid used to water pigs, as well as increase nitrogen and potassium levels in the school's vegetable patches
Finished IMOs in the fermentation process |
