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| Staff and Volunteers at New Life |
New Life Foundation is a recovery center for those dealing with drug addiction issues. UPLift first met New Life staff during a Natural Farming training we attended together in March. Julien, the current manager of New Life, has recently begun a revamping of the site's farmland in order to generate income on a larger scale in order to self-fund their operations.
To do this, New Life is working alongside Ajan Suthat, a former chemical engineer who has recently found a passion for organic farming. Compared to other teachers and programs on the topic of Natural Farming, Ajan Suthat uses a more scientific, data-based approach to refine pig rearing, organic farming, and compost production in order to help impoverished families learn how to do these things for themselves.
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| Ajan Suthat (center) working with New Life employees |
With his methods for improving pig feed, raw material inputs and overall pig health, UPLift's pilot project in Mae Sot will improve considerably, most notably the reduction of time needed to increase a pig's weight to 100kg (our previous estimate of 5 months has reduced to 3 months).
Speaking of the pilot project at Hway Ka Loke school in Mae Sot, we will sit down with the school staff and begin the planning process next week!
