Thailand’s Kirimaya becomes more self-sufficient
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The Kirimaya and Muthi Maya resorts, close to Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park, have unveiled a new range of organic initiatives aimed at making them sustainable and self-sufficient.
Last year, Kirimaya planted a two-hectare organic farm that will eventually supply 100% of the resorts’ vegetables and herbs. And now the property has started a new series of organic initiatives to boost its farm’s productivity.
A new worm farm will use African red worms to regenerate the soil, aimed at increasing crop yields, while the resorts have also introduced a new organic compost system, using waste from the hotel kitchens. Fruit and vegetable peelings will be mixed with dry leaves and stems from the landscape to create mineral-rich compost, while also reducing organic waste by 75%.
Other fruit and vegetable peelings from the kitchens will be fermented for 21 days to make a natural insecticide for use on the farm.
The resort has introduced new seed stocks, including a range of Italian vegetables and herbs, Thai vegetables, fruits and herbs and Japanese vegetables and herbs, to be used in the hotel’s kitchens, while it is also grafting 150 passion fruit trees, which it expected to harvest later this year.
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