4th Organic Day 2010

I saw bigger crowd for the Organic Day at Section 19 Field last Sunday. It was the first time that the carnival was held on Sunday compared to the previous three which were held on Saturday. Perhaps more people have precious time for this outing.

One of the interesting do was the dialogue between organic farmers, NGOs, agencies and consumers. The interactive session was held to clear the doubt of consumers on the true and pure organic produce and the ways of identifying the genuine produce. The session also provided farmers the opportunities to gather market information from the consumers. At the same time, it was also an opportunity for education and experiential learning towards organic friendly lifestyle society.

The Organic Day has also attracted attention from university. Bus loaded of students from the National University of Malaysia were there to mingle around with the crowd. Interestingly enough I met with a fellow planners attached with the Federal Planning Department. He commended our partnership efforts between MBPJ, CETDEM and Residents Association of Section 19. To him, this is truly sustainable development in practice. Such community initiatives should have been taken place at more venue, more frequent and involve more people. Thank you Sir for your commendation. Certainly, the next one on 4th July 2010 will see bigger crowd and presence of more exhibitors and activities.