Page 68 - Climate Compliance

Cherry and Golden Apple, Sour Orange, Tangerine, Cashew Nut, Carambola,
Cassava, Tania, Mulberries and Pigeon Peas, Physic Nut, Marigold, Patchouli,
68 Cowpeas, Passion fruit, Vanilla and Loofah, Lemongrass, Vetiver (Khus-Khus
Grass), Sugar Cane, Tumeric, Cassava, Tania and Coconut.

Egg and meat production

In the middle of the forest garden, there are pens for 100 egg layers and 7 pigs.

They provide the school with all the eggs and pork meat and most of the chicken
meat needed.

The chicken tractors used in the commercial production fields are 1 x 2 meter
cages that are placed between the Passion Fruit rows and are home for the
chickens that make up for the Academy’s broiler production. The “tractors” need
to be moved everyday so the chickens can eat the weeds and simultaneously
fertilise the soil. This is a labour and cost effective system as there is no need to
clean the chicken houses and feed costs are reduced.

In the future, the school will utilise the chicken and pig manure more effectively
by making a compost system that will provide the commercial fields with more

organic matter. It will also produce its own fish in the water harvesting pool.
Furthermore, as the farm is still dependent on imported feed, explorations are
being made on how to produce chicken feed internally.

External links Videos in Richmond Vale Academy’s

YouTube Channel:
• Our Chicken Tractors