Its time of the month again for Màn màn market! The coming market will be on 2nd July 8am-12pm. There have been a lot more new and younger faces seen at the last few markets, its so nice to know that this green lifestyle is attracting the attention of young people. When Meishy & Ai Li (a kinder teacher) first started Màn Màn in September 2013, it was actually held in our farm itself, with black nets above our heads and picnic mats placed on the grass patch and the market started. At that time there were only around 10 vendors and the people who came can be counted with our fingers. In the last 3.5 years, we have wanted to give up on this market countless times. It is very frequent we feel like we can’t go on handling both our farm and the market together, even though the market is only every 1st Sunday of the month, there is a lot of logistics, administration, advertising & marketing work to handle. For many markets in the 1st 3 years due to the busy schedule prepping the market, Wonder Wilderfarm were not able to setup our own farm booth properly as a lot of aspects of the markets needs to be taken care of and harvesting our own vegetables to sell had became secondary. Of course there were also times when we had volunteers to tend to our booths, that’s when we are able to sell more veggies but with the capital and maintenance needed to set up the market, the expense is unthinkable for small scale farmer like us. During the period of 2013 to 2015, Meishy pretty much run the market on her own with on and off volunteers coming to help with the setup. When I 1st came to the market in the middle of 2015, I was a vendor, selling homemade coconut oil, homemade jams & hot sauces etc. After 3 months of being a vendor, I took a further step to join Wonder Wilderfarm and the organizing committee of the market. That is when all the hand drawn market posters started. During the market’s 3rd anniversary in 2016, with the team work of Bee lian(a child care educator) and us, we manage to get funding from 3 YBs that is enough to cover our very own 1st ever PA system, we finally are able to change our rotten tables to new ones, gotten some canopies and we printed the markets’ own grocery bags. Màn màn market now have 5-7 on and off committee members each have their own roles in facebook posting, emcee, vendor confirmation, poster design, printing, market setup, stage performances planning, seminar planning, sharing session planning, farm tour & aftermath clean up, Màn màn market was the 1st consistent farmers market in Malaysia when it started, now with many markets popping up suddenly, we are no longer lonely.
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W.WFarmWe are dreamers dreaming of promoting a path towards a life in harmony with one another other and mother Earth. Wonder Wilderfarm (WWF) aims to promote sustainable living, while Màn Màn Market is organised by us together with some other passionate individuals to meet this objectives. Archives
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