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ZingBokashi -  a perfect fit for local Asian community

The Bokashi system was quicker, easier and much more suitable for the Chinese, and thanks to Bokashi fruit grows much bigger than ever before

The art of food preparation has long been an important part of Chinese culture. Along with this there is always the issue of handling food waste.Being brought up in the city I had not had much experience with recycling food waste as part of protecting the environment.

Upon moving to NZ I became more aware of the harm that food waste could do to our environment. I also saw a need to share my new found environmental knowledge with my fellow Asian migrants. Many of us were unfamiliar with composting and worm farms. The heavy labour associated with turning compost, the unpleasant odour and the attraction of flies, cockroaches and mice during the composting process, plus the handling of worms were all things I considered would be unattractive for the local Chinese I knew.

I discovered ZingBokashi at a Forest & Bird High Country Lake Camp in 2006. I saw first hand the kitchen waste fermenting without bad odour and attracting no insects or rodents. When the bucket was full, we simply buried the fermented waste in a hole in the ground or used it in the compost bin. It was so easy and clean - a perfect tool for the Chinese!!!

Here Mable Ng showcases her enormous Bokashi fed melon.

I ordered my first 2 sets of buckets on 28th April 2006. After a few months’ trial, it was clear that the ZingBokashi system was quicker, easier and much more suitable for the Chinese than the traditional composting methods I had been investigating. With the help of some funding from the ARC I organised many ZingBokashi seminars and talks, demonstrating the benefits of the ZingBokashi system. The response has been fantastic. One Taiwanese lady told me that her fruit tree that had never given fruit in the past now fruits well. Another lady told me that thanks to ZingBokashi her fruit grows much bigger than ever before. And yet another has been so impressed she has taken 2 sets to her daughter in Taiwan!

I’ve also heard of some great results with organic gardening. Using the fermented waste on their garden, one organic gardener said everything seemed to grow much better, and plants they hadn’t been able to grow previously were now thriving. Their garden has much better worm activity as well. The most amazing thing was that one luffa grew to 65.5 inches compared to a normal luffa being only around 12 inches. These people were very excited - they invited me over to see the evidence and take photos! Of course we cannot prove this was the result of using ZingBokashi, but it certainly looks like it.

I am continuing to demonstrate the ZingBokashi System to our local Chinese community and am increasingly impressed with the results I see. It is such an easy way to recycle kitchen waste, both at home and in local businesses, conserving our resources and protecting our environment.

Estella Lee QSM

Founder Chinese Conservation Education Trust

Member of Auckland Conservation Board

Chairperson of Auckland Chinese Catholic Community