Hill tribe communities

"Nearly a million hill peoples

and forest dwellers are

still treated as outsiders—criminals

even, since most live in

protected forests.

Viewed as national security threats,

hundreds of thousands of them

are refused citizenship although

many are natives to the land.”

2013 Bangkok Post

“I use Hilltribe Organics eggs in all of my restaurants. The quality is above all

others.”

Chalee Kader Celebrity Chef BKK

Healthy organic food on every table in SE Asia, sustainably provided by hill tribe

farming families

Speech at DBS NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia 2015

Markus Dietrich 12.06.2015 Singapore

Hilltribe Organics is a social enterprise from Thailand that lifts marginalized hill tribe communities out of poverty through organic agriculture. The hill tribe communities, the Akah, the Karen and others are marginalized in many ways. They are also very poor earning 150USD per month, way below the poverty line. Poverty leads them into drug and human trafficking, forces them to migrate to the cities, abandoning their life in the mountains. But there is another side to it, the hill tribes have assets: Un-spoilt soil and water, clean air, loving and tender care of live- stock. Through our business model of inclusive organic agriculture, they are able to capitalize on those assets and lift themselves out poverty by earning more than 500 USD, tripling their income. Our first product is our naturally perfect Hill- tribe Organic egg, full of good nutrition from the mountains produced by happy chicken. And they have taken the market by storm, within less than one year we are on the shelves of the major retailers in the country. We have become a premium food brand. Thousands of families of the emerging middle class enjoy the health benefits of our free range and organic eggs. Chefs were amazed about the natural taste of our eggs and you find them on the menu of the best restaurants in town. Not only in Thailand but we are expanding to the Hong Kong market. Abu, one of our first Akah farmers who was about to leave his family to find work in the city and stop his children’s education. After one year he earned 7,000 USD, his kids go to school and he sees a future again in living on his ancestral land. Hilltribe Organics enables communities to lift themselves out of poverty. Join us and make a difference to your life and to the life of others: the farmers, their families and the free range chicken. Hilltribe Organics placed among the TOP 6 social enterprises in Asia at the DBS NUS Social Venture Challenge 2015