Khaokho Talaypu's Principles of Self-reliance

Khaokho Talaypu aims to be self-reliant and to avoid being swept into the
current of consumer society where production is primarily for the market.
Instead, the emphasis is on creating and producing quality products from
vegetables, fruit, and herbs for our own use and then when there is a
surplus making sales. Our aim is to be reliant on ourselves, able in
business, outstanding for society, and our principles are:
1. We obtain our income from a wide variety of goods and services, not just one.
2. We grow a wide variety of plants. We do not grow too much of any one kind, for if we did,
we would become dominated by and dependent upon conventional markets.
Our production and marketing must preserve our freedom and independence.
3. In investing in production, we emphasize appropriate scale, native
production techniques, and traditional Thai wisdom as much as possible. We
continually study modern production methods, use appropriate technology, and
give more importance to the value of people than to technology.
4. For raw materials, we prefer what we have at hand or can make or acquire
in our local community and avoid as much as possible materials or equipment from outside.
5. We conduct business creatively for mutual benefit. Our aim is not the
maximization of profit but rather good health, happiness, friendship, loving
care and concern. We hold doing business merely a way to make a living and not the aim of life.
6. No activity involved in production may damage the environment; on the
contrary, all activities must be in harmony with nature and contribute to
maintaining nature. We are ever mindful for the value of Thai resources and
of Thai wisdom, and these two we bring together in creating useful products beneficial to life.