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Ibu Arum

Arum, a homemaker and a leader of a women's farmer group in Bukit Harapan Village. What began as a simple initiative to grow food for her kitchen has blossomed into something much more meaningful: a movement that’s improving livelihoods, building resilience, and strengthening community bonds. Now, the initiative has grown into a Farmer Business Unit focusing on shallot cultivation, producing up to 750 kg from just 50 kg of seeds. In addition to shallots, the group also grows various other vegetables for both household use and local markets.

This video captures Arum’s daily life, her farming journey, and how she and her group are making an impact economically, socially, and environmentally. This journey is part of Earthworm Foundation’s work in the Aceh Landscape, where landscape-scale collective actions serve as hubs for scalable regeneration and address sustainability challenges.

The Aceh Landscape is financially supported by  Hershey, Mars Inc., Nestlé, ADM Cares, Avril Group, Colgate-Palmolive, The Clorox Company, General Mills, Givaudan, Clariant, Fuji Oil, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and benefits from the engagement of communities, local government, and other local stakeholders. 

For more information about the project, visit https://earthworm.org/our-work/projects/aceh-indonesia.