The Kampung Tudan farmer has been trying his luck with planting strawberries and apples at his orchard previously, but failed in reaping viable returns. Today, the first or mother plant stands tall along 320 trees at his one-acre (0.4 hectare) land, as the 37-year-old become the pioneer of mulberry planting at his village. Marius achieved another first when he started making wine from the mulberry fruit, believed to be the first such effort in Sabah. “I initially started mulberry wine back in 2008 an up until 2014, I was only selling it around here and by the roadside stalls. “It was when Kiulu assemblyman Datuk Joniston Bangkuai became the Sabah Tourism Board chairman did he helped me brought it outside and commercialised the CanaC Mulberry Wine brand,” explained Marius.

Source: New Strait Times August 27, 2017 07:41 UTC