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Ceremonial Harvest Event Caps Off Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month

Rey Belen — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:32:04 +0000

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and its extension arm, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), led a ceremonial harvest event on May 29 to culminate the 2020 Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month. The activity gathered key agriculture officials for a day of demonstration of urban agriculture practices and picking of fresh vegetables at the “ATIng Gulayan ng …

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Tourist Destination in Biliran Anchored on Natural Creation : Canaan Hills and Honey Farm

Rey Belen — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 02:00:08 +0000

About 3 hours away from Tacloban, we journeyed going to another province in Eastern Visayas, Biliran Island wherein a tourist attraction is founded on organic agriculture. Canaan Hill Farms and Honey Garden is a land flourishing with vegetation and animals. Who would thought that years before now, the place that attracts many tourists now was …

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Tacloban’s “Queen” Organic Haven: La Granja de Reyna

Rey Belen — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:26:54 +0000

If you were to look for any organic farm in Eastern Visayas, particularly in Tacloban, you’d be definitely directed to the farm owned by Martina “Tina” Reyna, the La Granja de Reyna. La Granja de Reyna, derived from Spanish word “Granja” meaning farm, and Reyna from their surname, is one of the most visited farms …

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OMRO “Pays It Forward” to Boost Waray Farmers – Organikong Magsasaka ng Rehiyon Otso

Rey Belen — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 06:32:09 +0000

More often than not, it is the government that local farmers turn to for help. But it was a very different tone, set by organic farmers in Region 8, when I, together with other bloggers, visited their farms during a tour conducted by the Agricultural Technological Institute. The OMRO or the Organikong Magsasaka ng Rehiyon …

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From an Engineer to an Organic Farmer : Mike Pedroso Farm

Rey Belen — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:20:43 +0000

It is that moment when somebody has to choose a path when on a crossroad. And as for Mike Pedroso, an engineer by profession, who decided to get dirty as he chose to work on the soil than keep his engineering job back in 1999. From then on, Engr. Mike Pedroso never looked at any …

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Costales Nature Farms : From Humble Beginnings to an Organic Farm Success

Rey Belen — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 08:00:58 +0000

Who would have thought that a garden intended for planting vegetables for family consumption would turn out to be an opportunity to be an organic producer for companies. The humble beginnings of Ronald Costales is one of the popular success stories in the integrated organic farming in the country. In 2005, a 1,000 square meter family farm …

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Ato Belen’s Farm : Decades in Agriculture, Years of Organic Farming

Rey Belen — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 02:00:51 +0000

With almost 30 years in the farming industry, one thing that Renato “Ato” Belen summarizes his learning, “go to organic farming.” Ato Belen’s Farm started in 1987 as plant nursery and later on developed to a full farm with mostly fruit-bearing trees in place. It was only until 2006 after typhoon Milenyo took a toll …

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Forest Wood Garden : Success of an OFW in Organic Agriculture

Rey Belen — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 05:00:39 +0000

If you’re an OFW wanting to find a business in the Philippines, then why not go into farming, organic farming? This is what Joel Frago, a former migrant worker, and his wife Myrna put up upon retiring from working abroad. The Frago couple started the Forest Wood Garden, a 5-hectare property in San Pablo City, …

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Terra Verde Eco Farm : From a Stress-relieving Family Vacation Site to Agri-tourism Farm in Cavite

Rey Belen — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:19:41 +0000

What seemed to be a diversion from a stressful corporate life before, turned out to be an opportunity to go into organic agriculture. This is what pushed the Atanacio siblings – Ericson and Emerson – after the latter was diagnosed of a thyroid condition – the Atanacios had a reason to go to farming that …

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Mt. Kitanglad Agri-Ecological Techno-Demo Center: Making the Most Out of Nature

Rey Belen — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 02:00:09 +0000

bctt tweet=”Nature is at its best just being NATURAL.” username=”reybelen” This is the cornerstone of what Mr. Benjamin Maputi and the the rest of the Mt. Kitanglad Agri-Ecological Techno-Demo Center people believes. God created Earth to be at its best. It is the changes that men applied through the years that make nature worst. By preserving what …

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Alomah’s Place: An “All-Star” Accommodation in Bukidnon

Rey Belen — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:00:55 +0000

There are things that people like me who grew up in city life would always want to experience – life living in a country life. And experiences like staying at Alomah’s Place gives some kind of literally and figuratively “fresh” air for people like me from the city. Alomah’s Place in Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon offers an …

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Jaya Secret Garden in Bukidnon : From Backyard Garden to Eco-Tourism Attraction

Rey Belen — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 01:00:08 +0000

When do you teach others to save the environment? Start them young! This is what the Bayag family of Malaybalay, Bukidnon did as husband and wife Junah and Hazel involved their daughter Jaya in their organic farming venture. Named after their daughter, Jaya’s Secret Garden is no longer a secret as many people are going to their …

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