Yvette Tan
Contract farming for corporate employees
October 10, 2024 11:18 pm
Most of us know that the reason food staples are expensive is because it passes through many hands before it can get from the farmer to the consumer. If we could shorten that chain, it would make basic household ingredients cheaper.
New fertilizer player aims to spell profit for farmers
October 03, 2024 4:06 pm
Even though agriculture is seen as a waning industry, more and more people are waking up to the fact that it is an essential one that is integral to national security. Because of this, businessmen are slowly capitalizing on the industry’s potential, not just as a moneymaker, but as a way to support farmers and feed the nation.
Waste not, want not: Plant-based brand uses class B carrots, adding to farmers income
September 26, 2024 9:56 pm
Eating a plant-based diet has become a popular lifestyle choice for many people. For this vegan food brand that specializes in creating food normally associated with meat, ensuring that their products are delicious, healthy, preservative-free, and supportive of local farmers is just as important as ensuring that no animals were harmed in making their products.
This bean-to-bar chocolate brand puts the focus on terroir
September 12, 2024 4:14 pm
Amid the pandemic, a friend sent me a care package of artisan chocolate from a then-new chocolatier Plentitude Chocolate. I like their single origin craft bars, the “single origin” referring to the farm the cacao used in each bar comes from, but what I fell in love with is their award-winning tablea. Adding three small discs to ½ cup of whole milk results in hot chocolate so thick, it would make Padre Damaso shudder with delight. Made with just stone-ground cocoa and cane sugar (both locally sourced), it is so rich that when it cools, it leaves a hardened ring of cocoa butter around the mug. I had to learn about the story behind the brand.
One man’s quest to line Sampaloc Lake with native trees
September 05, 2024 9:50 pm
The Philippines is a center for biodiversity. Unfortunately, the significance of this is lost on many Filipinos. Many Filipinos do not understand that flora and fauna play a huge role in the health of the planet.