Gerrald Tan, Bryan Mariano, Marco Lobregat, and Chris Angway On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, Hyde Manila at the Manila Prince Hotel hosted the launch of "The Mushroom Explorer’s Guide to the Cordilleras," co-authored by mushroom experts Marco Lobregat and Chris Angway and published by Manila Bulletin...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Angeline Sarmineto-Fraginal, 32, from San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, started SF Mushroom Farm in February 2019 at her parent’s farm located in Norzagaray, Bulacan. She said that currently, sales are high, customers are satisfied, production is continuous, and the business is...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Angeline Sarmiento-Fraginal, 32, from San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, owns Sarmiento-Fraginal Mushroom Farm (SF Mushroom Farm). Mushroom farms may be vulnerable to infestations, but Angeline said pests are not a reason to stop operating; instead, managing and controlling them can...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Angeline Sarmineto-Fraginal, 32, from San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, started Sarmiento-Fraginal Mushroom Farm (SF Mushroom Farm) in February 2019 at her parent’s farm located in Norzagaray, Bulacan. In 2020, Angeline decided to move the farm and production area to a...
MUMshroom’s products, among them, mushroom chips, gourmet bottles in savory variants, chili garlic mushroom paste, pickled mushroom, fritters/ kropek. The Covid-19 pandemic was a traumatic global event, bringing the whole world to a halt as a virus threatened humanity. But despite the many...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized 3.610 kilograms of the hallucinogenic magic mushroom worth P361,000 from three persons, including a couple, in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cabug here on Monday, July 17. Arrested were Diane Tolmo, 35, her live-in partner Fierre Santillana, and Tolmo’s brother...
Oyster mushroom (Manny Becerra/Unsplash) Mushroom production in the Philippines is a growing agricultural sector that offers promising opportunities. The demand for mushrooms, known for their nutritional value and versatile applications, continues to rise, making mushroom production a viable and...
Jefte Dangalan is the owner of Tessie Mushroom House in Pugo, La Union. Dangalan used to work as a quality control welding inspector in Saudi Arabia. His agribusiness story began with his return to the Philippines in 2017, prompted by his mother's unfortunate stroke. As a single individual without...
Jeck Iyas and Ma. Regina Patungan are owners of Hiyas Urban Mushroom Farm in Rizal. Both of them have backgrounds unrelated to agriculture; their transition from seafaring and freelance writing to cultivating mushrooms exemplifies the power of the pursuit of passion. Today, they stand proud as...
A group of mushroom growers from Bohol, who raises mushrooms on a small space in a house, now have the capital to expand their enterprise after winning a P100,000 grant from the Pitch for Hope project which aims to fight poverty through business opportunities. PITCH FOR HOPE WINNERS – SINAMAWOVA...
A variety of wild mushrooms commonly found in Europe and North America tastes like fried chicken, according to foragers and people who consider it part of their cuisine. Chicken of the Woods (*Laetiporus sp.*) is a variety of mushroom known for its vibrant yellow-orange color. It is commonly found...
By RALPH LAUREN ABAINZA As the world emerges from the pandemic, people turn to different hobbies, ideas, and places to cope. Google, one of the world's most-used search engines, captured these emerging trends. In its annual "Year in Search" report, Google outlines the worldwide top searches of...
