Photo by Sippakorn Yamkasikorn from Unsplash. There are benefits to keeping worms in a garden. Alongside microbes, they break down dead organic material to make nutrients accessible for plants. But this is not the case all the time. If there is nothing for them to consume, worms may turn towards...
The use of buho (Schizostachyum lumampao) is central to Aeta cuisine. (DENR - ERDB) Technological advancements in food and agriculture have forever changed the way people eat, but high up in the mountains of Zambales, traditional food practices thrive strong among the Aetas. Central to Aeta...
In recognition of San Jose, Batangas’ contribution to the egg industry at both local and national levels, President Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11707, which pronounces San Jose as the ‘egg basket of the Philippines.’ Image by Moira Nazzari from Pixabay. According to an article by the...
Photo by Andrew Ridley from Unsplash. Ecologists have previously found that trees communicate and share nutrients by using underground fungal networks. Researchers have being studying this further and now speculate that fungal networks are able to communicate through a language made up of up to 50...
The BGC Community farm was constructed in the middle of BGC. (Jerome Sagcal) The streets of Bonifacio Global City (BGC) are lined with skyscrapers, but take a turn from 5th Avenue into 34th Street and you will find a green patch of land unlike anything else in the business district. On this corner...
The Philippines has a rich culinary heritage that deserves to be preserved and recognized in the international scene. However, today, many aspects of Filipino cuisine and culture are disappearing and are no longer practiced or consumed. In order to keep them, identifying and understanding food and...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III today, April 25, said a vote for the Lacson-Sotto tandem in the May 9 elections would be a vote equivalent to the protection of the agriculture industry and its sectoral players and the prosecution of vegetable smugglers and their backers. Sotto said that if he...
Photo by Xavier von Erlach from Unsplash. Some thieves in the Netherlands pulled off a heist that could see them pocketing $23,000. Their target: cheese. Gerda van Dorp, a cheese farmer from the town of Fijnaart woke on March 29, 2022 to discover her cheese storage almost emptied out. What required...
Maye Araneta Gutierrez is the owner of Edible Blooms by Maye. People came up with all sorts of innovations during the COVID-19 pandemic. What could have been a complete tragedy was turned into business opportunities by some. Maye Araneta Gutierrez is one such person. Though she initially had her...
Food security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan has joined calls for the Department of Agriculture (DA) to lift the ban on the importation of porcine processed animal protein (PAP) – a key ingredient for producing fish feeds. The groups said lifting the ban will ensure that the local aquaculture...
It can be recalled that in 2020, Horacio “Howie” Severino shared his experience as Covid-19 patient 2828. In his recovery, the journalist and Covid-19 survivor has found company and respite in plants. Since he was discharged from the hospital, Severino has been spending most of his days...
The first greenhouse in Granja Jordana is built beside the game cock farm of Martin Jordana’s father. (Jerome Sagcal) Before venturing into farming, Martin Jordana and his family knew nothing about agriculture. Martin and his siblings grew up in Las Piñas, so they were not exposed to farm life....
