Filipinos like to start their day with a cup of coffee. Unfortunately, local supply cannot keep up with the rising demand. This is where imported coffee comes into play. Coffee is the second most consumed beverage in the Philippines, after water. Despite this, the coffee that Filipinos...
Korean dramas cover a lot of themes both in and out of the realm of reality, and scenes showing characters involved in any form of farming and fishing are no exception. Here’s a list of Korean dramas that touched on farming and fishing life–both in the ground and under the sea. Warning: This...
Long-standing threats to the survival of many Filipino families include poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. Hunger and unemployment rates escalated during the pandemic, leaving more and more Filipinos hungry and broke. In Payatas, Quezon City, 200 women came together to build and sustain an...
Couple Edz and Joed Bullo, both from Iloilo, are farmers that are currently working in Australia. Joed is an agriculture graduate who majored in animal science at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College-Batad Campus. He became an agriculture professor after completing his bachelor’s and...
Art is a powerful tool for raising awareness and expressing oneself. For surface pattern designer Alessandra “Alessa” Lanot and illustrator Raxenne Maniquiz, love and passion for nature inspired them to showcase and integrate various plants and wildlife into their artwork. From left:...
Bretman Rock has officially reached his “mother hen” era! The multitalented internet sensation has decided to level up his game and has progressed from being a “plant lady” to also becoming a backyard chicken farmer. Bretman welcomes his baby chicks into the world in a very...
Having a garden at home is one way to improve a family's food security and strengthen bonds within the household. The Carreon family, which includes Jennylin, a professor at Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU), and her parents, both retired government employees, can attest to this. In Purok 5,...
Besides Covid-19, the country has also been dealing with an education crisis. The pandemic has forced schools to close down and students to learn from home. The government implemented distance or blended learning to help halt the spread of the virus and ensure educational continuity during...
The narrative of Leonie Agri Corporation (LAC) Farms is one that sparks hope. The initial 42-hectare land in Nueva Ecija where the farm stands today was formerly believed by the locals to be cursed as it was arid and barren for the longest time. It has evolved from “cursed” land into a...
It can be overwhelming to build a farm from the ground up. With the proper system, budgeting, preparation, and knowledge, one can get off to a good start and make the experience manageable along the way. Michael and Angeli Pascual, the couple who run Bukid Iluminada in Quezon province, shared their...
Filipino-American development worker and entrepreneur Michael Bryan P. Pascual, 35, grew up next to vast cornfields in Iowa, United States. “I had summer jobs where I counted plants or manually fertilized flowers,” he recalled. The young Pascual later made his way to San Francisco,...
“Our Land, Our Food, Our Rice! Reject Golden Rice!” is an outcry of countless farmers and concerned consumers over the recent approval of Golden Rice’s application for varietal registration by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) and DA’s issuance of a biosafety permit for Golden Rice...
