By BENJAMIN SARONDO On a one-hectare farm in Valencia, Negros Oriental, Joseph Ambos and Ardie Estrada, owners of CEVA Farm, raise different breeds of goats, such as native goats, upgraded goats, F-series goats, boer-anglo, full-blooded boers, and dappled goats. On a one-hectare farm in Valencia,...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Cesar Yuchongco, 69, is the owner of Isabel Game Farm. His goals include having a good fighting chicken, producing high quality chickens, and being a champion in cockfights. Right now, he has 300 chickens, available in various breeds on his four-hectare farm located in San Jose,...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Cesar Yuchongco, 69, owner of Isabel Game Farm, first became interested in chickens when he was a little kid. His family had a cockpit in Albay, Bicol, and he grew up watching the game and witnessed how the trainers prepared their roosters. Cesar Yuchongco is the owner of Isabel...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO “One of the misconceptions about dairy farming and dairy business is that it is always about carabaos and cows, and that is what people know. They are not familiar with goat milk, which, as they say, is the closest to mother’s milk when it comes to taste,” Julius...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Renzo Daniel Dela Cruz, 28, is the owner of Enzo Sheep Farm, located in Angat, Bulacan. He said that his father, who is a goat farmer, mentored him to know and understand sheep farming. Before 2012, Renzo said that they ventured into goat farming first, but they decided to stick...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Angeline Sarmineto-Fraginal, 32, from San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, started SF Mushroom Farm. She said that social media was very helpful to promote the farm and mushroom products. “It is an advantage for small businesses, like us, to be visible in the digital space. It serves...
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 Most Filipinos love to plant on a farm, in their backyard, inside their house, and in many other places. Some own their land, while others rent just to pursue their passion for farming. Jess Muñoz Paderna, 33, owner of Ssagel’s Garden, started her gardening journey in her...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Angeli and Michael Bryan Pascual own Bukid Iluminada, an integrated farm located in Barangay Balubal, Sariaya, Quezon, where they naturally grow fruits and vegetables and raise livestock and poultry. The Pascuals see the correlation between conventional agriculture and increased...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Angeli and Michael Bryan Pascual own Bukid Iluminada, an integrated farm located in Barangay Balubal, Sariaya, Quezon, where they naturally grow fruits and vegetables and raise livestock and poultry. Angeli and Michael Bryan Pascual own Bukid Iluminada, an integrated farm...
BY BENJAMIN SARONDO Nicolai Kniazeff, 31, from Amadeo, Cavite, established Jenna’s Honey Bee Farm in 2020 as a source of income and to support the needs of his younger sister, who, for medical reasons, cannot drink water without honey. READ: Family comes first: Former aircraft mechanic...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO There is a saying that family comes first. This is the belief of Nicolai Kniazeff, 31, from Amadeo, Cavite who was laid off as an aircraft mechanic before establishing Jenna’s Honey Bee Farm in 2020 as a source of income and to support the needs of his younger sister,...
