Marketing is a crucial element that serves as the backbone of your success when it comes to selling farm products and services. Regardless of how big or small your operations are, you have the ability to find consistent clients to help your business grow. “When we talk about marketing,...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Growing up in the province of Albay, Emilio “Emil” Climaco has been exposed to agriculture at an early age. It has also taught him how to appreciate nature. Over time, it was this experience that inspired him to become a farm owner himself. “I've always...
Rice farmers are among the most marginalized communities in the country. Not only do they have limited access to the market where they can sell their goods, and when they do, they don’t often receive fair compensation for it. Gy Gaspar, a nursing graduate and housewife from Licab, Nueva...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Inspiration comes from everywhere. Whether it’s as small as a bee or as large as a picturesque landscape, something or someone around us can capture our imagination as well as encourage us to do something we enjoy and benefit from. For Raymond Michael B....
Even though farming is perceived as a lowly job by many because of how meager the profit can be at times, it’s an honest vocation that has helped many augment their income and even pave the way to achieving their dreams. Such was the case for six sisters who managed to finish their studies...
Growing up, Lodi Carbonilla, agripreneur and proprietor of King David Integrated Farm (KDIF), was accustomed to living around coconut plantations in Southern Leyte. After 10 years of working as an overseas Filipino worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Carbonilla decided to return to his...
Editha Dacuycuy is the owner and manager of the REFMAD Farm in Paayas, Burgos, Ilocos Norte. She started the farm as a way to ease the condition of her special needs daughter, Kaye, but eventually, she promoted dragon fruit farming to the whole town of Burgos as well as other areas in Ilocos Norte....
As a parent, seeing your child in discomfort is one of the hardest things to bear. Parental instincts would kick in and emphasize the need to find a solution to ease the child’s condition, no matter what the cost. For the mother of a special needs child, Editha Dacuycuy, owner and manager...
With a vision to nurture the Filipino farmers, a group of young changemakers created a social enterprise known as The Amigo Coffee to advocate both homegrown coffee and Philippine heritage. The company was established on April 16, 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Robin Lim,...
In part one of this story , husband and wife Rossinni and Jose Obligacion, proprietors of JoRoss Farm, shared how they established their farm despite having no background in agriculture, and how they managed to grow it into the thriving business that it is today. Here are the several farming tips...
Oftentimes, people would venture out into new horizons to find greener pastures. Others do it for the thrill of the unknown and to gain new experiences. But even though the world has a lot to offer, oftentimes there’s gravitational pull inside that brings us home no matter how far we go. ...
Candelaria Gallardo Adanza, or Larrie for short, used to do office work in the United States for about 30 years. When she came home to Anahawan, Southern Leyte, her life took a turn as she found herself growing coffee instead of facing the paperwork that she was accustomed to. Never had she...