Alternergy Holdings Corporation, which just had its debut at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) this Friday, March 24, announced that it will be tapping equity partner for its 100-megawatt Tanay wind farm project in Rizal province. The company said it will do its selection process via the letters...
From a city girl to a farm girl, that’s how 27-year-old Monica Salinas, or TikTok’s Northeast Farm Girl, happily found herself after years of living in the urban world. It all started in 2020, Salinas was asked a favor by MJ, her brother overseas, to trim the grapevines in their farm in Anao,...
Amidst a rice field in Barangay Bucanan, Magalang, Pampanga, a fruit farm can be found where tourists can visit and experience picking mulberries and grapes. The farm is managed by Michael Miranda, who is also a rice farmer and a farm machinery operator. *Michael Miranda, owner and manager of...
Missed Valentine's Day? There are still a weekend left this February to celebrate the season of love with your significant other, family, or friends. Those who want to experience nature and get hands-on with plants and animals will surely enjoy spending a day or two with their loved ones on a farm....
Anna Beatriz Suavengco is a 20-year-old agriculture student leading City Farm, a youth community farm. (Anna Beatriz Suavengco) There are many concerns regarding the age of today’s farmers, as well as the assumption that the youth are not inclined to take on farming as a career. However, Anna...
By James Tababa Jennie Lizza Pineda, 29, is the owner of Sunshine Ae L’s Quail Farm in Sta. Ana, Pampanga. A mother of two kids, it is important for her to have multiple sources of income to support her family. She is currently the secretary of Sta. Ana Agricultural Multi-Purpose Cooperative and...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the 1.3 kilometer farm-to-market road project that is now providing the farmers and residents access to the marketplaces and business centers in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. In a report to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, DPWH Region 1...
Swedish Ambassador Annika Thunborg visited the Sunnyville Farm in Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City on Friday, Feb. 10. Sunnyville Farm is a 1.2-hectare urban garden cultivated by 35 urban farmers. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte accompanied the Swedish delegation, which consisted of 16 people from...
THE DPWH has completed a farm-to-market road that will benefit mango farmers in Carmen, Agusan del Norte. (DPWH photo via Mike U. Crismundo) BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a 571-linear meter, P11.9-million farm-to-market road that will benefit mango...
In a bid to achieve a more sustainable source of milk and beef, a Dutch couple created a floating micro-dairy farm rising and falling along tides in the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Photo from Floating Farm The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, flooding, and drought continues...
Denso Philippines Corporation has started operation of its P60-million hydrophonic smart agri tech farm in Ibaan, Batangas Fresh that seeks to produce high value vegetables and fruits, far from its primary automotive business. The Board of Investments (BOI), which approved Denso’s agriculture...
Running a business can be challenging; running a farm business even moreso. Factors like climate, pests, natural disasters and fluctuating prices can make farming and running an agribusiness prone to instability. Farmers and agribusiness owners need to have a constitution of steel to avoid...
