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...
Farming, they say, is a huge gamble. With farmers saddled with debt even before they till the soil, they can only hope to literally reap everything they’ve sown. Crop damage is not an option. But this is exactly what befell 40-year-old vegetable grower Celeste Naguiat of Floridablanca, Pampanga....
Vice-presidential candidate Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan vowed to help overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in putting up their own farms as a source of livelihood when they retire from their jobs abroad, promising an all-out assistance from the Robredo-Pangilinan tandem if they win this May...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan is pushing for organic farming and the use of organic fertilizers amid the rising cost of chemical fertilizers. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of Team Kiko) Pangilinan said on Thursday, March 31, that the rising prices...
Vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has vowed to make farming more profitable for small farmers and farm workers under a Pangilinan-Robredo term to encourage them to continue tilling lands and feeding Filipinos. (Keith Bacongco / Manila Bulletin File Photo) "We have to move...
Many people who come from farming households engage in agriculture at some point in their lives. One person who is following in his father's footsteps in farming is Raffa "Raffy" Capalaran, a TLE teacher at Talamban National High School in Cebu City. Capalaran has been cultivating plants...
Manila Mayor and presidential aspirant Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Friday, March 11, assured farmers that they will no longer be victims of false promises by politicians once he gets elected. Domagoso made the statement during his campaign sortie in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. During a press...
TINGALAYAN, Kalinga -- Residents of barangay Tulgao East here which is known as the source of marijuana are asking the government to construct roads and set up vegetable farms to rid their place of the drug menace. Miguel Guyang, village chairman of Tulgao East, Tinglayan, Kalinga, said this in a...
The Agriculture Training Institute in Northern Mindanao (ATI-NorMin) recently launched Bahandi-Batang Agricultural Extensionist (BAE). “Bahandi-Batang Agricultural Extensionist (BAE) is ATI-NorMin’s fifth corporate book, but it is the first book of its kind which heavily features its young...
When employers implemented a work-from-home policy in response to COVID-19 in 2020, Janssen M. Martinez, 29, a policy analyst in an NGO for climate change and energy policy, was one of those who were assigned to work remotely. By working from home, he found spare time to try new hobbies and do...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan Though the Agriculture Section of Manila Bulletin likes to highlight successful farm businesses, we would like to stress that running a farm business is not easy. It takes capital, planning, and proper management, among many other things that include sales, marketing, and...
Every farmer begins by selecting a farming method that matches their needs, goals, and resources. Some favor the conventional way, which may require more work and thus, workers, while others prefer a less labor-intensive option. Dr. Ian Benjamin T. Hizon, the founder of Second Earth Farms. Ian...
