With the rising prices of commodities today, a thousand pesos can only go so far. Though in the case of a 21-year-old student, a thousand pesos led to the discovery of a new passion and the establishment of his first hydroponics venture. Armed with knowledge and background in business from...
Photo by Chiring Chandan from Wikimedia Commons. Space habitats of the future need to come up with ways to sustain their food supply without depending on resupply missions from Earth. This is why Jane Shevtsov, administrator of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), partnered...
Living in the city has numerous benefits. Among these are access to modern transportation, job opportunities, government agencies, and high-end hospitals. But these advantages also come with a downside. Cities are known for being polluted and crowded, thus affecting the health of their...
There’s a new approach to growing vegetables indoors that doesn’t need heavy maintenance because a computer assistant called ‘Kelby’ does it all. A company called ‘Gardyn’ has introduced a hydroponic indoor garden that involves cameras and artificial intelligence to monitor the...
Calling all plant parents! Today’s “plantitos” and “plantitas” may start exploring “Hydroponic Household Garden,” a smart agricultural technology which is funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources and...
A project on locally-made smart hydroponics funded and monitored by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has already been completed and its results showed “potential for improving hydroponics farm enterprises.” (Photo by Zoe Schaeffer on Unsplash) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy”...
Long before urban gardening became prevalent, hydroponics has already been a popular method of farming that allows farmers to grow food using a nutrient-rich solution instead of soil. Eventually, urban gardeners realized the potential of hydroponics in growing food in limited spaces. Jorem Catilo,...
For this year’s AgriTalk, another batch of online series titled “AgriTalk: 2 Easy Learning” offers two-minute-long instructional videos on different topics about urban agriculture. The series will air from May 14 to June 30, 2021, at 10 a.m. The fifth and sixth episodes of this are all about...
Many Filipino households have been severely affected by the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis. The Pagkaliwagan family from Lucena City, Quezon Province is familiar with this situation. When the pandemic started affecting their livelihood, Jaquilyn Pagkaliwagan, 33, a former OFW in Taiwan, and...
Budding home gardeners with not much space have another way of growing plants at home and without soil. And that’s through hydroponics. Hydroponics is a farming approach where one grows plants without soil. Instead, they get their growth requirements from the air and the nutrient-filled...
...with no soil needed When we think of farming or planting, the basic ideas that come to mind are digging up soil, dumping in seeds, sprinkling it with some water, and letting the power of nature turn the seed into a plant. Of course, humans take part in the process. But looking at the big...
As opposed to what other people think, one doesn’t have to buy a lot in order to start a farm business. Arnel Tandang, 50, operations manager and owner of AGT Seedlings Supply, proves that establishing an agricultural enterprise is possible even if you don’t own property. Tandang, who...
