Coco bonsai is a type of bonsai made using coconut seedlings. It is not exactly a bonsai by definition as it does not attempt to look like a miniature coconut tree. Instead, it is a coconut seedling maintained at a certain height and shape, with its seed incorporated into its design. Glenn Olis is...
Many countries around the world continue to suffer from malnutrition, also known as “hidden hunger,” which causes massive human and economic costs. The most common nutrient deficiencies are zinc, vitamin A, and iron. Poverty is generally the root of this. As Covid-19 and climate change...
Photo by Alessio Soggetti from Unsplash. The skies are the highways of tomorrow. This idea seems more and more likely now that more businesses have been taking advantage of drones to deliver their products. In the central African country of Rwanda, drones are being used to deliver a substance that...
Neil Magpantay is a rice farmer who earns additional income from selling coco bonsai. Neil Magpantay, 44, spends his days working on his uncle’s rice farm in San Juan, Batangas. The farm makes its harvest every three months, meaning Neil only earns every quarter. He said he is able to make do and...
Marilyn “Marz” Hortinela-Grafane, 31, is no stranger to farm life. She has never lost sight of her roots and embraces the lessons and influence that her parents gave her. Being raised on a farm, for Grafane, meant following a healthy lifestyle and diet. It also meant learning the importance of...
With the Philippines being a hot pot of different cultures and languages, it is easy for the names of plants to get mixed up. A name could refer to a certain plant in one region but mean something else in another. A single plant can be referred to by different names but they actually mean the same...
Chef N creates a new place for good food and good art By Roma Bello WELCOME TO TABLE Chef Nino Rovillos From a simple home food tray business to a classic dining restaurant in the south, entrepreneur and chef Nino Rovillos, otherwise known as Chef N, penetrates the culinary scene with his food...
Food historian Felice Prudente Sta. Maria has launched a website and turned her Instagram account to help students of food history mine the riches of our culinary and gastronomic past By Don Baldosano KAIN NA Partial image of Chino Pansitero painted by Filipino artist Jose Lozano for the Gervasio...
Philippine embassy participates in the ASEAN Market 2022 at the ASEAN Culture House in South Korea A TASTE OF 7,641 ISLANDS Personnel of the Philippine embassy in Seoul manned the booth at the expo Among the products displayed at the Philippine booth from the Philippine Trade and Investment Center...
It's difficult to imagine rabbits as food because they have always been nurtured as pets. In the Philippines, where rabbit farming is still unpopular, it may take time for the industry to develop and catch up to prevalent meat sources like chickens. Despite such setbacks, the local government...
Photo by Pixabay. Cultivating insects is becoming a popular avenue for farmers worldwide. Livestock farmers, in particular, have been raising insects to feed their animals. It has become more acceptable due to the nutritional benefit and ease of reproducing insects. Perhaps the biggest incentive to...
Almaciga resin or Manila copal. Photo by Jason Houston from Wikimedia Commons. The resin extracted from a native tree called almaciga ( Agathis philippinensis ) has long been traded by the Philippines under the name of Manila copal. It is used to manufacture varnish, lacquer, and paint....
