Next to chickens, duck, or itik, is the second major source of egg and meat in the Philippines. Ducks are primarily raised for balut and salted egg, or itlog na pula. Almost 500,000 Filipino families rely on ducks for livelihood as well. Whether for personal or commercial purposes, a native breed...
Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh from Pexels. Using loofah sponges while bathing is a non-abrasive method to exfoliate dead skin. Synthetic versions of the sponge are available in most supermarkets, but for a long time, the sponge was actually sold in its natural form. Naturally-made loofah sponges come...
Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh from Pexels. Feeding chickens with the proper amount of nutrients will help them grow and fuel them for normal body functions. In feeding native chickens, the free-range method is recommended wherein chickens are given space to freely roam and eat on their own. Native...
Here are some crops that are abundant for the month of May and June. Duhat ( Syzygium cumini ) The Java plum, locally known as duhat or lomboy, is a tropical fruit native to several countries, including the Philippines. It has small, shiny, oblong fruits that grow in clusters. When fully mature,...
Photo by E Mens from Unsplash. In a utopian world, every senior citizen would leave the world after a life that was both meaningful and productive. This may seem like a pipe dream, but this is the case in the Netherlands where an untraditional elderly care model called ‘care farms’ empower...
A flock of darag chickens. (DOST – PCAARRD) They came from the mountain forests of Western Visayas. What were once red jungle fowl surviving in the wild evolved to the native chickens now called darag. Darag are characterized by their single comb, whitish earlobes, and gray shanks, which is the...
Found in the cacao capital of the Philippines, Nutrarich Nutraceutical Innovations, NutraRich for short, is an FDA-registered chocolate manufacturer that uses locally-sourced cacao. It works hand in hand with Davao farmers to ensure the quality of cacao beans that they use for their...
Photo by Sippakorn Yamkasikorn from Unsplash. There are benefits to keeping worms in a garden. Alongside microbes, they break down dead organic material to make nutrients accessible for plants. But this is not the case all the time. If there is nothing for them to consume, worms may turn towards...
The use of buho (Schizostachyum lumampao) is central to Aeta cuisine. (DENR - ERDB) Technological advancements in food and agriculture have forever changed the way people eat, but high up in the mountains of Zambales, traditional food practices thrive strong among the Aetas. Central to Aeta...
In recognition of San Jose, Batangas’ contribution to the egg industry at both local and national levels, President Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11707, which pronounces San Jose as the ‘egg basket of the Philippines.’ Image by Moira Nazzari from Pixabay. According to an article by the...
Photo by Andrew Ridley from Unsplash. Ecologists have previously found that trees communicate and share nutrients by using underground fungal networks. Researchers have being studying this further and now speculate that fungal networks are able to communicate through a language made up of up to 50...
The BGC Community farm was constructed in the middle of BGC. (Jerome Sagcal) The streets of Bonifacio Global City (BGC) are lined with skyscrapers, but take a turn from 5th Avenue into 34th Street and you will find a green patch of land unlike anything else in the business district. On this corner...
