Bokashi is a Japanese word for fermented organic matter. In as fast as 30 days, one can create a natural fertilizer for the plants through bokashi composting. Composting is not only beneficial to the environment, but also to us humans. This boils down to ensuring the safety of the food we all...
Ube, or purple yam ( Dioscorea Alata ), has long been a favorite Filipino flavor. The last decade has seen his common but popular tuber achieve worldwide recognition as one of the most recognized flavors associated with Philippine cuisine. The ube plant is a vine that is grown for its tuberous...
“Permaculture, a design system that works with nature and could bridge the gap focusing on the ecosystem. In this case, a farming ecosystem in a very ordinary place in central Luzon,” was how Bert Peeters described the permaculture site he founded 20 years ago. Cabiokid Foundation Inc. is...
Moving to a place outside one’s homeland is a major life event and not everyone is lucky to have a smooth transition. The adjustment period can be tough in many aspects, including having to deal with unfamiliar dishes and practices. Christine Mallon-Odzic, 31, a native of Iloilo City, faced...
In the world of show business, we typically see artists either on television or on the big screen. As new technological trends arise, this opens more opportunities for everyone — one of these is through vlogging. It is something that many people, including public figures, have been using to...
Just a few hours away from Manila is a 4.8-hectare agri-forest farm in Cavinti, Laguna. FarmShare Prime, as its owners say, “is a community-engaged farm in the Philippines. Setting itself as the center of the Backyard Animal Raising Technique for community profitability and sustainability.”...
On March 17, 2021, Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko signed grant contracts with Japanese non-government organizations (NGOs) conducting activities in the Philippines namely: OISCA International, Ikaw-Ako, and JAEC. OISCA (Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement)...
The demands of life can sometimes be overwhelming. This is why Lucelitte “Celet” Retalla Galvez, an entrepreneur who runs a feed business in Surigao City, relieves stress by growing plants. Galvez, who also works as a part-time financial advisor, is a longtime plant hobbyist who eventually used...
It started with a tweet. A screencap of Sorgon's status that accompanied his retweet of Fortaleza's post. Maybelle Fortaleza, a University Research Associate for Coral Reef Resiliency and Ecology Studies Laboratory in UP Mindanao, tweeted a screenshot of a message she got from a fisher which,...
Organically grown vegetables mean many things: naturally grown, synthetic chemical-free, safe, sustainable. Unfortunately, it can also mean other things: expensive, inaccessible to small farmers and consumers on a tight budget. The Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) is hoping to change...
We ask these strong, powerful females who they look up to Which woman do I look up to in admiration? On the personal side there is Blessed Mary, mother of Lord Jesus, the embodiment of a mother’s devotion to her child. There is my mother Evangelina, with her old-school but timeless family values....
The Philippines, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar, has a strong bilateral connection with Israel and India in the field of agriculture. This 2021, DA aims to achieve a 2.5 percent growth through the strategies that fall under its major components: consolidation,...
