When life gives you coffee: INCREASING SPECIALTY COFFEE PRODUCTION: QUALITY IN OUR LOCALITY The Philippines is a coffee-producing country, considered to be one of the few countries that belong to the coffee belt and one of the few gifted to grow the four varieties of coffee. However, the country’s coffee farmers remain in need of continue reading : When life gives you coffee: INCREASING SPECIALTY COFFEE PRODUCTION: QUALITY IN OUR LOCALITY
Making money out of waste: BAGORGANIC WAY Blessed C. Bagor is a 26-year-old resident at Labason, Zamboanga del Norte. He took up Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Financial Management at the Jose Rizal Memorial State University – Tampilisan Campus. He has been working in different companies as a sales representative continue reading : Making money out of waste: BAGORGANIC WAY
Plowing on toward a better life: ORGANICALLY-GROWN CAPSICUM ANNUUM AND SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION Florencio Quintinita, Jr. is a 26-year-old certified young farmer from Central Visayas. He has been farming for almost ten years, developing his parents’ two-hectare land at Sitio Katiwihan, Tolosa, Malabuyoc, Cebu. A life of perseverance At a young age, Quintinita was already continue reading : ORGANICALLY-GROWN CAPSICUM ANNUUM AND SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION
Making life sweet for carabao farmers: RIPPLES ICE CREAM Eleazar O. Carmen hails from a family of farmers. His parents are into rice and integrated vegetable farming on a parcel of land which they tend to as tenants. Carmen grew up in a simple farm life, wherein his parents often budgeted their resources for all continue reading : Making life sweet for carabao farmers: RIPPLES ICE CREAM
Making a lasting impact to community, environment: BAHAY TEKNIK: A GARDEN TO KITCHEN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE The Young Farmers Challenge Fund (YFCF) National Level finalist Sandino M. Guinto, a 298-year-old agripreneur from Daet, Camarines Norte, was a young college student when he started to find his niche and realized that what he actually wanted to do continue reading : Making a lasting impact to community, environment: BAHAY TEKNIK: A GARDEN TO KITCHEN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Finding milk and honey in agripreneurship: THE PROMISE LAND INTEGRATED FARMING AND TRADING “God gave me the vision to manage a 35-hectare farm. It’s heartbreaking for me to see a farmer crying because of the low buying price of farm commodities.” That was when Kaecelyn L. Saltiban of Talugtug, Nueva Ecija decided to pursue agriculture continue reading : THE PROMISE LAND INTEGRATED FARMING AND TRADING
A symbol of her love for family and agriculture: JEPS NORTHLAND FARM “I believe that my story was planned. I believe that my story was already written.” Starting young Jecerlene P. Sabio’s passion for agriculture began from her family of farmers. She still remembers how her whole family was having fun in their farm, feeling continue reading : JEPS NORTHLAND FARM
Proving small farm areas can earn a million:ABF PROPAGATION NURSERY “Sisimulan ko sa aking sarili na patunayan na sa pagsasaka, maaaring makaka-produce tayo ng pagkain; kikita at mababago ang ating buhay na nakasanayan kahit maliit lang ang ating lupang sinasaka. I want to serve as a living testimony that farming is good and profitable.” Antonio continue reading : Proving small farm areas can earn a million: ABF PROPAGATION NURSERY
A sweet ending from a spicy beginning: DALIKAN’S HOUSE OF SAUCES A young brave soul at the age of 21, Harry D. Osboken put up his first-ever physical store in the last quarter of 2017, just after he graduated from college and was still building up his career in the food industry sector. Working on continue reading : A sweet ending from a spicy beginning: DALIKAN’S HOUSE OF SAUCES
Vernie S. Beo and Camille F. De Peralta of Taguig City both share their love for gardening, which started in 2016. From simple container gardening, their passion for growing plants started to grow even more, leading them to produce different kinds of ornamental plants, flowering plants, fruit-bearing trees, vegetables, and even cacti and succulents. Cultivating continue reading : VERMILLE’S MUNTING BUKID HYDROPONICS AND ORGANIC FARM LEARNING CENTER
