By Yvette Tan
Taal Volcano's eruption last January 12 has led to Alert Level 4 being declared in nearby areas, meaning that a major eruption (Alert Level 5) ... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Irrigation can be important to crop health, but it can be expensive and when implemented poorly, can result in wastage. A Frenchman has invente... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
What we grow, be it food crops or livestock, isn’t just what we eat--it’s also part of what makes up who we are. This is the message that chef ... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Planting crops and raising livestock and their products aren’t the only ways to make money in agriculture. For a Gawad Kalinga (GK) Federal Lan... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Sometimes, getting a community to consider agriculture as a means of securing food security as well as a viable means of livelihood starts with... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Angelina “Angie” Mead King is a woman with many titles. She’s a hotelier, restaurateur, car shop owner, race car driver, vlogger, TV host, and ... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Earlier this year, the Philippine Coffee Board, together with the Amadeo, Cavite local government, launched Pick Red ‘Fine Robusta,’ a campaign... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Filipinos have always prided themselves on being an agricultural country with numerous land and marine resources. And yet, only a select few kn... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
It’s true that more young people are entering the agriculture business, but given that it’s not the easiest industry to thrive in, especially w... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
There’s a farm and zero waste-themed events space on top of a hill in the middle of Quezon City, and it's hoping to be a model of sustainabilit... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
A lot of people take agriculture for granted. They think that it’s an old and boring lifestyle, and one that doesn’t make money to boot.
It... Read More...
Husband and wife Kenneth and Shirley Reyes-Lao of Cacao Culture Farms left IT (Information Technology) jobs in Manila and moved to Davao to become cocoa farmers... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Agriculture magazine, in cooperation with the Agricultural Training Institute, presented AgriTalk Cavite 2019, the last for the year.
Held i... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
With the popularity of indoor plants on the rise once again, folks are always on the lookout for varieties that can the most green to their spa... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Filipinos love coffee. It’s an important part of breakfast: the image of dunking buttery pan de sal in a cup of hot, sweetened coffee has been ... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
Tillandsia, also known as air plants, are gaining popularity as ornamentals. These evergreens get their nickname from their most defining chara... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
In this month’s issue of Agriculture magazine, I profile two very different farms run by millennials. One is an urban farm in the middle of New M... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Region X launched two new books last week in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. Both of them celebrate the... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
It's been an exciting few days in the agriculture industry. Here are some of what's been happening:
World Food Prize winner pushes for 'vege... Read More...
By Yvette Tan
It’s been a few weeks since the midterm elections, yet, as with past elections, posters still cover walls and tarpaulins still hang from posts.... Read More...
Yvette Tan is Agriculture magazine's managing editor Agriculture.com.ph’s web editor. She is an award-winning writer who likes to eat, travel, and listen to stories about the strange and supernatural. She is dedicated to encouraging people to push for sustainable food sources and is an advocate of food security, food sovereignty, and the preservation of community foodways.
