Quezon farm makes money from crops and vacation crowds

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By Yvette Tan Lukong Valley Farm, a farm resort in Dolores Quezon, gets its name from the Tagalog word for bowl. This is in reference to the farm’s bowl-like... Read More...

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Wasteland turned into flower farm for agritourism

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By Zac B. Sarian What used to be a wasteland where no crop would grow for many years is now a one-hectare flower farm that is attracting local and foreign vi... Read More...

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Balik Bukid Jr.: A day-long journey back to the ‘bukid’ life

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By Nikky Necessario A day of leaving the city and experiencing farm life is what ‘Balik Bukid Jr.’ or what used to be just ‘Balik Bukid,’ has been offering t... Read More...

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Traditional lodge stays in Banaue let tourists experience the life of rice farmers

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By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao The Banaue Rice Terraces are located in the mountains of North Central Luzon and are composed of a system of irrigated rice ter... Read More...

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Look! A garden called ‘Little Amsterdam’ in the Cebu City highlands

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By Zac B. Sarian Every Saturday and Sunday, one to two thousand people line up and pay P100 each to be able to enter what they call Sirao Garden Little Amste... Read More...

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Angie King’s castle: Hotelier turns Batangas rest home into a farm

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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...

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Success comes from converting farms and transforming lives

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By Sahlie Lacson As a Sagittarius born on November 23rd, Jonathan “Joni” Sanchez is well known for being adventurous, positive, and direct. By doing many sor... Read More...

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The healing power of medicinal plants

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By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao The use of plants as medicine has been a common practice even before the rise of modern medicine in the 18th century. Ester Mal... Read More...

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Bukid Amara: A new level of farm experience

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By Julio P. Yap Jr. Bukid Amara can be simply described as colorful, not only because of its different varieties of flowers and vegetables but also due to th... Read More...

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Two farm tour destinations you’d love to visit in Iloilo

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By Zac B. Sarian Here are two organic farms that you would love to visit if you happen to be in Iloilo and you are interested not only in enjoying Mother Nat... Read More...

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ATI launches two books that showcase Philippine native plants and Region IV-A’s farm tourism sites

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By Rica Anne D. Victoriano The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), in their continuous exploration of strategies to support the local agricultural industr... Read More...

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Farm offers eat all you can rambutan in Ilocos Norte

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A farm in Adams, Ilocos Norte gained attention on social media because of its unusual offer to customers—eat all you can rambutan. Rambutan (Photo from Emmy... Read More...

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They dared to be different and won

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By Zac B. Sarian In our coverage of agriculture, we sometimes come across unusual strategies that can make their proponents big winners. In Taiwan, for insta... Read More...

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Great varieties, great ideas from Known-You Seed

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By Zac B. Sarian The staff of Agriculture Magazine, Rosalie P. Lacson and yours truly, were invited to the 50th anniversary celebration of Known-You Seed in... Read More...

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May’s Organic Garden bags Best Tourist Attraction Award

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By Julio P. Yap Jr. For integrating the benefits of good agricultural practices together with fun and relaxation, May’s Organic Garden bagged the 2018 Best T... Read More...

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A weekend ‘farmcation’ is now actually a thing

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Small farms in the US thrive with little income, but today, letting guests stay and experience farm life give them additional source of money. It was Seren S... Read More...

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Young farmers give advice on running successful farms

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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...

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Laguna’s pioneer in agri-business: Ato Belen’s Farm

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The farm was established in 1987 when Renato “Ato” Belen found an opportunity to propagate and provide coffee seedlings for one of his friends. Afterwards, he b... Read More...

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How Chad’s Nature Farm became an organic farm

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Chad’s Nature Farm is a 1.5 hectare farm located in Sitio Kaypatag, Brgy. Kinalaglagaan, Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas.  The farm is owned by Aida C. Briones, a ... Read More...

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Compact farms are viable and sustainable

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By Julio P. Yap Jr. Establishing compact farms practising small-scale agriculture has the potential to boost the economic status of local communities, and ev... Read More...

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