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By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Viticulture is the science, study, and production of grapes that is practiced nearly everywhere in the world. It’s widely used ... Read More...

Wasteland turned into flower farm for agritourism

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...

Rising from the ashes through right attitude and the passion to farm

By Sahlie P. Lacson Twenty-nine years after Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption, the municipality of Bacolor in the province of Pampanga managed to rise up successfully ... Read More...

“Kangkong Queen” helps her community while fully rehabilitating her organic farm after typhoons Yolanda and Ursula

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By Ellaine Kryss Hubilla If you happen to visit Tacloban City, then La Granja de Reyna must be on your itinerary. It is one of the most visited farms in Tacl... Read More...

Forest Wood Garden: Farm tourism destination with a culinary twist

By Randy V. Urlanda The lush Forest Wood Garden at the foot of Mount San Cristobal, a dormant volcano rising 4,820 feet beside the mystical Mount Banahaw, at... Read More...

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Organic farm attracts 10,000 visitors a week, halts illegal logging

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By Zac B. Sarian Would you believe that an organic farm in Palawan that is barely three years old is now attracting as many as 10,000 visitors a week? Yes, a... Read More...

A weekend getaway advocates the importance of native trees

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By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Every now and then, it is important to take a break from the chaos of the city and the significant responsibilities that come w... Read More...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bukid Amara: A new level of farm experience

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...

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

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...

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...

They dared to be different and won

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...