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Not all ‘wasabi’ is real wasabi

Have you eaten Wasabi? Your answer to that question is probably ‘yes,’ but this article would beg to differ. What most of us have tried is probably just wasa... Read More...

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Abundant crops for April

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Summer has officially started and the heat is on! Here are some abundant crops to enjoy with the warm weather. ... Read More...

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Small Farmland Yields 7 Tons of Onions

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By Julio P. Yap Jr. A farmer was able to harvest at least 7.29 tons of red onions from his 3,500-square-meter farmland. According to Victor Layug, he was ab... Read More...

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New Hybrid Shallots a Potential Money-maker

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By Zac B. Sarian More than 200 farmers from towns in Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Pangasinan, and elsewhere witnessed the potential of Maserati as a moneymaker... Read More...

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The cauliflower, the jack-of-all-trades of the vegetable kingdom

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Who would actually think that there are a gazillion ways to make cauliflowers more delectable? With its perfect combination of being hard on the outside yet ver... Read More...

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Discovery lead to what makes a fruit sour

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Citrus varieties that we enjoy today are the fruits of thousands of years of studying. A recent research resulted in a discovery that a fruit that has more hydr... Read More...

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Eating mushrooms could lower the risk of mental health decline

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According to a study, people who eat about 300g or more of cooked mushrooms have a reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or the middle ground between... Read More...

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Harvesting His Best Ever Onion Crop

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By Zac B. Sarian When we visited Reynaldo “Amang” Ramos in his onion farm on February 5, 2011 in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, he was the happiest onion farmer we ... Read More...

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She Wanted to Prove She Could Grow Grapes

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By Zac B. Sarian In 1990, Soledad Agbayani was already a big name in agribusiness, having 200,000 egg layers, 15,000 pigs, and about 600 full-grown mango tr... Read More...

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Vegan hearts go bananas: Banana blossom as a meat-alternative

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Banana Blossom, more known as “banana heart” (“puso ng saging” in Filipino), is making the hearts of vegans blossom as it is now being considered a new meat alt... Read More...

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Are chickpeas the new ‘cool beans’?

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Chickpeas, more known as garbanzo beans, which originally came from the Mediterranean and the Middle East, is now making its way across the globe, well, more li... Read More...

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Trying Pumpkins From Thailand

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By Zac B. Sarian The warty pumpkins which are favorites in Thailand might as well be introduced in the Philippines for whatever they are worth. They are rep... Read More...

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Monoculture seen as a threat to banana varieties

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Bananas are considered one of the oldest known cultivated plants. Early varieties were first grown in the United States in the 1880s by entrepreneurs involved w... Read More...

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One veggie that that Filipinos should plant and eat

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By Zac B. Sarian While going around the vegetable plots at the Hortanova Farm in Lipa City during our recent visit, the founder of East-West Seed called our... Read More...

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Advantage of Intercropping and Proper Inputs

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By Julio P. Yap Jr. Generally, intercropping is described as the agricultural practice of cultivating two or more crops in the same area at the same time. Th... Read More...

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Super Tall Hybrid Corn for Making Silage

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Here's one more bit of good news that could boost silage making for livestock feed. An agricultural company based in Isabela has come up with a hybrid non-GMO c... Read More...

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First Time Sweet Corn Grower in Zambales

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Mark Mercado, 36, finished an IT course and was an active member of a musical band that performed in various entertainment places. Six years ago, he gave up his... Read More...

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There’s More to Rootcrops Than Just Being a “Poor Man’s Crop”

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By Prince Darius A. Lina and Editha G. Cagasan, Visayas State University Affordable and easy-to-grow, rootcrops have become a primary source of sustenance f... Read More...

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Globally Dominating Crops Could Be a Threat to Agriculture

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A new study from the University of Toronto claims that globally, farmers are growing more of the same kinds of crops which presents major risks for agricultural... Read More...

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