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...
By Frank A. Hilario
After Appreciating Climate Change (1st of a series), we are now tackling Organic Farming because, scientists tell us, and I, as a discipl... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
Several years back, a pilot who had been reading our articles came to us. He wanted to know where he could buy African nightcrawlers, the ea... Read More...
Paper Mulberry tree, which has soft and brittle wood, can be made into charcoal, liquor or wood vinegar, handmade paper, scrunch, and bent wood as highlighted i... Read More...
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...
Love bacon but also love being healthy? Then this seaweed patented by Oregon State University researchers is for you!
Chris Langdon and his team started gro... Read More...
Banana tree trunks aren’t just to hold the plant up. A blog post pointed out that they can be used as effective planters for short root crops.
The trunks of ... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
Did you know that onion farmers can make their own organic concoction to fight fungal diseases like anthracnose, bulb rot and leaf spots? Th... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
Edgardo “Ed” Sarte, 56, works as an operations manager for Solid Mix Corporation, a ready-mix concrete company in Caloocan duri... Read More...
By Sharon Durham
A never-before-described gene that gives rice resistance to a disease that has been costing about $66 billion a year in global damage has be... Read More...
Apart from opening the world’s largest store in Manila by 2020, global retail brand IKEA also plans to work with Filipino farmers by sourcing organic ingredient... Read More...
By Randy V. Urlanda
Bamboo is deeply planted in the lives of Filipinos and its endless uses affect them from birth until death.
Rural midwives use the raz... Read More...
Modern scientists discovered that soil microbes and human health have a positive link. The study was further verified after further studies conducted on cancer ... Read More...
By Julio P. Yap Jr.
A graduating agriculture student conducted research on the production and shelf life of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and found out the imp... Read More...
Authentic organic agriculture is the key to unlocking soils’ highest potential with the use of oxidized lignite (Leonardite). It was named after the geologist d... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
The effects of the broken global food system can be felt across the world. Billions of people that are either underfed or over... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
The benefits of eating shifting a diet that’s less reliant on meat has its own controversies. While others argue that it’s a fo... Read More...
By Julius Barcelona and Aubregyn Ancheta
Farming is a labor of love, requiring many, many seasons of planting in the field for it to become a fruitful endeav... Read More...
By Dennis O'Brien
Anyone who has ever wondered why some tomatoes can taste so bland might be interested in the work of two Agricultural Research Service (ARS... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
Make the most out of your free space, whether it’s a patch of land left undisturbed or a balcony in the metro, by planting a ve... Read More...
