A three-day harvest festival at the Atisco Farm 2 in Tanauan City, Batangas will be held on November 30 through December 2, 2017, it was announced by Dante Delima, operations manager of the farm.

During the three-day event, there will be tour of the farm, seminars on high-value crops production, and demonstration of farm machinery like tractors, tillers, bed making machines and other implements.

Atisco which stands for Agri-Tech Integrated Services Company, is a service firm that is engaged in farm mechanization, agricultural crops production, including vegetables and fruits, rice and even abaca.

Atisco Farm 2 is devoted to the production of vegetables and fruits intended to supply the requirements of the canteens of its mother company, the giant Yazaki-Torres with about 14,000 employees working three shifts every day. Excess production goes to the local markets.

The Atisco Farm 2 is also a training center for farmers who would like to grow vegetables and other high-value crops. Among the resource persons are experts from the seed companies.

On Nov. 30, at 1 p.m., there will be a seminar on the “Cultural management for ampalaya and Upo production.” On December 1, the seminar at 10 a.m. will be “Cultural management for tomato and Chilli production,” At 1 p.m., the seminar will be “Cultural management for eggplant and watermelon production.”

On the third day, December 2, there will be field demonstrations of Atisco farm machinery like tractors, tillers, bed-making machine, corn and onion seeder, plowing, harrowing, mechanical plastic mulch installation and others.

The harvest festival is open free to the public. The address of Atisco Farm 2 is Brgy. Talaga, Tanauan City, Batangas. For more information, contact Atisco at 0919-312-3930 or 0917-852-2891.