Category: Agri Tour
Look! A Garden Called Little Amsterdam In the Cebu City Highlands
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Every Saturday and Sunday one thousand to two thousand people line up and pay P100 to be able to enter what they call Sirao Garden Little Amsterdam up in the hills of Cebu City. The same number also visit the place during holidays. During ordinary days 300 to 500 flower-loving […]
Rare Ornamentals, Mud House & Cloning Forest Trees In Guimaras
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In Guimaras Island, if you are fond of rare and expensive ornamental plants, you will find them in Neptune Puttman’s Garden Resort in Buenavista town. We were really amazed by the huge Dioon species growing beautifully near the back entrance of the building. Another Dioon species, a Dioon mejiae, is […]
PRIDE OF JANIUAY: Damires Hills Leisure Farm
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Here is one organic farm that you would love to visit if you happen to be in Iloilo and you are interested not only in enjoying Mother Nature but also in picking up practical ideas that you can adopt or improve on in your own leisure farm project. This is […]
FREE: Aztec Spirulina Farm Tour, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019
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If you want to know more about the most nutritious food in the world (according to the UN FAO), better attend the free Farm Tour on Nov. 15, 2019 at the high-tech farm of Aztec Spirulina, 9A Buick St., Village East Executive Village, Cainta, Rizal, tel. 0917-585-1328. The farm was […]
A SUSTAINABLE PARADISE IN TARANUMAN FARM
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One of the eco-friendly activities in Club Paradise Palawan’s sustainability program called EcoConserve is producing its very own fresh herbs and vegetables from Taranuman Farm which are used as the ingredients to a wide variety of food served at Club Paradise’s Firefish Restaurant. The farm started in 2016 and since […]
AFFORDABLE TAIWAN TOUR AT P30,000 ONLY PER PERSON
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JANE CHEN of Everbright Travel & Tours has come up with an affordable package tour for 4 days and 3 nights in Taipei and Yilan County. The tour costs only P30,000 per person, all inclusive. The participants will visit Toucheng Leisure Farm for fruit picking, barbecue dinner and wine tasting. […]
SUNDAYS WITH ZAC B. SARIAN: Sharing Ideas & Experiences In Farming & Gardening
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This is a new project where we will be sharing experiences, ideas and insights on farming and gardening that we have amassed in the 50+ years that we have been writing about agriculture and also doing our own brand of small-scale farming. In all those years, we have met people […]
A MODERN VILLAGE LEVEL MUSCOVADO SUGAR PROCESSING FACILITY
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Ramon Uy of Bacolod who is into fabrication of various machines that include shredders, essential oil extractors, threshers and more has a sharp eye for opportunities in agriculture. This time, he has come up with a complete module of a muscovado sugar processing facility highly suitable for the village level. […]
VEGETABLE SOYBEAN IS ANOTHER POSSIBLE EXPORT FOR JELFARM
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The vegetable soybean, popularly called Edamame, is a possible new export product of Jelfarm, the biggest okra exporter to Japan based in San Manuel, Tarlac City. Jef Fernandez, the executive assistant who manages Jelfarm, served us samples of his Edamame harvest during our visit together with a delegation of young […]
BAMBOO GROWING PUSHED IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
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Growing bamboo is being seriously promoted in Negros Occidental as it could provide another source of livelihood for farmers as well as entrepreneurs who process the bamboo poles into various products that are in demand in the market. The interest in bamboo was very evident during the the 26th Panaad […]
