Dr. Susan Balingit of the Slow Food Movement, which advocates healthy lifestyle, said Filipinos can stay healthy, active and young by eating organically-grown food, or food produced in farms without those harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Archive for March, 2009
15 Mar
Group pitching calls for massive cultivation, export of cancer-fighting black rice
The improved black rice, like the other indigenous or colored rice varieties, can adapt to poor soil condition. However, he said instead of six months, they can now be harvested after 110 days, just like the ordinary rice that were improved through hybridization.
15 Mar
‘Organic farming will make rice cheaper’
“If the farmers produce their own organic fertilizers the cost is even cheaper. Lower cost of organic fertilizer inputs, means production cost is much lower. Eventually, farmers will be able to sell their produce at a lower price,” Tadeo said.
15 Mar
‘Organic farming will make rice cheaper’
“If the farmers produce their own organic fertilizers the cost is even cheaper. Lower cost of organic fertilizer inputs, means production cost is much lower. Eventually, farmers will be able to sell their produce at a lower price,” Tadeo said.
7 Mar
NE farmers fighting climate change through organic farming
“We need to put up effective organic (farming) support systems to make organic farming work,” he said.
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