Starting with a 10-acre plot, Don Christopher's ranch became the largest garlic grower in the nation and the offbeat Garlic Festival its signature promoter.
Donald Christopher, who started Gilroy, CA-based Christopher Ranch in 1956 at the tender age of 22 and grew it into the leading producer of fresh garlic in the United States, died at the age of 87 on Dec. 12, 2022.
The measure extending the three-year fixed term of the Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff to other military top brass led a total of 19 bills approved by lawmakers at the House of Representatives on third and final reading last Monday.