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QUEZON CITY, Feb. 16 The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is winning some small battles in combatting hunger and poverty, thanks to its revolutionized farming system, which expands the scope of vegetable gardening to as far as it can get – the urban areas.
On Thursday, February 18, 2021, the DAR, in partnership with the Quezon City Government, will prove once again that farming is no longer confined in its traditional turf, the rural areas, as it spearheads the much-awaited harvest festival in Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City to provide food on the table of every household in the city.
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DAR-Cavite provincial agrarian reform program officer James Arthur Dubongco cited Joselito Tibayan, Allan Marjes Tibayan and Roberto Mojica, all officers of the Palanque Agrarian Reform Cooperative in Naic; Danilo Arnes and Mario Profeta of Tres Cruces Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Farmers Association; and, Teresita Villanueva of Barangay Bunga Farmers Association in Tanza for “voluntarily sharing their proven farming techniques to Tondo residents who took part in the project, dubbed as Buhay sa Gulay, a brain-child of DAR Secretary John R. Castriciones.’’
“You have not denied your talents and skill in the field of farming. Your response became a signal for the success of the said project. Thank you for your time and knowledge,” Dubongco said.
Published January 2, 2021, 4:24 PM
An urban vegetable garden established inside the St. John Don Bosco Parish compound in Tondo, Manila will be opened to the public for the first time Sunday, Jan. 3.
Under the “Buhay sa Gulay” (Life in Vegetables) project of the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR), Secretary John Castriciones is inviting the public to join the “pick, harvest, and pay” activity in which customers will be allowed to go around the farm, pick grown vegetables themselves, and pay for their harvests.
Residents of Tondo have planted squash, upo, kangkong, spinach, mustard, and pechay in the vegetable garden.
Castriciones said an 8,000-square meter vacant football field was converted into an urban vegetable garden to plant varieties of vegetables to benefit families and residents of 17 barangays around the parish for the Buhay sa Gulay project that is being implemented by the DAR in partnership with the Don Bosco Parish, Department of Agriculture, and the