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PICKINGS. Pearly Mansog, one of the owners of the strawberry farm in Barangay Nueva Vista, Don Victoriano Chongbian town, Misamis Occidental, picks strawberries for food sampling. Pearly and her husband, Larry, started growing strawberries as an alternative livelihood during Covid-19 pandemic. (PNA photo by Nef Luczon) OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental - Larry and Pearly Mansog were married for 26 years and things were already steady with their farm delivering good produce in Barangay Nueva Vista, Don Victoriano Chongbian town of this province. Until the lockdowns due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic have forced many businesses to stop operations that also affected their livelihood. They used to plant and sell highland crops like bell peppers and cabbages, but the profit was not enough compared to what they usually earned before the pandemic. "So, we thought of planting strawberries. We started with 480 'mother plants' in March 2021," Larry said in vernac

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