"Wag Nyo Lasunin ang Buko Namin!" - Save the Coconut Movement

A forum organized by Save the Coconut Movement and the graduates of UPOU Organic Agriculture. 

Edgar Eugenio, founder of Save the Coconut Movement

They're Farming and They Grow It! Paulo and Dan @ Tara Farms

Bamboo and Food Processing Workshop at Laur, Nueva Ecija

Workshop conducted by Cabiokid Foundation, sponsored by Transition Community Initiative Philippines (TCIP), attended by Good Food Community, The Mulching Matsings, and the TCIP staff last June 28-29.

Muni-Muni Minute

This morning at Oras na Pilipinas on 702 DZAS with host, Efren Pallorina and The Mulching Matsings of Los Banos: Jabez, Timi and Dan

just spent an hour talking to an old farmer over the phone who heard me on the radio this morning. he doesn't have access to the internet so he can't read my blog or visit my FB account so we kinda had an impromptu over-the-phone organic workshop. he's a conventional farmer but he said he believed every word i said during the interview. 

i can feel his desire to go organic it's just that he has no access to the materials needed and the community to support what he wanted to do. coz back in their place, everyone is doing conventional farming. i hope i get to visit him someday and i also hope that he would find someone who can guide him through the process of conversion. anyone from Bacoor, Cavite here?

to all my new friends here on FB, the listeners of Oras Na Pilipinas, thanks for all your text messages, it's truly inspiring and heartwarming (even tear-jerking!) to read your positive feedback. some even called while i was on the bus. i hope that i can meet you guys someday in this organic journey of ours. just keep the fire burning!

i'm thankful that our labor is not in vain. victory is already secured and we know that God has brought us all together for a cause that will glorify His name. It brings me so much joy that I'm seeing the world change right before my eyes. 

always remember 1 Corinthians 1:27 - "Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful."

Let's have courage to step up and change the world with what we can do. Don't let our limitations or weaknesses stop us from fulfilling God's awesome plan for our lives. 

Isaiah 55:8-9

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”

declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

Kainos Farm Week 23: Sowing and Transplanting

*Today my apprentice, Timi, helped me with farm duties at Kainos Farm. We sifted vermicast, compost, sand and garden soil for our potting mix; we transplanted herb seedlings (spearmint, peppermint, sweet basil, and Thai basil); and sowed sweet basil seeds. 

* Tomorrow we're going to the seminar at UPOU about the cocolisap. See details below.

* Then on Saturday and Sunday we will be attending a bamboo making and food processing workshop at Nueva Ecija together with some of our friends.

* On Monday, June 30, I'll be interviewed on a radio show called Oras na Pilipinas at 702 DZAS. I will talk about organic agriculture and the activities that we do to make a difference. Please tune in and show some love! The show starts at 8 am.

ELBIVORES Going to Foodstock 2014 Today!!!

ELBIVORES RIPRIZINT!!! The Health Walk, The Mulching Matsing, Cafe Antonio, Juniper Face The Corner, today is the day...so excited!!! Sana di tayo maligaw ala Balik Bukid! Sana pumunta din lahat ng bumili ng tickets sakin. If not, we will take lotsa pics for FB and Instagram to share the experience! #Foodstock2014 #GoodFoodCommunity

Working with The Mulching Matsings @ Vani's Garden

 * Dan and Maya cleaning the garden pathways and putting red and white pebbles and rocks. And then there's Vani sweeping the leaves.

* I did Vani's terraced beds at the back of the garden under the avocado tree. 

* Dan's veggies started sprouting! Pictured here are sitao, squash, cucumber, and pechay sprouts. Then we planted a bunch of herbs like citronella, lemongrass, oregano, gaynura, and aloe vera from Tita Glo.

* Breakfast at Dan's place then merrienda and lunch at Vani's house with her baby boy, Aiden, and Maya and Yvette. Hung out for quite some time, eating malunggay rice and giniling. Then we had black currant iced tea, cold drip coffee, exchanged stevia seeds and talked about road widening all afternoon. Good times!