Topic: farming

Thai landfill turned into urban farm to feed poor during pandemic

Thai landfill turned into urban farm to feed poor during pandemic

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 07 08:46 PM

An urban farm developed on a former landfill site in northern Thailand boosted the food security and livelihoods of poor families during the coronavirus pandemic, and can be a model for unused spaces in other cities, urban experts said on Thursday. Read more »

Magulay na Pasko

Magulay na Pasko

Text and photos by George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 03:52 PM

When Caloocan parish priest Fr. Eduardo “Ponpon” Vasquez Jr. saw the sudden interest in gardening, he grabbed the opportunity to promote vegetable cultivation in his community via the “Veggie Christmas Tree Challenge 2020.”  Read more »

Nearly 4,000 farmers affected by floods in Isabela

Nearly 4,000 farmers affected by floods in Isabela

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 09:49 PM

Following the massive flooding triggered by typhoon Ulysses, the province of Isabela steps up efforts to aid affected farmers while the province of Rizal identifies a relocation site for residents living in the danger zone.  Read more »

Mga kabataan sa Maynila sasanayin sa urban farming

Mga kabataan sa Maynila sasanayin sa urban farming

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 02:43 PM

Ito ay matapos pirmahan ngayong Martes ng mga kinatawan mula sa Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at OMA Farming School Corp. ang isang kasunduan na magbibigay ng scholarship sa 100 tao, karamihan ay mga miyembro ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan. Read more »

Trapped by pandemic, ships’ crews fight exhaustion and despair

Trapped by pandemic, ships’ crews fight exhaustion and despair

Aurora Almendral, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 09 10:39 PM

The International Transport Workers’ Federation estimated that 300,000 of the 1.2 million crew members at sea were essentially stranded on their ships, working past the expiration of their original contracts and fighting isolation, uncertainty and fatigue. Read more »

Vertical farm born in the pandemic; sales up

Vertical farm born in the pandemic; sales up

Ian Teh and Mike Ives, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 04 07:11 AM

The setup of the 2 friends’ agricultural venture was unusual. Their farm sat next to a gas station, inside a shipping container where the plants grew in vertically stacked shelves. And the timing of their first sales — during the early days of Malaysia’s coronavirus outbreak — seemed less than ideal. Read more »

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