Natural Farming Philippines

[dbrainer]

With the appointment of the new DA sec Proceso Alcala, NGO's which pushes for natural farming protocols were given hope ... The group has already a website http://www.naturalfarmingph.org with an objective of spreading the natural ways of doing farming ... i just registered on this site and had started knowing things on farming naturally ... worth to visit their site.

[mikey]

There is alot of truth in what you are saying but it comes down to the same old question.With all the high tech farming practices used worldwide, we are still unable to send every man,women and children to bed at night with full bellies.How do we solve world hunger???Thats the real question???

[Mustang Sally Farm]

Philippines - Organic farming 17 Jan 2011
WHILE the rest of the world was busy preparing for the New Year’s Eve party last week, a few vegetable sellers were preoccupied with one thing: that new stickers bearing the words “Certified Organic” get pasted on their produce before it hits the market. On Saturday, new food labelling requirements demand that only Government-approved organic farms get to label their produce as “organic”, thus putting an end to a situation that is best described as a “free-for-all”.
 
 
 
 
This requirement, according to the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry, is intended to give some kind of assurance to consumers that they are getting genuine organically-grown stuff.
 
 
 
 
 
The popularity of eating safe, chemical-free food in recent years meant that many players have marketed their produce as organic, without any form of independent, third party verification or certification...