agriculture business : crops, aquaculture, livestock, poultry, entrepreneurs, and agrithing…
Legends tell of ancient grains exclusively served on tables of royalty. Today, these grains are known as heirloom rice in the United States and other parts of the world. Most heirloom rice production is in remote parts of Asia, including Bhutan, Bengal, and the mountain regions of the Philippines. Here, they are simply called, red rice.
Seed is the most valuable able input for anyone who is into farming. Failure of the seeds to germinate would mean additional production cost, not to mention delay in farm operations. It is therefore important to make sure that seed for planting have high germination percentage. But how can one be ascertained of the quality of the seeds or that the seeds still have high germination percentage? Here are timely tips for those who are interested in farming or gardening.
And whenever we have a discussion on the state of agri in our country, we both agree that the major factor of success is the “affordability” level of farmer’s expenditures as related to the world outside the farm gate.
Stereotyping of farmers in various state or condition to me is a result of the “non-affordability” factor on the farmer side. Statements like “farmers are poor because they are lazy or they choose to go to a cockfight and gamble rather than attend to farming needs, etc.” abound when discussing the present state of farming. The “poor” or “small” adjectives are used when putting an image of the Filipino farmer.
Chemically, water is the combination of hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O); these are joined in the ratio of 2 hydrogen atoms to 1 oxygen (as H20). It is the most abundant chemical substance, and it performs endless functions whether it’s in the form of liquid, solid or gas.
Water is vital to nutrition. It is the solvent wherein the metabolic reactions of the body take place. It carries the nutrients which are subjected to cellular metabolism, and the waste products of metabolism. It also serves to disperse the heat generated by the metabolic reactions. In many of the metabolic reactions water is either added or subtracted. Subtracted water is termed metabolic water, while the addition of water is termed hydrolysis.
Dr. Evelina Tablan, naturepath doctor from San Francisco, California who promotes the use of coconut sugar among other organic foods shared in a press conference the benefits of coco sugar.
Dr. Tablan mentioned the three cases of patients with prostate problems. For two weeks, the patients took 1 tbsp of coco sugar three times a day. Later tests revealed that the reading went down from 14 to 2. She also said the coco sugar will soon be used as substitute for Viagra becaus of the high glutamic acid content.
Here’s a healthy Chinese recipe for all food cart and carinderia operators.
Lumpiang Shanghai is a recipe composed of meat, varieties of vegetables and organic extenders to make the product increase in yield. It also used bring down the cost.
Organic fibers are needed by the body for maintenance of good health. Samples of fibers are soy protein, bamboo fiber, wheat fiber and corn fiber.
Life partners Patricia and Dale Bandalan’s unique ingenuity has led them to promote exotic and Filipino fruits in powdered form - and the market is positively responding.
In this era and time, if John Lennon were still baking fresh billboard hits, he could pen a masterpiece about how ordinary people are going to extraordinary lengths to stay fit and healthy. And every gym in the Metro would have a copy of the remix.
The next best thing to this would be the list of all natural herbal teas we see in everyday supermarkets. The ones that have replaced artificial fruit drinks our grandparents used to buy for us as presents are now more than ready to go head-to-head with bottled iced teas.
Solar Drying of Fruits, Vegetables
Another little project that can grow big is solar drying of fruits and vegetables. Two units are now in operation at the research center in Alabel, Sarangani. These are small units that can dry fruits and vegetables in three days. Being dried at present are mango, pineapple, papaya and kamias.
The Alcantara Group of Companies in Southern Mindanao has become well known for its Sarangani bangus the past several years. That is easily understandable. After all, it harvests about 18 tons of bangus every day and exports most of it in processed form to the United States and some other places. It’s the country’s biggest bangus exporter. At the same time, the Alcantara group, through its Finfish Hatcheries, produces some 800 million Sarangani bangus fingerlings a year, almost half the total requirements of the country.
Of course, many years back, the Alcantara group (also known simply as Alsons) was famous for its Sarangani cattle. The cattle project is still there but not as big an operation as it used to be. The company is also into mango (8,000 trees), 160 hectares of bananas (cardaba, Cavendish and lakatan) and over 30 hectares of pummelo.
The heating system Thermo supplies the piglets in the farrowing pen with constant and advantageous floor warmth. This reduces the risk of dead losses during the first critical days after birth. The piglets feel comfortable. This is the Thermo W has been used successfullysince 1992. Thermo W 400 x 600 mm 15 3/4″ x 23 5/8″ water heating panel.
