The Lifebank Foundation team headed by Mrs. Berna Halonghong (Acting Dept. Head, Sustainable Development Department), Carla Bien S. Pineda (Program Supervisor), and April Daraug (Program Associate), conducted a due diligence visit to Antique Cluster to formally meet the members and…
The General Assembly was held last February 19, 2022 via zoom. Despite the challenges of coordinating the schedules of the members, many were able to attend the yearly gathering. The ESSA network is nationwide and most of the members are…
Today we are featuring Teresa Ruelas of Cafe I and Cebu Farmer’s Market. She will be sharing how we can engage and motivate the organic farmers in our locality to create a thriving community.
Hello everyone! Today we will be launching the first of our ESSA sustainable stories, a series of interviews with people within the network who have been instrumental in helping to strengthen our advocacy of Sustainable Agriculture. First up we have…
A few weels ago, we released our article: Irrefutable Evidence Proves that Golden Rice is a Farce. In it, we highlighted that golden rice is not only inefficient at doing the very thing it was engineered to do (address vitamin…
ESSA continued it’s nationwide Initiative of conducting Inner Conditioning Workshops in Panay, thanks in part to the efforts and availability of facilitator and ESSA council member Elias Romualdez. The ICW is an intensive 3- day long that takes participants through…
In this age of GE seeds, hybrids and seed corporations, farmers are becoming increasingly dependent on outside sources for resource that had always been free by right: seeds. For thousands of years farmers saved seeds from their crops for the…
In the age of conventional agriculture, the value of forest land has rarely been appreciated. Farmers value clear land so that they can maximize the amount of crops they are able to grow and sell. However, decades of evidence is…
The Philippines is a wonderful place for farming. Abundant rains and warm weather make it possible for us to grow nearly any food all year round. However there are some challenges that come with that heavy rain, one of the…
To the Leaders of our Communities, Thank you for doing your best to protect your people from COVID-19. This is truly an unprecendented time, and in the early days of the pandemic it seemed that we were facing a foe…
This past May 7-9 and June 18-20 at CBE, Bulacan, ESSA President Nick Perlas conducted the ICW 2.0: From Fear To Hope. This workshop builds on the inner development process that started in the ICW 1.0, and contextualizes it in…
Elias Romualdez, the 19- year old ESSA Youth Sector council member, has completed his training as an ICW facilitator, concluding his nearly 7-month long preparation by conducting the workshop at The Center for Bayanihan Economics in Angat, Bulacan this past…