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…
CISSA (Central Iloilo Stakeholders for Sustainable Agriculture) organized a seed-saving webinar facilitated by Mr. Sixto Bereber, a permaculturist, community organizer, and hardinero. It was very clear that Mr. Bereber is a certified practitioner as he wowed participants with his understanding…
The Antique Cluster through the leadership of cluster leader Mrs. Ruth Martinez initiated a Mushroom Growing workshop in partnership with the Department of Agriculture Research Outreach Station Region -VI based in Patnongon, Antique. The training lasted for 2 days where…
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…
The Basic Ecology and Biodiversity Orientation-Workshop for ESSA Youth was attended by 21 youth participants from Antique and Iloilo. The youth learned the importance of understanding the ecology and biodiversity in the context of the Philippines. The different wildlife and…
The Permaculture Design Course facilitated by Engr. Ala Luglug and Christine Dolino. The workshop was attended by members of Antique and Iloilo City cluster. The participants learned the principles, techniques and design process during the 7-day workshop. On the last…
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…