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Community rooted, community grown: Bukidnon couple builds farm on shared success (opens the original)
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IMPASUG-ONG, Bukidnon — What began as a family’s passion for sharing home-cooked treats has evolved into a beacon of community-driven agricultural enterprise in the highlands of Bukidnon. Atugan Nature Farm, a Department of Tourism-certified site in Impasug-ong, is built on a foundation of collaboration, natural farming and local heritage. Founded in 2018 by the parents of Rezia Lyndee "Izzy" Roque-Fabros, the farm initially served as a space to teach local residents, support the community and p
Brewed with purpose: How ex-OFWs built a coffee community in Bukidnon (opens the original)
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Along the central highway that cuts through this quiet agricultural town, where cornfields and rolling hills dominate the landscape, an unexpected aroma invites passersby to pause. Inside a warm, bustling space, the quiet hum of an espresso machine signals more than just a place to grab a drink. For husband-and-wife owners Brian Marc La Omoc and Loradel Lazarito-La Omoc, TimeOut Coffee represents a homecoming, a labor of patience and a quiet culinary revolution in rural Bukidnon. Dangcagan, a mu
Beyond Manila: How small presses are reshaping Philippine literature (opens the original)
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For writers living outside the commercial publishing hub of Metro Manila, bringing a manuscript to print has historically meant navigating a crowded bottleneck. Short publisher lists, commercial demands, and geographic distance often leave regional voices unheard. In the provinces, however, a quiet literary movement is reshaping the landscape. Independent small presses are emerging across Mindanao and beyond, serving not merely as alternatives to Manila’s established publishing houses, but as vi
In Davao, a 28-year-old processor bites her way to specialty coffee success (opens the original)
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Before a testing instrument can confirm whether a batch of coffee beans has the right moisture, a coffee processor relies on an older method: her own teeth. In Sitio Pluto, Balutakay, a mountain hamlet in Davao del Sur province, 28-year-old Princess Dian Tapdasan presses a parchment bean between her molars. The crunch tells her whether the beans have reached the desired moisture level—a technique known locally as the paak method. Tapdasan owns no coffee trees and no farmland. Yet as head coffee
Rooted in Matutum: How an ex-seminarian is reshaping South Cotabato’s coffee industry (opens the original)
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At 13, the rich soil of the Mount Matutum Protected Landscape was already home to coffee seedlings planted by relatives, though the crop meant little to the young boy watching them grow. Decades later, while studying as a seminarian in Cebu in 2000, Mario Joey Tacan learned that most coffee in the Philippines was imported. The realization planted a seed: carefully nurtured coffee could transform a community. In 2001, he returned to Polomolok, South Cotabato, to develop his father’s farm. Today,
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