Originally published October 27 2005
Filipino organic food industry showing serious growth
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The AgriLink and AgriFood Trade Fair at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, Pasay City showcased leading producers in the Filipino organic food industry.
FILIPINO PRODUCERS OF ORGANIC foods and products are determined to become a force to reckon with in the food sector.
They held recently the two-in-one AgriLink and AgriFood Trade Fair at the World Trade Center, Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, Pasay City.
For organic foodies, the exhibit was an eye-opener, especially to those who thought of organic farming/production as growing crops without use of chemicals.
The event was organized by the Organic Producers Trade Association (OPTA) headed by Mara Pardo de Tavera, who is behind the first organic market in Manila and Asia.
A major part of the exhibit/fair was a seminar on International Organic Certification conducted by Michel Launay, EcoCert international inspector.
It has become the ticket to entry in the export market.
The exhibit also revealed how France could help our agri-economic endeavors.
Membership allows Filipino farmers access to UBI-France, the French agency for International Business Development, and to Le Club, the French Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines.
To our pleasant surprise, we found out there was real interest in medicinal plants among organic farmers and they were making the most of it.
At the Geo Farm booth, Edgard Guevara explained that in 1985, his farm in Mangayao, Bayambang, Pangasinan, was enriched with the use of livestock manure as fertilizer.
Over at the Earthworm Sanctuary booth, proprietor Antonio de Castro talked about the "Angels of the Earth," the earthworms considered among the lowest of God's creatures.
Another booth that we found interesting was that of A. P. Inocencio Farms (also known as Teresa Farms), which raised free-range chickens, pioneering in the Sasso breeds.
Sasso (Selection Avicole de la Sarthe et du Sud Ouest) is a French poultry breeding company specializing in colored poultry strains developed over decades of breeding experience.
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