Balanga promotes organic farming

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Farmers from different barangays (villages) of this component city recently gathered at the City Public Market’s Organic Trading Post during the launching of their Organic Farmer’s Day.

Mayor-elect Francis Garcia led the launching. He was joined by Board Member Gaudencio Ferrer, chairman of the provincial board’s agriculture committee, and city agriculturist, Nerissa Mateo. Director Andrew Villacorta and William Valdez, both from the Department of Agriculture’s regional office joined the local officials in the launching rites.

In the past years, the city government, led by outgoing city mayor Joet Garcia (congressman-elect for the second district), has implemented significant programs to promote organic farming. One of these was the “Kasama Ani sa Barangay (KaAniB) program.

This project promotes land owners to convert their idle lands into small organic farms. The produce from each small scale organic farm were sold in stalls during the observance of Mayor Joet’s barangay week program.