Agriculture SecretaryProceso Alcala has been invited to the opening of the 7th Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival on November 22, Ramon Uy Jr., president of the Organic na Negros! Organic Producers and Retailers Association (ONOPRA), said yesterday.
The theme of this year’s festival is “Celebrating the gains of organic agriculture: Mainstreaming opportunities through fair-trade.”
Uy said organic agriculture industry farmers in Negros Occidental have greatly increased their production and now earn about P40 million annually.
“Every year, our production increases, and this year the festival will be bigger,” he said.
The Department of Agriculture acknowledges Negros as the organic capital of the Philippines because of the advances it has made, he added.
About 100 exhibitors are expected to join the organic farm festival from November 22 to 24 to he held at the Capitol grounds in Bacolod City, he said.
A provincial ordinance has been passed making the organic festival an annual event of the provincial government and the private sector, Uy said.
The festival this year will include daily exhibits at the trade fair of organic products, talks and symposia on organic agriculture, agri tours, a food alley, a Larong Pinoy, song writing contest, a Best Gulayan sa Paaralan contest, an organic quiz bee, Dakpanay Ilahas na Manok, a poster slogan contest using indigenous materials, organic food and cassava cooking tilts, an indigenous people’s band competition and an exhibit of old traditional farming and cooking tools.*CPG back
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