Approximately two (2) tons of fresh vegetables from different areas in the CALABARZON region were shipped to South Supermarket branches in Alabang, the cities of Pasig and Valenzuela, and even to Malolos City on January 26, 2021.
The SAGULAY Farmers’ Association sources locally-grown vegetables such as tomato, lettuce, eggplant, beans, cucumber, corn, ginger, turmeric, onion, garlic, cabbage, potato, marble potato, cauliflower, broccoli, carrot, pole sitao, okra, ampalaya, siling panigang, and gabi weekly directly from its farmer-members in Cavite, Batangas, and Quezon. Such agricultural products are transported to the same destinations twice or thrice a week.
The association’s chairman, Mr. Raffy V. Aromin, noted that their organization continues to work with their fellow farmers in the region through the KAtuwang sa DIwa at GaWA (KADIWA) ni Ani at Kita project of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to get food closer to the communities and to ensure that their produce reach consumers quickly or are linked to customers or buyers.
Mr. Aromin is therefore very thankful to the DA for continuing to assist them in harvesting and earning. “Dahil po sa mga production input na ibinibigay ng DA ay hindi nahihinto ang aming pagtatanim, kaya naman tuluy-tuloy din ang pag-ani namin; nakakapagluwas kami ng aming mga produkto nang dahil sa KADIWA kaya, sigurado ang aming kita. Malaki po talaga ang pasasalamat namin sa DA,” he shared. # # # (DA-RFO IVA, RAFIS)
