Hug A Farmer

Grapefruit

        My family owned a farm back home in Philippines. We own a rice field which we supply to different cities and provinces. We also have vegetable field which we forward to the market, and animals which we used to grow them and sell afterwards.

Bitter Melon

Rice Grains

Eggplant

         I talked to Mr. and Mrs. Javier - parents of mine, about how they did start farming and it started from their parents. My grandfather was a helper before in a rice mill and he dreamed to have his own one day. He saved his salary and he bought a land and use it for their living. He started on a small business which is having a small garden with different kinds of vegetables and fruits. Until one day, he didn’t notice that he is managing his own farm already. He also bought number of lands and those was filled with vegetables, fruits, rice grains and some animals.

 




        My grandparents have their focus in our rice field. On the month of June and December, they starting to plant those grains and they harvest it every April and October. This happens twice a year. 

        When I am on my vacation in my grandparents home, I always wanted to experience what they do for a living. I knew that all of it were not organic because if it is, those vegetables and fruit will not be grown beautifully because of the hot weather in our country.

That's ME :)

        It's just sad to hear from my parents that it's not always a good day for them farmers. Especially when  there is a typhoon. There's nothing they can do but to watch the farm while it is destroying by the storm.

        In my experience, it is not easy to farm especially when the weather is not on your side. Since I knew about farming, I knew that even if it is just a seed for other people, it may be a treasure to a farmer.