The sea of green stands in contrast against the pale gray sky. It’s only eleven in the morning but the thick clouds covering the sun make it look like its a few minutes after sunset. The wind is knocking down coconuts from the trees so the children can’t really stay outside.

Geoffry and the entire Dabalos family living in the town of Luna, Isabela brace for another storm that will threaten their crops. This is the second time in a couple of weeks that the northern part of the Philippines will be hit by a typhoon.

It is a farmer’s…

Sitting in a hut located within view of a giant sports complex in Tarlac, Arnold Nogoy recalls how he used to harvest 150 cavans of rice in one cropping. He says the land was passed on from his parents who inherited it from his grandparents.

Efigenio Christopher Toledo

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