Juan Organiko

Damaging insects are the boon of farmers. They have been the scapegoats for the proliferation of toxic chemicals for decades. This has resulted in the massive destruction of agro-biodiversity. Listen to know how you can regulate pest populations without destroying the environment.

Organic farmers have integrated crops and livestock to maximize its resource use efficiency. However, this ancient practice of integrating rice and fish deserves renewed interest. not only does this system greatly improve rice productivity, practitioners rave about the accessible protein source.

Plants have the ability to choose which plants the prefer to be with. Companion cropping is the practice of placing crops together to optimize its biological / ecological benefits to boost productivity.

Agriculture TNC's have gained so much control on the world food system. To counter it - farmers must regain control through Agroecology.

World Farm Animals Day is an annual celebration that aims to highlight the brutal conditions several animals face in commercial farms. This Episode aims to discuss how important livestock is not only for farm-level biodiversity but also for everything as well.. Check this out!

The food we consume can either provide nutrition or give poison. Public Health and virulent pathogens come hand in hand. During this pandemic, eating healthy and nutritious food is a trustworthy safety net. Today, as the world celebrates the World Environmental Health Day, we sill discuss how organic agriculture can help reduce the Pandemic's body count. We will be joined by long time good foo...

Agroecology can play a key role in reducing carbon emissions and lessen the impacts of an ever changing climate. Nurturing living soils, through the practice of agroecology improves its carbon sequestration. This process absorbs as much as 10 tones of carbon per hectare annually. Know more about it and 5 other ways you can help cool down a warming planet.

You tried composting your kitchen wastes but it turned out wrong? Check this episode as, Organic Farmer Nanay Mila discusses various composting techniques to match your scale and available resources. Basket Composting, Bokashi, Vermi-Composting and etc will be presented by our guest. Play this to learn.

Cover Cropping, Green Manuring and Mulching. Know all of these? Learn how these simple methods can improve the fertility of our soils. Juan Organiko will discuss the benefits of these methods and how to do them. This episode's guest is Arnulfo Palma, an organic farmer from Davao city. Stay tuned, we will share a formula for a concoction to greatly improve soil microorganisms at the end of the...

Living soils are the foundations upon which all organic agriculture is based upon. It is the non renewable resource which, if depleted will lead to the catastrophic consequences. This episode we will discuss the basics of soils and the threat posed by the excessive use of glyphosate to soil and human health. This episode, Mr. Alfie Pulumbarit, Advocacy Officer of Masipag will discuss Glyphosate an...

Bees are among the most important living organisms. Their disappearance could lead to the decline of entire civilizations. As critical pollinators, they help major fruit and vegetable varieties bear fruit. They also help trees and grasses flourish. Their presence set the basis for important food webs which set the foundations on which living organisms thrive on. But they are under threat. Pesticid...

COVID-19 has put the world on hold, drastically affecting world economies including the the way our food production is set-up. The dominant paradigm of the industrial food chain is in state of disarray as movement restrictions and local lockdowns affected the free flow of agricultural inputs, especially petrochemicals to farming areas. No less than the The United Nations World Food Programme has r...

For today's Episode we will talk about Golden Rice, Genetically Modified Organisms and Organic Agriculture and how, during this pandemic, we can continue to advocate for healthy, Toxic & GM-Free food. This is hosted by Eduardo Campos, special guest is GB Villocino of Masipag Mindanao with special participation of Ms. Lucille Ortiz, Research, Education and Training Unit, Masipag National, L...