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→Feature: Ilocandia's red gold brings fortune to dragon fruit farmer
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*''February 08, 2012'' | *''February 08, 2012'' | ||
BURGOS, Ilocos | BURGOS, Ilocos Norte– While her neighbors were planting the usual Ilocano cash crops, Edita Dacuycuy was quietly cultivating an odd-looking, round-shaped fruit covered with red overlapping scales in her backyard. | ||
In this town where the fruit became a testament of wealth, Ilocandia’s “red gold” is set on cactus-like trees plotted on farm beds that sit beside common Ilocano crops like corn, rice and garlic. | In this town where the fruit became a testament of wealth, Ilocandia’s “red gold” is set on cactus-like trees plotted on farm beds that sit beside common Ilocano crops like corn, rice and garlic. | ||
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The family’s steady market include traders from neighboring provinces and Manila, Dole Philippines, which orders the fruit by tons, and local hotels in the province. | The family’s steady market include traders from neighboring provinces and Manila, Dole Philippines, which orders the fruit by tons, and local hotels in the province. | ||
The farm, named as Rare Eagles Forest Marine and Agricultural Development or REFMAD, has become an agri-tourism site offering research and livelihood training to locals. | The farm, named as Rare Eagles Forest Marine and Agricultural Development or REFMAD, has become an agri-tourism site offering research and livelihood training to locals. | ||
==Defense lauds Farinas’ ‘spontaneous, honest disclosure’== | ==Defense lauds Farinas’ ‘spontaneous, honest disclosure’== | ||