EPISODE · Apr 28, 2018 · 51 MIN
EP 13: A New Narrative For Agriculture With Cherrie Atilano
from Exploring Filipino Kitchens · host Nastasha Alli
Cherrie Atilano is the founder of a social enterprise called AGREA, whose goals are to help eradicate poverty for farming and fishing families, alleviate the effects of climate change, and help establish food security in the Philippines. But how does a young Filipina farmer even begin to address those challenges?
What this episode covers
01:10 Young Filipino farmers 04:50 Building a "one-island economy" 05:50 3 pillars of AGREA 09:00 What agriculture looks like today 10:05 "I found my purpose" 10:55 Dad's wisdom in salt 11:30 Why a farmer's life is like a period and a comma 14:20 Growing up on a sugarcane farm 16:30 How a book on gardening changed everything 19:55 "I did not want to be a doctor" 20:30 Learning agriculture 21:30 Moving to Manila 23:00 Starting the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm 24:05 Inspiration behind AGREA 25:30 Life on an island 28:00 Creating an "ecology of dignity" 32:45 Developing values, technical skills and financial literacy 36:50 AGREA in action 40:15 "We're all in this together" 43:25 Training agri-preneurs 44:50 The garden classroom 46:35 Resilient kids 48:45 Lessons from a 10 year old
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