In Progress

As an advocate for organic agriculture, I buy organically-grown food in the market, even if they cost a little bit more than the usual. For our rice, I buy the Healthy Rice brand from the  supermarket, produced by Pecuaria Development Cooperative, an affiliate of one of our members, Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA)- National Movement and Confederation of Peasants Organisations. But when the prices of food came skyrocketing high early last year and uncertainties loomed, I found myself thinking twice, thrice even, whether to buy this organic rice which went up twice its usual price.