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A Herb Republic Rises

Posted by edbcleofe On October - 16 - 2009

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We chanced upon this small stall in the Student Union (SU) Building at the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) when we went there to join the Centennial Celebrations. The Herb Republic booth sells herbs and vegetables which they harvest directly from their small farm in a nearby baranggay. Their slogan is “From Seed to Table”.

Among the products they sell are Xanadu variety organic lettuce – at P90 per kilo, “green” – no antibiotics free-range dressed chicken  – at P140 per kilo and a variety of herbs. We bought three kinds of herbs (stevia, lavender and spinach) for P100 only.

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Above: The crate containing the lettuce sitting atop a cooler where the frozen  “green”  dressed chickens are stored

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Above: The crates where the herb seedlings are neatly arranged

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Above: Lemongrass

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Above: The spinach and the lavender seedlings

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Above: Turmeric and oregano seedlings

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Above: Stevia (used as natural sweetener)

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Above: Admiring the produce

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Above: Posing with Nanay Melda Pantua of Herb Republic. His son (Obet) is the brains behind.

We would have visited the farm where the herbs are grown but we were pressed for time. We will definitely visit them soon though.

The Herb Republic Farm is located in the Llanera Compound, National Highway, Maahas, Los Banos, Laguna. Telephone Numbers: 843- HERB04/ 049 8274407/ Email Address: info@herbrepublic.biz/ Website: www.herbrepublic.biz

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2 Responses

  1. Theresa Said,

    It’s great you were able to go to the Centennial Celebrations! got the text as well but it was just too far : ). We need to see more of these farmers around especially to drive down the prices of dressed chicken. The lowest I could get is P200 here in Manila.

    Posted on October 20th, 2009 at 4:03 PM

  2. edbcleofe Said,

    hi tet, you studied in UPLB also? I have been attending the UPLB loyalty day for the past two years already. part of my commitment to my college org. i was also surprised to see a cheaper “green” chicken. i will bring my family to their restaurant one of these days so we can try their organic offering. i will write about it later. :)

    Posted on October 21st, 2009 at 4:00 PM

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