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	<description>Striving for a greener, ecological and sustainable way of farming in the Philippines. Plant, grow, care, reap, share and inspire.</description>
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		<title>Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2012/02/06/manage-insects-farm-guide-ecological-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies. Ecological pest management employs tactics that have existed in natural ecosystems for thousands of years. Since the beginning of agriculture — indeed, long before then — plants co-evolved with pests and with the natural enemies of those pests. As plants developed inherent protective mechanisms against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crop Rotation on Organic Farms : A Planning Manual</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crop Rotation on Organic Farms : A Planning Manual. Crop rotation is a critical feature of all organic cropping systems because it provides the principal mechanism for building healthy soils, a major way to control pests, and a variety of other benefits. Crop rotation means changing the type of crop grown on a particular piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses. Regardless of whether you are a beginning entrepreneur who has recently inherited a business, an experienced farmer who is considering on-farm processing, or a retiring business owner who is looking to pass on the farm, business planning is important. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Soils for Better Crops: Sustainable Soil Management</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2012/01/31/building-soils-crops-sustainable-soil-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building Soils for Better Crops: Sustainable Soil Management. This book is meant to give the reader a holistic appreciation of the importance of soil health and to suggest ecologically sound practices that help to develop and maintain healthy soils. Building Soils for Better Crops has evolved over time. The first edition focused exclusively on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Vermicomposting Training at Bayanan Elementary School Main (BESM) in Muntinlupa City</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another&#8217;s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises”. Leo.F. Buscaglia I was very excited and honored by the opportunity to share my knowledge on vermiculture and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admiring the Begonias at PinoyEcoFarm</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2012/01/27/admiring-begonias-pinoyecofarm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the natural blessings in our farm is the abundance of these flowering begonias. These plants cling to the rocks beside the walkway to the river. Their pink flowers provide a magnificent contrast to the greenery. Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae and is a perennial. The only other members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pili Sprouts at PinoyEcoFarm</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2012/01/26/pili-sprouts-at-pinoyecofarm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pili seednuts given by Dr. Roberto Coronel have finally sprouted in our seedbed beside the river. It almost took two months before breaking free from the seemingly uncrackable hard shell. Other PinoyEcoFarmer Posts That You May LikeMarch 22, 2011 -- Virgin Pili Oil in BicolAn agrarian reform beneficiary in Daraga, Albay has found a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Jasmine Cuttings</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2012/01/08/growing-jasmine-cuttings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jasmine is one of my favorite plants at home. The scent of their white flowers are very soothing and relaxing to the senses. I have difficulty propagating them though. I have tried several cuttings before but was only disappointed when almost all just withered away after some time. Persistence may pay off this time so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sowing Sinta Papaya Seeds</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2012/01/07/sowing-sinta-papaya-seeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Above: Juliene holding the packet of Sinta F1 papaya seeds for sowing Above: mother and daughter tandem filling the seedling tray with the soil mixture Above: all smiles while putting the seeds We directly sowed the seeds in the trays. This could be wrong because it is recommended that the seeds be soaked first in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PinoyEcoFarm Cool December</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2012/01/02/pinoyecofarm-cool-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.&#8221; &#8211; Eleonora Duse Nothing beats the delight of watching the children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let There Be Light at PinoyEcoFarm</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2012/01/01/light-pinoyecofarm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our farmlot is about 300 meters from the main road which is a good distance from the main power distribution line. An existing series of electric posts (about 100 meters) run only until the house of the adjacent lot’s caretaker. For us to have our own supply inside the farm, we needed to erect distribution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Supply for PinoyEcoFarm</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2011/12/08/water-supply-pinoyecofarm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2011/12/08/water-supply-pinoyecofarm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Realizing that our financial resources to tap the spring water below our property through a ram pump are still not enough, we decided to invest in a cheaper alternative in terms of upfront costs. We know that this will not be sustainable in the long run given that the farm will be requiring a big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Macapuno Nuts in the Farm</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2011/12/04/discovering-macapuno-nuts-farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We did not expect to see any macapuno in one of our coconut harvests but were pleasantly surprised when we found two nuts among the heap of coconuts that we gathered. Pinpointing the tree though would be a really big challenge as we have no idea where those specifically came from and there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PinoyEcoFarm November</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2011/12/02/pinoyecofarm-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[the chicken eggs became &#8220;Ice Age&#8221; dinosaur eggs November was fun at PinoyEcoFarm. We had small harvests of peanuts and stringbeans from the first trial plantings. We also organized and put more worms (African Night Crawlers) in our vermibed to help us compost the kitchen refuse and all the farm trimmings.  One of the hens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penalosa Farms in Victorias, Negros Occidental</title>
		<link>http://www.pinoyecofarmer.com/2011/11/20/penalosa-farms-negros/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edbcleofe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ducks swimming on a carpet of nutrient-rich azolla An opportunity to visit this odorless and relatively fly-free hog farm presented itself when a environmentalist friend suggested it in our itinerary during our recent Bacolod trip. The owner&#8217;s son who is also an active environmental advocate in Negros Occidental arranged our trip to their farm in Victorias City. [...]]]></description>
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