Comments on: Market Update: Fresh Produce, Buy Now!!!

by: Marketman

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:20:35 +0000

Ebba, funny you should mention Green Revolution from the 1970’s. My father was the head of that program. :)

by: Ebba Myra

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:00:07 +0000

On one of my “pamamalengke” days in a local market at small town in Quezon, I noticed the the veggies were not so good, the fact that it was a Saturday (a market day), and the prices are high. When I finally found a “nice” cabbage, it was expensive and the seller said because it came from Baguio. Wow, I said, They said they cannot grow it in that town because of the heat. What about the tomatoes, how come they are also “mahal”, she said they too came from Baguio. And I doubted it because I know for a fact that this fruit do grown bountifully in this town and in fact, a seed that I gave my cousin to try (which came from Japan), yielded a good harvest. But she did not give me “tawad” so I went to another store. It is surprising because in the slum area in Manila, you’ll see potted plants and tropical flowers growing in a little pcs of soil close to garbage cluttered ground.. my friend even exclaimed everything grows in the Philipines. But yet.. with that recent market trip… I am confused of that statement. I don’t applaud the past administration of Marcos, but I remember the days of the Green Revolution of Imelda wherein everybody are complied to plant anything in every pcs of dirt there is in the country. wow.. kangkong and talbos were everywhere.. ampalaya, sitaw.. they abundant. Why can’t we do it now?

by: maricris

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:15:43 +0000

hi good day to all! do you know where are onion storage in manila? may i know the exact address,? i’ve heard there were lots of storages in divisoria….help naman please…
thanks…

by: mar

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:41:35 +0000

Thanks for the info !marketman

by: Marketman

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:47:25 +0000

Hi Maricris, FTI is the Food Terminal Inc Complex in Taguig. It is on the North side of the South Super Highway…use the service road from Fort Bonifacio area. The market is open on Saturdays from 6 a.m. to early afternoon. Sorry, a spanish onion is the common white onion with a light brown skin. There is also a more native white onion with a whiter skin, then there are red-skinned onions as well…not to mention shallots. I had a post on onions a while back, you may want to refer to it here…