Comments on: The Mantalongon Vegetable Market

By: pin

pin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:07:16 +0000

nice document i love my place

By: emsy

emsy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:07:27 +0000

the sayotes are ginormous. are they still sweet even if they seem like they’ve stayed a little bit too long on the vine?

By: angcay

angcay — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:39:47 +0000

proud 2 b a dalaguitnon…….. a well-known barangay in

By: corrine

corrine — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:59:32 +0000

moni, could this be the cause of increasing cancer cases and other diseases? Yay!

By: corrine

corrine — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:58:46 +0000

Thanks for the info moni. That is really scary. I hope I can just be successful in raising vegetables.

By: jadedfork

jadedfork — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:03:21 +0000

Happy New Year Market Man!

I so enjoyed this post! Especially that strange looking vegetable :D

Those sayotes are huge indeed. they look like papayas!

By: Good Life

Good Life — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:03:56 +0000

I would say the human vegetable is dead tired.I agree with your reader that to improve the economic condition of our farmers is to build infrastructure to facilitate access from point of production to the point of sale.But of course with corrupt officials,what do you expect.
MM ,do you think those sayotes are overgrown? Are they still tender with that size?

By: Rudy Kintanar

Rudy Kintanar — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:03:44 +0000

Mantalongon is a barrio in Dalaguete, Cebu.
Elevation is high – more than a thousand feet above sea level. It is cold there, a jacket is a necessity at night. Sayote grows like weeds in the place. Just like the sayote growing in Baguio.
The road going to Mantalongon before was tortuous. I understand it is not as dangerous as it was before.
People in nearby Butong, Argao, Cebu however bring their sayote and cabbages to Argao.

By: k. ramos

k. ramos — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:14:24 +0000

moni, nahadlok na jud ko.. Anyway, your post reminded me of the time when I asked Ma why she kept buying cabbages with some worm-eaten “spots”. Her answer was that vegetables with “spots” ensure that the veggies are pesticide-free.

By: moni

moni — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:19:54 +0000

Mantalongon farmers, like their counterparts in Benguet, apply pesticides excessively because traders and consumers put a premium on the cosmetic appearance of vegetables. Not an insect bite on the leaf of crucifers which are vulnerable to attack by the diamondback moth. Even vegetable growers in Central Luzon admitted dipping their ampalaya which are still hanging in the trellises in a “tabo” of insecticide solution even 3 days before harvest. It is scary to buy unblemished vegies. MM, my work on pest management communication and policy analyses brings me in contact with farmers and their horror stories. Makahadlok gyud!