Philippines: Beauty queen advocate of urban agriculture is new poster girl of the Department of Agriculture
With the theme “Cordillera Agriculture Resilient and Beautiful,” the program aims to promote urban dairying, organic native pig, arabica coffee production and chicken production
Philippine Information Agency
4th September 2020
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“When I competed in the Miss Philippines Earth, my advocacy was urban gardening inspired by my mother’s home garden that I grew up with. It was to advocate for re-greening our environment in the midst of the fast pace of our urban development that phase out the trees and gardens in my beautiful city,” Baeyens said in her first speech she delivered with a live audience as the reigning Miss Earth Philippines.
She said that her partnership with the DA-CAR is very timely and it could pave a way for more inclusive reach thru her Miss Earth platform. “I could open more eyes to live a sustainable life and embrace urban agriculture,” she said.
The Plant Plant Plant Program is a good means of inspiring and giving hope to many in their down moments by educating and assisting them with a startup in planting. “This program will give them the sense of security that they will not get hungry so there are a lot of potential benefits of urban agriculture in general,” she said.
Urban agriculture will not only provide food security but will also help Mother Earth in general. “It makes the air quality better when we plant. It is the hope for the economy in our country that is why I am a strong supporter of agriculture,” she added.
