Miss Philippines Earth 2020 Roxanne Baeyens pushes for urban agriculture amid the pandemic
The Filipina-Belgian specified that container gardening is the best way to start engaging in urban agriculture, given it can be done in small spaces at homes.
By CNN Philippines Staff
Jul 6, 2020
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Newly-crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2020 Roxanne Baeyens has encouraged Filipinos to plant their own food in their backyard to ramp up the country’s food supply amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 23-year old beauty queen shared to CNN Philippines’ Rico Hizon on Monday that promoting urban agriculture is her advocacy during her reign.
Baeyens explained that by doing urban gardening in backyards, people will live a sustainable life because they are able to produce their own food out of their efforts.
“I can open their eyes to teach them the benefits of urban agriculture, like to plant and harvest your own food at home. Then, you would have that sense of security because we are facing a shortage of food supply in this pandemic,” said Baeyens.
