THE Angeles City government recently turned over corn seeds and fertilizers to 40 farmers as part of Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr.’s support to the corn production program of the Department of Agriculture in Central Luzon.
Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel turned over 150 bags of organic fertilizers, 30 bags of white corn seeds and 10 bags of yellow corn seeds to 40 local farmers.
Manuel was assisted by City Agriculture Office Head Erickson Dagdag during the distribution to the farmers' representative Emmanuel Paras from Barangay Pulungbulu.
Manuel said part of the priority programs of Lazatin is to preserve the city’s agriculture.
“All-out-support po ang city government sa ating mga farmers, na isa rin sa mga naapektuhan ang kabuhayan,” she said.
(The city government gives all-out support to our farmers who are also among those whose livelihoods have been affected.)
Locally produced green Arabica beans of Angeleño farmers have been displayed at the One Town One Product store of the city government and are up for sale.
As soon as Lazatin took office, free seedlings and fertilizers were given free which can be availed at the City Agriculture Office.
To recall, during the lockdown, free seeds were included alongside food packs given to residents in the city's 33 barangays.
Lazatin also launched the adopt-a-rotunda community vegetable garden and the Luntiang Lingap sa Barangay project, both sustainable programs for food security amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
On August 27, 2021, the City Government also distributed garden equipment and 750 bags of organic fertilizers to the 30 stewards serving as caretakers of the watershed in Barangay Sapangbato.
The reforestation in the 56-hectare watershed is being overseen by Lazatin’s Chief Adviser IC Calaguas with the City Environment and Natural Resources Office and Abacan River Angeles Watershed Advocacy Council Inc. led by President Renato "Abong" Tayag and Vice President Sonny Dobles.