The kids are alright: Farm Youth Program trainee returns from Japan exchange, hopes to start own citrus farm
Published January 10, 2021, 1:00 PM Many are quick to dismiss young people as having no interest in agriculture. However, the growing number of young farmers show that this need not be the case, especially if they know that they can make good money tilling the land. Radel Matibag, 25, from Brgy. San Isidro in Candelaria, Quezon is one such farmer. Matibag grew up in the fields. The son of tenant farmers, he has seen firsthand the monetary opportunity farming can bring. Now a tenant farmer himself, he currently grows rice, coconut, bananas, and vegetables like okra on a medium scale. The rice ...