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Published April 27, 2021, 10:00 AM The establishment of the initial community pantry in Maginhawa St., Quezon City has inspired hundreds of individuals to imitate the initiative. A community pantry is a community-led stall enabling the public to give or receive goods for free.  In celebration of Earth Day this 2021, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) also adopted the same concept, but this time, they do not hand out food, but seedlings.  “Magtanim ayon sa kakayanan. Umani ayon sa pangangailangan. (Plant according to ability. Harvest acco...

(Photos by Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region (NCR) Technical Services Office set up a “community pan-tree” along North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City on Thursday, April 22.  (Photos by Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) But instead of food, this particular pantry offered dozens of free saplings of eggplant, tomato, guyabano, chico, and banaba trees, among others.  The interested individuals– presumably possessing a green thumb–were asked to register first before scooping up the young trees. And scoop them up they...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 21) — Here's a community pantry for plantitos and plantitas out there. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources plans to set up its own community pantry, but unlike the pantries all over the country that offer food, it will be giving away seedlings to promote urban gardening and planting. The DENR said the so-called community "pan-TREE" will be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting Thursday, April 22, which is also Earth Day. It can be found at the DENR-NCR Technical Services Office in North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City. " [Tran...