Ground Breaking Ceremony Of Victorias City’s Organic Market, Agricultural Complex Held

 

    By Samson Garzon, Jr., Victorias City Agriculturist

           Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca and Nanjo  City Mayor of Okinawa, Japan, Keishun Koja and party led  the ground breaking  ceremony of the Organic Market and Pasalubong Center as well as the Agricultural Complex last Sept. 11.

           The occasion was well-attended by city officials, department heads, barangay chairmen, farmers, fisher folks, and other stakeholders. 

         The Organic Market and Pasalubong Center is situated at corners De Leon & Quezon Sts. of Brgy. IV.  

         The market will be established by the City as a support facility for its agri-tourism program. 

          The project will enable farmers to display and sell their organic or naturally-grown products directly to the consumers, including tourists, without middlemen, thereby allowing them to avail good prices for their produce.  

  

           On the part of health-conscious shoppers, they will be provided with a place to go anytime they want to purchase organic or naturally-produce foods at fair market price. 

          The Victorias City Agricultural Complex, on the other hand, is located at Brgy. X (beside CPSU-Victorias). 

          The complex shall serve as satellite station of the City’s Agriculture Office and it will be a venue for technology transfer on various agricultural technologies to farmers and other stakeholders.  

           It will also demonstrate relevant technologies on the production of organic vegetables, herbs, freshwater fish, poultry and livestock, as well as organic feeds, fertilizers and pest control materials.

          Eventually, the complex shall serve as the source of beneficial microorganisms and friendly insects (as parasites and predators), seeds, seedlings, mushroom spawn, as well as organic fertilizers and feeds.

           Indeed, the groundbreaking program brought hope and inspiration to both fisher folks and farmers to go organic as they already have the assurance of a market outlet for their products.

          The mayors of both cities encouraged farmers to produce organic food because it is good for the health and does not have negative effects on the environment.