The farm commenced

The farm commenced as a own family undertaking with Reamon’s spouse Gilda along with their children. Through brainstorming and take a seat-down planning to layout the grasp plan, the farm became transformed into absolutely natural from flora to animals.

“It become lifeless for 25 years as it changed into simplest a easy banana plantation until I inherited the farm in 2002. So my spouse and I decided to move organic upon the recommendation of Mr. Zac Sarian, the agriculture mag editor,” Reamon defined.

“Here you can see style of flora fruit timber, organic rice, veggies, and even herbs which are naturally consumable and true for our fitness,” he delivered.

Although the farm has been regularly growing for 15 years, it turned into best after Reamon’s retirement that he turned into able to consciousness on developing it as a tourism organization.

“Only after my retirement two years ago, I focused into its improvement,” he stated. “Being a pilot I have had a danger to see plenty of tourism web sites here and overseas and it’s a big enterprise.”

According to Reamon, opportunities in organic farming are extensive, due to the fact it may expand into cottage industries and different activities within the farm a good way to make the venture possible.

Explaining his farming strategies, Reamon said, “It is vermiculture-based totally. We develop our fertilizer and feeds for fish and cattle (salvinia, azzola and duck weeds)… we develop our fertilizer here and we train different farmers through fingers-on training.”

Skilled inventor

Not only an experienced farmer, Reamon has gained recognition for a number of innovations, the maximum top notch of that is the patented “Rex Compost tea brewer,” which produces a liquid substance this is stronger than the easy vermicast itself as brewing material for compost. Reamon defined that compost tea is a water extract from compost that is brewed while extracting the beneficial organisms. The bacteria and fungi are given a risk to growth in variety and hobby, improving the substance’s effectiveness as a fertilizer.

The Rex compost tea brewer gained 1st Prize in creative studies for the duration of the National Inventors’ Week in 2005. It additionally gained 2nd Prize for the discovery category all through the National Invention Contest and Exhibition in 2009, and represented the Philippines on the Taipei Technology Fair in 2010.

Other inventions at the farm consist of the “Gizelle Aerodynamically designed windmill,” which pump water for the vegetation, and the “Jimbo air flow machine” for cooling homes, piggeries, and greenhouse gadgets.

The aerodynamically-designed windmill obtained severa neighborhood and worldwide awards, including Invention of the Year on the National Inventors’ Week 1984, Presidential Gold Medal award, and World Intellectual Property Organization Gold Medal award at the Exhibition of Young Inventors in Plodiv, Bulgaria 1985.

“Invention is the alternative part of the farm, aside from my very own innovations. The Filipino inventors’ society can even display their merchandise for distribution in Mindanao,” the natural farmer explained.