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M Tadeja Environmental Management Consultancy
GMAC, Sto. Tomas, Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur 2729
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Fruit Tree Planting
This is not an original vision and advocacy. It was my uncle Abraham Abe Tadeja 's dream to have a food-independent Philippines. I remember in the late 80s when in the break of dawn, he was leading his workers going to UP Diliman, or Camp Crame to plant mango trees along the sidewalks. Or bananas. I am not sure if these are still there, probably, some. He envisioned about fruit-tree lined sidewalks, and boulevards. So that everybody can take fruits and eat for free. I now realized it made sense. For one, I spend thousands of pesos on lanzones annually. Yearn for green mango shakes often, or small native guavas, and sweet tamarinds all year round. And these are often superfoods that not only fill stomachs but nourishes our gut and heal illnesses - known and to come. I only have limited time now to pursue fruit tree-planting missions with my fellow Bituen Eco Volunteers , but I have started requiring all my environmental science students to plant fruits trees in their homes and comm...
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