I miss living in the province!

Last Thursday, I had the chance to visit a wonderful farm managed by Mr. Jun Saret, which is named the Leonie  Agri Corporation or LAC Farms which lies at the foot of the Sierra Madre mountains in the town of Sta. Rosa in Nueva Ecija.

Mr Jun is the President of LAC farms and PascualLab Chief Innovation Officer.

When we arrived at the place, the first thing I have noticed is the bible verses on every street of the farm.  I also saw lots of medicinal plants in the area and a very cozy office of the President ( a hut with a cozy swing on it).

LAC Farms produces organic Lagundi plants which is the primary ingredient of the first herbal cough medicine in the country (more on that on my parenting blog).  At LAC, God’s gift – nature – is fully maximized and utilized.  The farming process of Lagundi leaves and vegetables are an organic cycle, which means there are no pesticides or chemicals used to grow them.

They dedicated the farm to God since it was transformed from being ” a curse land” to a “blessed and fruitful land”.  The 42 hectares land was once acidic and now with the help of some farmers, the land is now fertile and became “a promised land”.

LAC also has there own water irrigation, a man made lake.  They said that even though it’s summer and the neighboring farm has all dried up this lake never run out.  A miracle isn’t it?

I bought organic vegetables from the farm and last Friday since I am really missing my aunt’s pinakbet, I tried to cook it the way I know how.  I am so glad that even though I didn’t put pork on it to make it more tastier I can say that I achieved the taste I want it to be.  I realized that it is maybe because the vegetables my aunt used (which is from her own backyard) is also the same as the vegetables I bought at LAC (organic and fresh).

I hope there will be an organic market near us, so that I will have a weekly supply of natural/organic vegetables everyday.

The organic vegetables of LAC is available at SM Megamalls.