More ATI Seminars and Training Programs Go Online and On Radio!

Hi, Guys! We're going towards our third month of being in quarantine due to the COVID-19 virus. I've been busy with work still, unfortunately, and squeeze in cooking for survival and fun in my home. I've resigned to just gaining stock knowledge on what I eat and what I want to eat in the future, completing and learning more about my growing spice collection and herb processing in my spare time. In my last post, I talked about free online organic farming courses by the Agricultural Training Institute. With its success, the ATI is once again using information and communications technology to modify the "old" face-to-face training and increase knowledge on agriculture nationwide with the launch of various alternative learning opportunities and school-on-the-air programs to the public for free! I was really delighted when I started to see other ATI Regions come up with interesting ideas like recipes, contests that broaden your knowledge on plant identification and simple food growing techniques that resound with a city girl like me. I hope they continue on giving urban agriculture starter kits as well as these are my kind of "ayuda" - the ayuda that cost less, the ayuda that will teach people, rich or poor, the value of food security and the ayuda that will keep on giving and sustain by itself in the years to come.

Free Organic Farming Online Courses by ATI Extension E-Learning To Do during ECQ!

Most of us are forced to stay at home as part of our contribution to this COVID-19 health crisis happening worldwide. If you’ve done some cooking, baking, working from home, cleaning, exercising, reading, homeschooling, watching Netflix, binge eating or none of the above, here’s another activity you might want to consider. Thousands of Pinoys are checking out ATI’s free e-learning courses at the moment! The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) is the Philippine Department of Agriculture’s training arm for farmers and enthusiasts in the Philippines nationwide. They are offering more than 60 courses about crops, urban gardening, beekeeping, livestock, marine and fisheries (like seaweed farming), social technology (food safety, costing), entrepreneurship (marketing) and sustainable agriculture (like vermicompost and how to make fertilizers). You can take up as much courses as you want, for FREE, at your own pace, on your own time and at your own place. And even after the ECQ has been lifted, you can still continue the courses, go forth and explore organic farms around the country or world (like me, check out my organic journey posts), eat healthily and/or start your own little farm/garden at home from what you have learned.