That once you plant these, they’re gonna give you fruits forever,” he said gleefully. And I can show them all the plants and tell them that they give them food. “Here they can learn how I grow animals, how to enjoy nature. What Dionisio is looking forward to in the future is developing his farm until it can be a site for children’s educational field trips.

While he is happy to have his farm participate in the learning of others, he is mostly focused on the farm’s fishing activities for the public and isn’t pressured to increase students. The farm was accredited in 2021, but has only had three batches stay at their farm so far. They built a dormitory for the students to have somewhere to stay during their course, and provide their meals during their stay. Mang Danny’s Organic and Natural Farm is accredited by the ATI as a learning site for agriculture and is a venue for people who want to be fish farmers. The business school was a collaboration between the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Senator Cynthia Villar, and the Philippine government.ĭionisio saw potential in his farm, and developed it to be a fishing area friendly to visitors in September 2022. He first learned about opening the farm as an attraction at a farm business school he attended. “So to eliminate that, I thought why not open to the public?” “To harvest the fish, I had to hire five people, get a motor to pump the water, pay for gas, then bring the fish to the market,” he said. However, it wasn’t enough to maintain the farm. Dionisio only had to bring the fish there, and after a few hours, he was given the cash equivalent to its value. A family friendly fish farmīringing the fish to the fishport was simple.

He used to bring his fish to the fishport to sell, but has stopped ever since he opened his farm to the public. The crops he grows are mainly for his family and nearby community. (Danny Dionisio)Īlthough Dionisio said “sell,” he doesn’t bring his crops and animal products to the market. Dionisio doesn’t use commercial feed and instead grows azolla to feed his fish.

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