In Pictures

Highlights from the farm, grouped by theme. From first clearing to full harvests, these photos trace how 8.8 hectares became a working countryside campus.

Planting & Harvests12 photos
Rice planting, calamansi groves, and regular harvests of eggplant, camote, pechay, and assorted vegetables provide steady work, income, and food shared with scholars and the community.
Building & Developing the Farm11 photos
The transformation of the land: early agricultural development, perimeter fencing, new facilities, and continuous improvements even through quarantine seasons.
Life at PCLL12 photos
Beyond the fields: weekly staff learning sessions, bayanihan traditions, community celebrations, and the resilience of the PCLL family through storms and challenges.

An 8.8-hectare farm providing community employment (full-time, part-time, and on-call) for men, women, youth, and community members. Part of each harvest is included in the grocery bags distributed to our child and youth scholars. The farm creates dignified income for those who need it most, and provides space for program activities serving its beneficiaries and partner communities.

Today the farm grows calamansi (~800 trees), cassava, banana, dragon fruit, oyster mushrooms, camote, pechay, malunggay, moringa, and sitaw. The harvest supports livelihood, feeds children in the scholarship program, and supplies local markets.

Part of each harvest is included in the grocery bags distributed to our child scholars.
What We Grow

Farm Produce

Calamansi (~800 trees)
Harvested every 4 months. Sold at farm gate price. Provides regular income and produce for community members.
Cassava
Drought-resistant. Planted once or twice a year. Low maintenance and suitable for the Tarlac climate.
Bananas
Harvested 15 to 18 months after planting. Leaves used as wrappers for community distribution of goods.
Oyster Mushrooms
Daily harvest after 4 weeks. Sold by kilo to contract buyers and local vendors. Life span 3 to 4 months per batch.
Dragon Fruit
Planted on living Madre de Cacao. Fruiting begins after 2 years. Sold at fair farm gate price.
Short-Term Vegetables
Pechay, camote, sitaw, mustasa, harvested 45 to 60 days after planting. Included in scholar grocery bags.
Moringa / Malunggay
Low-maintenance. Nutritional and medicinal value. Used in community food programs and scholar care packages.
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