Villar boosts urban agri as tool for food security
Urban agriculture is a viable intervention to make poor households and communities healthier and more food sufficient, Sen. Cynthia A. Villar has said. Villar, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, notes how the spiraling prices of food and other commodities have made life more difficult for families in poor urban communities. In urban communities where living spaces are cramped and land use is limited, Villar said households can practice urban gardening and plant vegetables in small pots and empty plastic containers to have their own vegetable gardens for their family's supply of nutritious greens. The senator said urban vegetable gardening will not only address food sufficiency but will likewise promote health and wellness of families. Backyard vegetable gardening will hit two birds with one stone - ensuring the supply of vegetables on your tables and providing the necessary nutritional supply to make your family healthy,’ Villar s...