The following articles are entries from the personal weblog of Director Dennis Cunanan of Philippine Dairy, Aquafisheries, and Farms (PDAF), updated regularly for regular readers for public awareness and for partners in co-branding for PDAF’s advocacy. Grass Roots will contain Dennis Cunanan’s inputs on the agricultural sector; links and excerpts from pertinent reference documents, such as Philippine laws and press releases from both private and public stakeholders; and inspirational stories, testaments from the organization’s namesake grassroots farmers and fisherfolk.

1. Director Dennis Cunanan, PDAF Inc. Grass
Roots
The following articles are entries from the personal weblog of
Director Dennis Cunanan of Philippine Dairy, Aquafisheries, and Farms
(PDAF), updated regularly for regular readers for public awareness and for
partners in co-branding for PDAF’s advocacy. Grass Roots will contain
Dennis Cunanan’s inputs on the agricultural sector; links and excerpts from
pertinent reference documents, such as Philippine laws and press releases
from both private and public stakeholders; and inspirational stories,
testaments from the organization’s namesake grassroots farmers and
fisherfolk.
The webmasters of PDAF invite all readers of Director Dennis Cunanan’s
PDAF blog to comment and sign our guestbook!
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Humble beginnings
The farms of Isabela, then, served as a springboard for me to be more
involved in agricultural activity, even at the small but growing rate of chief
kamote-picker and cow-milker to fruit salesman, in order to help my family.
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2. I grew up with this acute sense that we lived on the land, and so many
different factors played in to how much it gave to us, as we cared for it.
My first lessons were from the experiences of growing munggo in wet
tissue paper in a plastic dish, starting from when I was six years old or so.
As before, munggo is a special addition to a hardy and healthy meal,
cooked with malunggay and other seasonings, or grown into bean sprouts
to add to salads, stews, and anything under the sun.
Several handfuls of round little green beans and a few boxes of tissue from
the drug store later, I was able to see the fruit of my labors translate into
sprouts and small green stalks. What a delight it was to add the togue to
the family dinner, tossed in a little toyo and salt; what a difference special
attention and a little determination made to inspire change, even at the
most minimal level.
I had to remember these little beans when starting the cooperative with a
handful of friends and willing volunteers; remember what Jesus said about
faith being as small as the mustard seed, but growing into a tree that
reached the heavens? J
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Award-winning organization PDAF (Philippine Dairy, Aquafisheries, and
Farms) Inc. is led by Director Dennis Cunanan, its president and executive
director, and a Board of Trustees consisting of experts, seasoned field
professionals, and dedicated individuals who work towards improving the
farming and fishing sector and pursuing human development in the
Philippines through agriculture. PDAF Inc. is now a proud collective of
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3. 1,800 registered members, from the farmer and fishermen constituents
themselves to esteemed multinational corporation representatives, persons
in the academe, and former and present members of government.
The Director Dennis Cunanan PDAF blog, Grass Roots, is the primary
social medium of Director Dennis Cunanan, who has represented PDAF in
its awards for Top Ten Outstanding Agriculturists of the Philippines in 2009,
Exemplary Son of Isabela in 2010, Inspiring Leader Awardee of the
Philippine Agriculturists Society 2010, and Best Social Entrepreneur in both
the years 2012 and 2013.
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