Farmers give veggies worth millions to Benguet town
>> Friday, September 11, 2020
By
Liza Agoot
LA TRINIDAD,
Benguet – Farmers and traders have donated millions of pesos worth of
unsold assorted vegetables to the local government of this capital town which
were given away to the public for free.
Mayor Romeo
Salda said farmers and traders donated the highly perishable goods because
there were no buyers coming over to the trading post for transport to Metro
Manila and other parts of the country.
The drop in
prices of some vegetables also prompted them to donate than leave the
vegetables rotting in the farms.
The giving
away of free vegetables started in April and is ongoing.
When it
started, farmers used to receive a small amount of money and a sack of rice in
exchange for the vegetables. They also used to get gasoline to at least
reimburse the expenses used in transporting the goods. Now, however, farmers no
longer get rice, gasoline, or cash.
“It is not
payment and not even remuneration for the cost of the vegetables they give. But
a little help to them who lost capital for the unsold vegetables,” Salda said.
Salda said
the public can go to the municipal grounds fronting the covered court beside
the municipal hall building and get vegetables.
Some of the
vegetables were also donated to the locked-down barangays of Baguio City for
distribution to affected residents. -- PNA
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