MYS Universe

Farmer-Owned Gardens Grow Anew in Hacienda Luisita

Personal and communal garden plots mean hope for Hacienda Luisita residents.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Corpses

Someone once asked me where I wanted to be doing when the end of the world came. I said: I want to be cooking. ***** It was easy to tell that she was fresh, her skin still supple, her lips not yet gray. She looked alive, the open wound in her neck with bits of […]

AGRICULTURE

Specialty Coffee Cacao Combines Filipino Arabica Beans with African Roasting Technology

Volcanoes Specialty Coffee Cacao applies African technology to Philippine coffees, resulting in a unique, deeply flavored brew that also helps the indigenous communities in South Cotabato that grow it.

AGRICULTURE

From Grass to Glass: Profiting From Carabao Dairy

Carabaos as dairy animals might help augment the income of the smallholder farmer.

AGRICULTURE

Real Fresh Dairy Farm: The Importance of Quality in Philippine Dairy

Paco Magsaysay gives us tour of his dairy farm and lets us in on his secrets to running successful dairy businesses.

TRUE WEIRD

The Three C’s for Dealing with the Psychically Toxic

Some people believe that moods can be contagious. While it’s common to be influenced by the mood of a person you’ve interacted with, there are folks who believe that places and inanimate objects may (accidentally or not) influence a person’s emotions as well.