Cadiz City’s rooftop farming advocacy got a P15 million boost from Tingog Partylist.
“It’s flattering to note that Tingog noticed our quest for rooftop farming,” Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. said in a press release.
Cadiz started to model rooftop farming through the Panaad sa Negros Festival in 2024.
It made a repeat in this year’s Panad sa Negros and received praises from citizens and netizens, not just across the country, but in other parts of the world.
Such a unique farming initiative is aimed at showcasing many green spaces one step further by converting many government building rooftops in Cadiz into agricultural plots.
To pilot this in a larger scale, the P15-million grant from Tingog will be used by the local government of Cadiz in converting the rooftop of its two-year-old city-run food court into a farming haven.
“We will produce food up in the food court,” Escalante said. “And we will ensure that this be sustainably implemented through the years.”
Cadiz was among the local governments hailed as “Walang Gutom” champions across the country in 2024.
The city also has a program, Project PAT (Pagkaon Aton Tatapon), meant to crush hunger, and dwells on a “womb-to-tomb” concept of helping Cadizeños wage war against malnutrition and hunger.
With the rooftop farming advocacy, Escalante expressed confidence that the city will sustain feat and fate in the “Walang Gutom” tilt nationwide, the press release added.
“With rooftop farming, we will make Cadiz not just a driver for eco-friendly community, but also a promoter of a well-sustained food security mission,” the mayor stressed as he thanked Tingog Partylist for trusting the city’s initiative leading to a greener and better Cadiz. ||
