FEED adopts the scientific guidance and technical support from its academic and institutional partners, among others, the UPLB (on agro-forestry) and the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (or IIRR, for the installation of bio-intensive gardens), incorporating planting methods that have been tried, tested and proven sustainable.
After a quality control check after the planting, we proceeded to base camp where Merck Philippines hosted thinking and fun games for the children in a friendly competition, where they also won prizes, including cash and school supplies.
“Believe there is good in the world”
Merck Philippines’ tagline resonated among all participants and forest guards, children and their families, who throughout the planting experienced the challenges that our frontliners face every day toiling our lands, forests and seas to forage for their livelihood by providing us with food. Farmers, foresters and fisherfolk experience some of the toughest hardships we rarely have a chance to witness, through rains, storms and physical exertion.
There is always good in the world for those who make it happen and share these simple joys in nature together.
Thank you Merck Philippines Eco-Warriors for making this possible!
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GPS Coordinates of Merck Philippines Planting Site, Sierra Madre Mountain Range
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About Merck Philippines
Merck has been active in Philippines since 1977, when the first representation was opened.
Our passion for science and technology is what drives our 62,770 employees across 66 countries to find solutions to some of today’s toughest challenges and create more sustainable ways to live.
We are here for people at every step, helping create, improve and prolong life. We deliver personalized treatments for serious diseases and enable people to achieve their dream of becoming parents. We empower the scientific community. Our tools, services, and digital platform make research simpler, more exact, and help to deliver breakthroughs more quickly. We provide progressive treatment solutions that help improve access to health thanks to the accuracy of our tests and the reliability of our medicine. As a company, we are at the forefront of digital living. Our science sits inside technologies that change the way we access, store, process, and display information. Our innovative technology drives human progress and opens new possibilities to transform life on Earth as we know it.
Thanks to the constant curiosity of our employees, we are making discoveries that can change the landscape of entire industries. For more than 350 years, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, and we’ll continue to do so in the years to come.
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How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other (BBC News)
Trees talk and share resources right under our feet, using a fungal network nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. Some plants use the system to support their offspring, while others hijack it to sabotage their rivals.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWOqeyPIVRo
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Join us in helping reverse the Earth’s “hothouse climate” tipping point. Plant plant plant.
Tree-Planting with FEED
Contact us at FEED for more details, to join our regular activities or to design your own tree-nurturing event: info@feed.org.ph or call/text +63 (0)917 552 4722.
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