BRUA-Flores EcoFarm (BFF): A nursery of rare fruits, now an eco-farm tourism site in Mindanao

THE pandemic that started earlier in 2019 has affected almost all businesses. Many businesses have been forced to close their businesses or some switched to a more viable source of income.

The Brua-Flores ecoFarm, BFF, which started out as a little nursery has explored its choices to further propagate fruit seedlings, practicing the Department of Agriculture’s “Plant, Plant, Plant” or “Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) Laban sa Covid-19” program. As the food basket of Mindanao, Bukidnon is a province known for its numerous farms, plantations and agro-tourism sites that provide bountiful harvests of livestock, grains, vegetables and fruits for local and international consumption, as well as provide employment for thousands of people in Mindanao.

Mr. Isidro M. Flores established BFF on May 1, 2020 in Purok 1, Barangay Bocboc, Don Carlos, Bukidnon. This 10,000 square meters land where BFF Farm now stands used to be a sugarcane plantation. It is strategically located in the accessible area where farm terrain is slightly sloping, used for nursery and as rare fruit farm, portion has been used by MINDA as a demo farm for upland rice farming. At present, almost 100 different fruit trees were planted in the farm most are rare fruits intercropped with plants like magic berries, mulberries, papaya, apple, fig, hass avocado and lemons. “In 3 years’ time or more, it will fulfill its main vision to serve clientele and families “Fruit All You Can” at a very reasonable price, when you visit the ecofarm, Mr. Flores said.

BFF is aiming to be a center for avocado development for local varieties in Mindanao, highlighting the certified Lamb Hass Avocado supplied by Sun Pacific Avocados based in the United States. “We are currently looking for assistance for the farm’s vision realization of becoming the leading learning site and model farm for rare fruit trees collection, soon a school for practical grafting, plants propagation, and eventually to be a diversified farm including the principles organic farming and urban gardening”, Flores said.

As a thriving Nursery, BFF currently offer BPI-certified Eviarc Jackfruit, grafted Apple , Lychee, Cempedak, Pomegranate, Jaboticaba, Kiwi, Pear, Figs, Cherries, Berries , Mulberries, Grapes, Embryo Cultured Macapuno, Collection of Mangoes, Collection of Lemons, Collection Tambis, Collection of Durian, Collection of Rambutan, and many other fruit trees. “The farm’s soil is fertile and climate is generally warm with its optimum average temperature is 27’c ,” Flores said.

“FRUIT ALL YOU CAN” will serve the farm’s eco-tourism contribution to the province of Bukidnon. Just this September, Cempedak all you-can for free, was offered for almost 3 weeks to anyone who visited the ecofarm. This fruit is one of the rare fruits, seldomly seen and tasted in the entire Philippines as it is originally from Thailand. BFF encourages people of Don Carlos to plant this as Mr. Flores dream to tag Don Carlos as the Cempedak Capital of the Philippines soon. These seedlings will be made available in Cagayan de Oro, together with other rare fruit seedlings in BFF seedling booth at SM uptown at CDO.

ERICHEL GREEN, near parking building entrance, November 24-28, 2021.

For more information, interested parties may see their advertisement as published in the account of Jong M. Flores in facebook, BFF Brua Flores Ecofarm & Resort Club and other tourism inspired Business page like “Laag ta bai.” (PR)

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