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Outstanding Professional Award 2014

Grand Awards
acknowledging his expertise and noble contributions
in the advancement of organic agriculture in the Philippines,
he was adjudged as 2011 Most Outstanding Organic
Agriculturist of the Philippines by the Rotary Club
International and the 2011 Gawad Saka - Outstanding
Organic Farmer by the Department of agriculture. In 2012,
he was also awarded the Gawad Saka Most Outstanding
Organic Farmer of the Philippines by the Department of
Agriculture and the 2012 Gawad Saka - Outstanding Farm
Family by the Department of agriculture - region IV-a. Seminars & Business Forums -Sharing the technology and
inspiring the marginalized farmers of the country
Sharing the Technology and inspiring farmers
“
We know because we farm;
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We teach because we want to share;

Government Partnerships-Partnership with Awarding ceremony for the 2012 Most Because it is only in sharing that we find
Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) of DA as Outstanding Organic Farmer of the
the private ESP for organic agriculture Philippines- GAWAD SAKA true happiness.
Receiving another award from the
Agriculture Department
His unselfish sharing of expertise created new niches
in organic integrated farming like the Rancho Domingo
in Isabela, Gardenscape Philippines in Bulacan and Our
Farm Republic located in Barangay Torre 2nd, Mangatarem,
Pangasinan, which now serve as a new avenue for technology
Market Presence - Certified Organic farm
produce displayed at Healthy Options outlets replication on organic farming. and just recently, The Farm
republic has been accredited as a Technology Demonstration
Farm on Organic Agriculture by the Department of Agriculture
– regional Office I. These joint ventures with different
farming industries has confirmed Mr. Costales’ selflessness in
considering other farm industries as partners not as competitors
for the common pursuit of a safe and healthy food for every
Filipino family and in support to the Food Staple Sufficiency
Program of the country.

awards and recognitions bestowed on Mr. ronald Costales
have confirmed the magnificence of his works, however these
are but secondary, for he remains humble as he avers, “It is
not the number of awards that counts, but it is the
number of people’s lives that you have touched and
inspired that matters.”

Family Bonding - Ronald during the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Farm Tourism event in Colombo,
Ronald, daughter Angel and wife Josie while harvesting in their lettuce field Sri Lanka where he was tapped as one of the international resource expert

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