OUR AWESOME PLANET: Shinozaki Farm

Yasutaka Shinozaki-san is a semi-retiree who is concerned about the food safety and health of the Family. He started organic farming for 2 years and he became a buzzword on organic vegetables delivery in Manila.

I hesitated to share this foodie discovery but some OAP readers might want to have organic vegetables delivered to their doorsteps. Prices are a bit expensive compared to ordinary vegetables.

What's the advantage of Organic Vegetables? The farm follows the organic best practice of using no pesticides, no weed-killers, or no chemical fertilizers at all. It uses techniques like using the smoke of natural leaves, branches and grasses; spraying vinegar or calamansi with garlic; or deploying fine nets to protect their vegetables. It uses compost and other natural materials only.

Shinozaki Farm delivers pure organic vegetables with two types of baskets (minimum order):

1. Basket (standard) - P650
- with 10-15 kinds of vegetables,
- volume good for two, twice meals a day for 5-7 days,
- delivered to your doorstep once a week.
- contents are on timely harvest basis only so customer has no choice

2. Basket S (small) - P450
- with same kind of vegetables as the standard basket,
- volume good for two, twice meals a day for 3-4 days,
- delivered to your doorstep once a week.
- contents are on timely harvest basis only so customer has no choice

Note:
Additional vegetables per pc or per kg varies
Additional fruits per pc or per kg varies, seasonal (30 kinds of fruit trees with 70 mango trees)

Shinozaki Farm also delivers:

Organic Chicken Eggs - P100 per dozen
Native Chicken - P250 per kg, weighs 1-1.5kg per head, delivered dressed as a whole
Wild Duck - P300 per kg, weighs about 1kg, delivered dressed as a whole
White Duck - P250 per kg, weights about 2-2.5kg, delivered dressed as a whole
Goose - P400 per kg. weighs 2.5-3.5kg, delivered dressed as a whole
Organic Rice - P650-800 per 10kg, delivered twice a year, right after harvest and mil

+P50 per delivery as chip-in to fuels

Note:
- Fowls are grown in open area such as a rice field
- They are never kept in small cages
- They eat all-natural food, like rice-bran, beans, potatoes, greens, fish, seaweed, our organic vegetables and fruits
- They drink deep well or natural water only
- They are running around or swimming in about 2,000 square meter open area every day
- They don't use antibiotics (unlike broilers, which are usually overdosed with special hormones too)