Laguna’s cacao farmers advocate for COVID-19 vaccination
Laguna, 18 May 2023 – All sectors in the food industry were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cacao (unprocessed version of cocoa) farmers in Nagcarlan, a municipality in the province of Laguna, were no exception. Their main products, tablea (ground cacao beans) and suman (sticky rice), were left unsold. Despite the pandemic’s impact on their…