Kids Who Farm

Happy World Environment Day! 🌎

May we always be reminded of the urgent need for climate action to reduce emissions, repair and restore our degraded ecosystem.

LOOK! The City Green Pockets (CGP), an initiative to create hyperlocal circular solutions to food waste and urban food security and green spaces using the Gardenator has been expanded to homeowners' associations in Butuan City!

From a school-based initiative in Agusan National High School, CGP is now currently being rolled out as an urban agriculture intervention to help tackle food security at community level with support from the Department of Agriculture - National Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Program (DA-NUPAP XIII) and ATI Caraga Region XIII.

City Green Pocket Founder and Kids Who Farm Butuan City YoungAgriX Juniel Rey Gigaquit took the lead in the training series on Gardenator compact farming technology to officers and representatives of the different homeowners' associations in the city.

Thank you DA-NUPAP XIII and ATI XIII for helping amplify the initiative and for providing the needed logistics support!

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The City Green Pockets won the top spot at the 2025 Action and Practice of the Tzu Chi International Youth Leadership.





📷 Juniel Rey

Kids Who Farm joins the Regional Kick-Off Celebration of the World Day Against Child Labor in Zamboanga City.

On this day, Kids Who Farm highlights the powerful line between exploitation and empowerment. While forced labor takes away a child's future, youth-led urban agriculture hands it back to them. Through safe, educational microfarming and home food growing, we aren't putting kids to work; we are mentoring tomorrow’s green entrepreneurs, sustainable food system champions and climate advocates. 🌱🥦

​By teaching youth to grow food sustainably, we are fortifying local food security and building resilient communities from the ground up.

​Let's protect the rights of our children and invest in their promise. The future of food security starts with empowering the youth of today. 🌍💚





📷 Brixson Cosep Julian
M. Jesamine Pollisco

On June 2, 2026, Kids Who Farm teamed up with Silad Mahogany Elementary School in Butuan City to conduct a hands-on workshop for students as well as parents in the DSWD XIII’s Tara, Basa! Culmination Program. The session focused on microfarming and featured a step-by-step guide on creating "tarpots"—an innovative, eco-friendly solution designed by Kids Who Farm to upcycle old tarpaulins into durable planters for vegetables and herbs.

​The initiative successfully promoted local food security while keeping waste out of landfills, and was made possible through the support of the Rotaract Club of Butuan Highlands and ATI Caraga Region XIII who provided the IEC advocacy learning materials.

Our sincere appreciation and thanks to our volunteers and partners.

☑ ​Kids Who Farm Butuan City Team: Juniel Rey, Renato Paril II, Nikko A. Buron, and John C. Cuesta.

☑​Silad-Mahogany Elementary School: The dedicated faculty, parents, teachers, and students.

☑​The Tara, Basa! Tutors: With a special shoutout to our event point person, Ms. Mary Mae Garillos.

If you are interested in hosting a tarpot-making workshop for your school or community, please reach out to us today!

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📷 📝 Ren Paril Il

LOOK! Kids Who Farm formally joined the Regional Council Against Child Labor (RCACL) in Zamboanga Peninsula. The RCACL is a multi-stakeholder convergence chaired by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE IX) aimed at preventing and eliminating child labor in Region IX.

Representing Kids Who Farm during the 2nd Quarterly Meeting held at LM Hotel last 26 May 2026 was Mr. Brixson Cosep Julian, Volunteer Technical Team Member.

Kids Who Farm is committed to establishing safe, technology-driven, and supportive agricultural ecosystems, where communities are empowered to actively dismantle the economic pressures that fuel child labor—ensuring that when kids interact with farming, it is purely to cultivate their minds, skills, and futures.





📷 DOLE IX