As part of its corporate social responsibility, The Oriental Bataan recently launched its Agri-Farm in celebration of the National Family Day which was highlighted by a Seed and Tree Planting Activity of local farmers and their dependents. The Oriental Bataan is a three-star boutique hotel situated at the Freeport Area of Bataan in Mariveles town
According to The Oriental chief executive officer Rebecca Lee, the program is part of the hotel chain’s advocacy on food security, organic agriculture, and environmental protection.
In photo at the Agri-Farm launch are Gardenia customer relations staff Reggie Lerpido and service crew Jerome Calvario, Enviro Scope Region 3 sales representative Elmer Adoray, Bataan first district provincial board member Antonino Roman III, hotel general manager Joseph Ong, The Oriental Hotels and Resorts associate director of sales Roselle Reyes, and Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) agriculturist Ernie Lito Bolloso.
She said that similar activities will be replicated in its other properties in Leyte, Albay, and Legazpi City to emphasize the important role of farming in economic development.
Started in July, the Agri-Farm vegetable garden is already yielding produce such as lettuce, eggplant, pepper, rozelle, malunggay, and an assortment of herbs, which are being used as ingredients in the hotel’s restaurants.
The farm is also being groomed as a center of collaboration between government, private and farmer’s groups in addressing agricultural concerns in the province and a potential farm tourism site where guests can participate in periodic agrarian-themed leisure activities.
