SMC to set up urban farm in Ortigas

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is building its first urban farm within its sprawling head office complex in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City to help build food self-sufficiency among its support staff and help put agriculture back in the spotlight.

Under the program, interested employees and workers doing support jobs will be given a plot of land in what will be dubbed as SMC’s “Malasakit Garden” for them to use as a space to grow whatever produce they like. They can then choose to either bring home their harvest or sell these for a profit at a small Malasakit Garden Farmers market stall to be set up at the complex.