Brgy. Sariri, Badiangan, Iloilo
Hydroponic lettuce, dragon fruit and fresh vegetables, plus a farm school, a restaurant, a hotel and a wedding chapel, all on one farm in the hills of Iloilo.
Our story
Way down north of Iloilo is Sariri, Badiangan, where our family's ancestors lived and farmed. Tenyente Boni, the great-grandfather, raised eleven children on this land. Years later, when his children grew old, and the family thought of selling their inherited land, his grandson Eddie bought it for sentimental reasons. It was his Lolo's.
Eddie had built a career as a civil engineer in Manila, but the barrio and the simple life of farming never left him. When the Sariri Baptist Church youth needed a place for their summer camp, he started planting high-value crops to support it. In less than two years Ephrathah Farms became a reality, and Eddie retired early to come home.
The name comes from Micah 5:2: "But you Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come from me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." Like Sariri, small and hardly known. Like a growing infant, nurtured by the Lord, Ephrathah Farms is blessed to become fruitful.
Vision
To be a vibrant agri-tourism venue by promoting value-added agriculture and family-oriented activities.
Our produce
Our greenhouse has UV-treated plastic roofing, fine-mesh net walls and sun filters: ideal conditions for green, red and romaine lettuce. Grown this way and harvested on time, our lettuce is sweet, not bitter like lettuce from the open field.
At harvest the lettuce goes to our own processing area, where it is washed, trimmed, air-dried and packed. It reaches its market within 3 to 4 hours of harvest, so you get it clean and fresh.
A research collaboration between DOST, ISAT-U and Ephrathah Farms. Our smart greenhouse controller corrects the pH, EC, water level and temperature automatically, and sends real-time data to the cloud so the greenhouse can be monitored and adjusted from a mobile app.
The result: a higher yield, because the plants always get what they need.
When it started, ours was the biggest dragon fruit plantation on the island of Panay. We now grow about 3 hectares of dragon fruit, and we are still expanding.
We are a consolidator of local fruit and vegetables for the big supermarkets in Iloilo City. We gather the harvest of partner farmers in nearby towns, which gives them a direct farm-to-market link and a steady market.
We also supply fruit and vegetables to hotels and restaurants in Iloilo City. Looking for a steady supply? Talk to us.
Farm school
We train farmers and entrepreneurs in agriculture, farm tourism, processing and business. The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) has accredited us as a Private Agriculture and Fisheries Extension Service Provider (PAF-ESP), and we are a TESDA-accredited farm school.
Agritourism
Our farm is open to visitors who want to learn about farming: schools, groups and families. We share new farming techniques, organic farming and farm technology through hands-on learning modules, and we have the facilities to make a day (or a weekend) of it.
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Dine & stay
Our restaurant serves organic food with ingredients freshly picked from the garden.
Comfortable rooms, from private rooms to bunk rooms for groups, and cottages on stilts over the lake.
Wedding destination
Our glass chapel among the trees makes the farm a wedding destination, and our grounds and function hall are open for other celebrations and events too.
Location
Ephrathah Farms is in Brgy. Sariri, Badiangan, Iloilo, among rolling hills and wide plains in the centre of Iloilo's 3rd District, surrounded by Pototan, Janiuay, Lambunao, Mina and Dueñas.
Contact us
For produce orders and supply, farm tours, trainings, room and restaurant reservations, or weddings and events, call, email or message us.
