Successful Orchard Growers in the Philippines

Famous Orchard Growers in the Philippines

1. Famous Orchard Growers in the Philippines

2. Editha Aguinaldo Dacuycuy “Manang Editha” ventured into the dragon fruit business when she was told how the fruit can help relieve constipation problems – a condition common to cerebral palsy patients. Her daughter, Kate, was suffering from this ailment. Selling at Php 450.00 per kilo, dragon fruit was too expensive for Editha, so she decided to raise her own fruits in their backyard.

3. ALFREDO M. YAO

4. Alfredo M. Yao- The “Juice King of the PhilippineS” , also owns a farm in Negros Occidental aside from Zest – O Corporation. At 12 years old, he lost his father and grew up doing odd jobs to help his mother feed her family of six children.

5. One of his jobs was working in a warehouse of a packaging company. Encouraged by the promising profitability of a packaging format in Europe (Doypack), he bought one and tried to market the machine to local juice manufacturers. When no factory took notice, he made his own fruit juice and launched what was to become one of the biggest local juice brands.

6. 1. Joseph Calata 2. Desiree Duran 3. EDITH dacuycuy 4. JOSE MERCADO 5. ALFREDO YAO 6. SENEN BACANI 7. PATRICIO BASE