29/05/2026
Cabbage saturation in Baguio City is now on its 4th week.
From dawn until night, trucks from different municipalities continue to arrive in the city carrying tons of cabbage and other vegetables. Some are coordinated, many are not. Most are simply hoping for a chance to sell before their harvest completely loses value.
During the first week, one truckload could sell out in just two hours. Today, one truck may stay in the same location for half a day, one whole day, or even 2 to 3 days before being emptied.
Still, Baguio residents, tourists, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and private individuals have extended tremendous help to our farmers. For that, we are deeply grateful.
But reality is slowly catching up.
One household can only consume so much cabbage. Areas become congested with too many trucks selling the same produce. Volunteers become exhausted. Even supporters and donors experience fatigue after weeks of continuous assistance.
Meanwhile, tons of cabbage still remain in the farms.
What we are witnessing is no longer just a selling problem. It is a deeper agricultural and market crisis that can no longer be carried by farmers and volunteers alone.
Yet despite this, our farmers continue to wake up before sunrise, travel long hours, and hold on to hope that somehow, someway, their harvest will still feed their families and not end up as total loss.
This situation reminds us that while community kindness is powerful, long-term solutions will require stronger coordination, market systems, logistics support, and structural intervention.
Until then, our farmers continue to endure.
And we continue to stand with them.
📷 Jho Ane (Bakun)
