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Good Things Are Growing ๐ŸŒฑ

Happy Friday, Hilom Fam! ๐Ÿ‘‹ We're ending the week with two stories about giving good things room to grow, from ideas that can help communities to a familiar purple crop finding new places in the world.

Students and researchers working together on community-focused research

Article 1

Good Ideas Deserve Room to Grow

Quezon City's Betty Go-Belmonte Research Grants Program is giving students, scholars, and academics support to explore ideas that could help communities. Aโ€ฆ

Quezon City's Betty Go-Belmonte Research Grants Program is giving students, scholars, and academics support to explore ideas that could help communities. A good idea may begin on paper, but with the right opportunity, it can grow into something that makes everyday life a little better.

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Fresh purple ube grown by farmers in CALABARZON

Article 2

From Local Farms to the World ๐Ÿ’œ

Ube has long been part of Filipino tables and celebrations, and farmers in CALABARZON are helping carry that familiar purple favorite even further. ๐Ÿ’œ There'sโ€ฆ

Ube has long been part of Filipino tables and celebrations, and farmers in CALABARZON are helping carry that familiar purple favorite even further. ๐Ÿ’œ There's something special about seeing something so deeply connected to home find new places to grow and new people to love it.

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Here's to the good things quietly taking root around us.