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Chapter four

The impact

Meet the people and local businesses who are part of our everyday work at Lionheart Farms in Palawan.

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A group gathered beside coconut palms during a Lionheart Farms visit.
The Lionheart team and partner farmers among the coconut palms. Photograph from Lionheart Farms.

The people behind your pantry

Behind every pantry product are people who harvest, process, transport and bring it to you. At Lionheart Farms, that work connects with family routines and the everyday life of local businesses around our farm.

Each person has their own story, shaped by the work they do, the choices they make and the people around them.

Connections beyond the farm

Our work in Palawan connects us with local suppliers and businesses beyond the coconut groves. Meals, transport, services and places to learn can all be part of a working community.

Those connections are made up of individual people and businesses, each with their own role and experience. No single company figure can tell all of their stories.

The people and local businesses connected to the farm each have their own experience. Continue to the farm to see where this work begins.

Coconut palms and wooded hills in Rizal, Palawan.
Lionheart Farms photograph of coconut palms and the surrounding landscape in Rizal, Palawan.

Different ways to contribute

  • Everyday work. A farm job is more than a task. Behind it is a person, a daily routine and the work they bring to each day.

  • Local enterprise. Local suppliers and independent businesses bring their own skills and services. Each has its own decisions, relationships and story.

  • Shared activities. Education and care can bring different organisations together. Gabay Kalinga describes one medical mission in Rizal. That account documents the activity, not its long-term health outcomes.

Continue the story

From the people around our farm to the practices among our palms, there is more to explore. Continue to The environment.

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