HO CHI MINH CITY -- At weekend bazaars around Manila, shoppers go not just to select ears of corn and sacks of rice straight from the farmer. They also sit in on tutorials about fermentation, reducing waste and heritage cooking with native foods.
The pop-up markets let people reclaim autonomy and buy directly from farmers' collectives, says Maureen Hermitanio, whose group, the Peasant Movement of the Philippines, helps organize the events. Many people have become disenchanted with the "corporate capture" of agriculture, she says, which depletes natural resources and puts profit over people.
