This carries his name and his spirit forward.
Why this exists
Communities survive not because of government, rules, or systems.
They survive because people work together — like they always have — sharing knowledge, helping one another, and holding steady through hard times.
Through floods.
Through storms.
Through isolation.
Through change.
Like a wagon wheel
The hub gives direction.
The spokes give structure.
The rim carries the weight and meets the ground.
The rim is the people. They hold everything together and carry the load through floods, rough roads, hills, and hardship.
Nature works the same way. Nothing stands alone. Everything supports everything else.
The wheel
This vision follows a simple idea: resilience comes from many small strengths working together.
Not one system.
Not one crop.
Not one income.
Not one person holding everything up.
Like a forest — many plants, many roles, many connections. When one part struggles, another carries on. The wheel keeps turning.
The hub — purpose
At the centre is shared purpose: food security, livelihoods, stability, long-term strength. Guided by the charter of Nana Bambi's.
Like weaving sawali — taking something simple, breaking it down, rebuilding it with knowledge and wisdom, and giving it new purpose. Nature does this constantly. Break down. Rebuild. Adapt. Continue.
The spokes — systems that support life
Each spoke protects survival: shelter, rice, fish, livestock, vegetables, community, transport, sharing, soil and land care, knowledge and training, traditional preservation methods.
A single spoke cannot carry the load. Together, they create strength.
Traditional knowledge — a core spoke
If it has been done before, it can be done again.
Communities have always preserved food without modern systems: fermentation, rice storage traditions, salting, smoking, drying, cellar storage, shared food preparation.
Science strengthens these methods. It does not replace them. This knowledge will be learned, taught, and shared across communities. It stays alive by being used.
The people — the rim of the wheel
The community is the forest. Everyone has a role — from the smallest ant to the tallest tree. People do not need titles to belong. They can be a spoke. They can be an ant. If they contribute, they belong.
Families. Farmers. Fishermen. Workers. Teachers. Neighbours.
Without the people, there is no system.
Community as ecosystem
Like mycelium beneath a forest, people connect unseen. Mycelium is the underground network that allows trees to share nutrients, water, and support. Communities do the same — sharing food, sharing knowledge, sharing labour, supporting one another. Everything supports everything else.
Filipino-led identity
This shows what is possible here — in storms, floods, and island isolation. If it works here, it can work anywhere. It builds pride in what communities already know and can achieve. It stays family-owned. Community-driven. Many families. One system.
Why this endures
Nature does not rely on one crop. Forests do not rely on one tree. Diversity holds stability. When one plant dies, another grows. When seasons change, something else produces.
This model follows that same principle: many foods, many skills, many incomes, many systems. Together they hold.
The goal
Not to build a single business. Not to create dependency.
But to build a wheel strong enough to: roll through mud, cross floodwaters, climb hills, carry heavy loads, survive storms, endure for generations.
Guided by purpose. Strengthened by systems. Carried by the people.
The future
A place where families eat, communities work together, knowledge is shared, land is cared for, food is preserved, children grow up understanding how life is sustained.
Not because they were asked.
Because they recognise themselves in it.
And the people hold it together.
Our Promise — No Single-Use Plastics, Ever
At Nana Bambi's, we say goodbye to single-use plastics for good. No plastic bags, straws, cutlery, styrofoam, sachets, or wrappers in our market, cafe, or deliveries. We're going back in time to keep things clean and simple — just like the old market days your lola remembers.
Wrapping & Packaging — Recycled brown kraft paper rolls for veggies, dry goods, and fresh produce. Compostable butcher paper for all meats.
Carry-Out Bags — Compostable paper bags, or bring your own. Repurposed feed sacks sewn into reusable totes by local folks.
Cups & Takeaway — Compostable paper cups (plant-based lining). Bring your tumbler for ₱10–20 off via Bambi's credit.
Bakery & Kakanin — Banana-leaf lined trays, brown paper bags. No plastic wrap, no styro, no cling film. Ever.
Refill Corner — Laundry liquid, dish soap, shampoo, cooking oil, vinegar, soy sauce — all bulk refills. Free first container, cheap refills per litre. Ditch sachets forever.
How We Work
The principles behind every decision at Nana Bambi's.
Farm to Table — What grows here feeds here. No corporate chain between the soil and the plate. Transparent, honest, local.
People First — Long-lasting jobs for future generations. Real roles, real opportunity for the whole community.
Nothing Wasted — Compost feeds the soil. The soil feeds the plants. The plants feed the animals. The cycle returns.
Water Never Stops — Redundant water systems from day one. No single point of failure. Resilience built into the ground.
Knowledge is Shared — Elder to youth. Farmer to farmer. Community to community. Traditional methods kept alive by use.
Filipino-Led — Family-owned. Community-driven. Proving what is possible here — in storms, floods, and island isolation.
Community Impact
Local Jobs. Clean Food. Stronger Ragay.
Real Jobs — Full-time roles across 12 spokes — cafe staff, bakers, butchers, drivers, farm hands. Permanent positions with fair pay.
Local Supply Chain — Farmers sell direct at our gate. No middlemen. Cash same day or credit that spends better inside the ecosystem.
Clean, Affordable Food — Farm-to-table meals, fresh bread, local meat, and market staples — priced for the community.
Skills & Training — Workshops in fermentation, agroforestry, baking, and heritage food. Free children's programmes on Saturdays.
Delivery Corridor — Weekly refrigerated deliveries: Ragay → Sipocot → Daet → Tagkawayan. Two-way logistics — nothing runs empty.
Land Stewardship — Regenerative farming, composting, food forests. Building soil, not depleting it. For the next generation.
What We Are Building
F. Simeon / Pugod, Ragay, Camarines Sur, Bicol
Farm Gate — Direct farmer buying at the Ragay hub. Native chicken, eggs, goat, coconut, produce. Cash or credit — credit pays 15–20% more for feeds, supplies, and café spend.
Alejandro's Café & Market — Farm-to-table café, fresh market, sari-sari, and panaderia. Everything grown, raised, or sourced locally. Opening with the hub build.
Delivery Network — Refrigerated produce boxes direct to families. Ragay → Sipocot → Daet → Tagkawayan corridor. Two-way logistics — nothing runs empty.
Twelve Spokes — Café, feeds, market, deliveries, poultry, livestock, marine, regen gardening, nursery, panaderia, butcher, and training. All integrated. All feeding each other.
For Farmers in Bicol
When the gate opens, sell direct at our Ragay hub. No middlemen. Fair prices. Cash or credit — and credit spends better inside the ecosystem.
Cash at gate — fair market price, paid same day
Credit option — 15–20% above cash, spends on feeds, supplies, café
Weekly pricing — set Sunday for the week, no surprises
No cash at containers — GCash or bank transfer only, clean and traceable
See Live Farm Gate Prices & Stock →
For the Ragay Community
A café, a market, a bakery, and a delivery network — built from this community, for this community, by this family.
Credit Pays More sa Nana Bambi's Farm Gate!
Dalhin mo ang copra, mais, manok, itlog, kambing — bayad CREDIT (15–20% DAGDAG!)
Hindi cash? Mas malaki ang halaga mo dito!
- Isabay mo sa credit: feeds, binhi, karne, grocery, café spend, delivery box
- Loyalty card mo lang — swipe lang, gamitin agad!
- Cash-out? Pwede, pero babalik sa cash price lang (bonus mawawala)
- Pera mo, panatilihin sa community — mas marami kang makukuha!
Dalhin na sa gate o tawagan kami!
GCash: +63 *** *** **** (Aileen Mulkerrins — CEO)
O punta sa Ragay Farm Gate — F. Simeon / Pugod
Live prices: nana-bambis.netlify.app/farmgate-app.html
Nana Bambi's Place — Live with the land, not on it.
Makiisa sa kalikasan. Filipino-led, para sa Ragay.