Founder Stories
Individual entrepreneur narratives and business journeys from across the region

Founder StoriesMar 20, 2026
He Did Not Want to Waste a Single Strawberry. Now He Is Building a Premium Wine Brand That Tastes Like Benguet.
John Glenn Libag is a fourth-year student in La Trinidad who turned a supply problem into Bo-oy Food Products — a circular, zero-waste enterprise built entirely around the strawberry, and one of the most quietly ambitious young ventures in the Cordillera.

Founder StoriesMar 20, 2026
Geneva Gañalon Started a Duck Farm in La Union. Now She Is Building an Agri-Tourism Enterprise That Employs Mothers and Out-of-School Youth.
G's Duckery Food Processing in Bacnotan is what happens when a young farmer decides that a duck farm can be more than a duck farm — and builds a social enterprise around that belief.