Tobacco waste gets new lease on farm life
BALUNGAO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — After tobacco farmers in this town harvest the prime leaves sought by cigarette companies, most of the remaining plants are left in the fields, destined to be discarded. But for 75-year-old farmer-leader Oftociano Manalo, those unwanted leaves are far from useless. After the harvest, Manalo walks through tobacco fields, gathering small
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