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'Backyard Bukid' empowers SMC support staff one seed at a time

Every week, armed with scissors and crates, around 25 maintenance and security staff at San Miguel Corporation's (SMC) head office complex in Ortigas trudge muddy paths behind the company's iconic, Mañosa-designed building, their chatter and laughter filling the air.

They comb neatly-arranged vegetable beds, eager to accomplish one of their most important tasks for the week — harvest their very own urban farms.