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                    [ArticleID] => 197416
                    [Title] => Setting down Good roots
                    [Summary] => With the idea of spreading the gospel of environmental conservation as well as to promote livelihood self-sufficiency, Good Roots, a pioneering project funded by Caltex Philippines is now successfully  implemented in three rural communities in the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2003-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1742903 [AuthorName] => Serapion S. Metilla [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193082 [Title] => The growth of Good Roots [Summary] => PUGO, La Union–Tree farmers here are taking the biggest gamble in their collective lives. But unlike game shows on television, they are putting in sweat as their equity and they are willing to wait between three and five years to see the fruits of their labor.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1378915 [AuthorName] => Jeremiah San Juan [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151434 [Title] => Together for Mother Nature [Summary] => Good Roots, that admirable group of environmentalists, dahlings, lauded Caltex Philippines Inc. for the oil company’s long-running efforts to "go green" through its Good Roots (Ugat ng Buhay) projects.

Good Roots has passed its 10-year mark helping numerous Ilocos Norte and Batangas communities by distributing multi-purpose tree species for participating families to nurture and grow.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134863 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510163 [AuthorName] => Maurice Arcache [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148629 [Title] => Between men and trees [Summary] => In 1990, US-based Caltex Petroleum Corp chairman and chief executive officer Raymond Johnson committed to financially support a five-year agroforestry program in the Philippines where Caltex has been doing business for almost 75 years. The project is now in its 11th year.

Like a sapling planted in a forest, the Good Roots-Ugat ng Buhay agroforestry project funded by Caltex (Phils) Inc. has grown into a mature tree over the past 10 years.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464921 [AuthorName] => Llita Logarta [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 129872 [Title] => Caltex finances 5-year agro-forestry project [Summary] => Caltex Philippines, Inc. is financing a five-year agro-forestry project with an allocation of P10 million to increase agricultural production and protect and preserve the environment.

The project called Good Roots (Ugat ng Buhay), is a livelihood and environmental research and development program designed to rehabilitate the environment by integrating various tree species in the farm tilled by farmers.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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