Farms & Cottages

The Federation of Peoples' Sustainable Development Cooperative (FPSDC) is a federation of organizations that provide financial and non-financial services to empower the marginalized sectors, ensuring the development of stakeholders (people) and the preservation of the environment (planet), while ensuring economic viability and equitable growth (prosperity), in the hope of promoting harmonious coexistence within and among communities (peace). FPSDC also encourages member organizations to support advocacies on sustainable agriculture and to engage in activities that take into consideration the 4Ps of sustainable development namely, People, Planet, Prosperity, and Peace. As a part of its nonfinancial services, FPSDC also aids in the marketing and distribution of community products. This service strengthens the advocacy of the Federation for sustainable development for it helps the disadvantaged producers have fair access to market while encouraging them to observe socially and environmentally just practices. The brand Farms and Cottages (F&C) was adopted by FPSDC as its carrier brand. The brand occupies a prominent area in major supermarkets like SM, Shopwise, Robinsons, Puregold, Rustans, Mercury Drugstores and Landmark among others. At present, the F&C brand is in more than 1,000 supermarkets in Metro Manila. F&C products include: - Organic Rice from organic farms in Bicol, Nueva Ecija, and South Cotabato (in red, brown, pink, and black colors); - Muscovado Sugar from the sugar canes of Antique and Sultan Kudarat; - Coconut Sugar from communities in Misamis Oriental; - Herring or Spanish Sardines from a pioneer community in the South; - Nata De Coco from the Southern Tagalog part of the Philippines