00:00This is an amazing story about the OFW uniformists as well.
00:04Because farming has been their passion for a long time,
00:07the Italian government gave them 200 square meters of land
00:12so that they can have a farm.
00:16And here's the result.
00:17A vast vegetable garden that they call
00:20Bahay Kubo or Orto di Lino.
00:23From the land of pizza and spaghetti, Italy!
00:29How are you in the Philippines?
00:31I am Lino Mandigma.
00:33I am here in my vegetable garden in Italy.
00:42This is Parma,
00:46a region in Northern Italy,
00:48four hours away from the capital of Rome.
00:51In the past 23 years,
00:54Parma has become the home of OFW,
00:57Lino Mandigma and his family.
01:01I am an elementary teacher
01:04and at the same time I am a farmer.
01:09Our job here is normally a part-time job.
01:17We call it a part-time job.
01:19Four hours in the morning,
01:20after four or three hours in the afternoon.
01:25Because farming has been their passion for a long time,
01:27the Italian government gave them 200 square meters of land
01:32so that they can have a farm.
01:36And here's the result.
01:37A vast vegetable garden that they call
01:40Bahay Kubo or Orto di Lino.
01:43Here in my garden,
01:45we have planted 25 different kinds of vegetables.
01:51I haven't been able to help with the planting,
01:56but sometimes I bring my wife here
02:00to help me harvest.
02:02The best!
02:11The best!
02:12Tamis!
02:18Mang Lino sells fruits and vegetables
02:21to our fellow Filipinos in Parma.
02:23This is our income.
02:26Normally, it's more or less 2,000 euros per season.
02:33To our fellow Filipinos,
02:35who love to buy vegetables,
02:39we are sure that we can eat anything
02:44if we have our own farm.
02:49You can watch on his YouTube channel
02:51the various activities in his vegetable garden
02:53and other adventures of his family in Italy.
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