Manay's Farm

Overview

Manay’s Farm is an agritourism operation in Purok 7, Barangay Bayongan, San Miguel, Bohol. The farm is named after and run by “Manay” — Nunila Mendez Pinat, a widow who previously served as San Miguel’s mayor and spent 42 years across public- and private-sector agriculture roles, including with the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The farm allows visitors to purchase produce and have it grilled on the premises for immediate consumption.

The property is a working integrated farm on a small, undulating lot, converted from what a Manila Bulletin feature described as a coconut plantation. It is run with family help: her son Joachim (“Alot”), an agriculture undergraduate; her daughter Jeanette (“Saysay”), a nurse who previously worked in HR in Cambodia; and a daughter-in-law, “Pane’,” who manages harvesting. The farm is accredited as an agricultural learning site by the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Training Institute-7 (ATI-7), used to demonstrate sustainable farming methods to community farmers.

Location

Purok 7, Barangay Bayongan, San Miguel, Bohol. San Miguel is a municipality in central-north Bohol, inland from the northern coast.

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Getting There

San Miguel is accessible by bus from Tagbilaran (approximately 1.5–2 hours). From the town proper, proceed to Barangay Bayongan by habal-habal or tricycle.

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Practical Info

Visitors can purchase farm produce and have it grilled on-site for consumption. The farm is classified as Farm Tourism under the BPTO’s Industrial Tourism category. Published visitor accounts note that unannounced drop-in visits are discouraged — advance notice appears to be expected, though no published contact channel, tour fee, or fixed opening hours were found in sources checked.

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What to Expect

A working family farm with an agritourism component — guests interact with the farm and eat farm-prepared food on the premises. Crops include organic vegetables (kangkong, eggplant, squash, bell pepper, okra), herbs (tulsi, mint, tarragon, oregano, ginger, basil), sweet potato and camote tops, and ornamentals (palms, ferns, caladiums, aglaonemas), plus globe amaranth and blue ternate flowers used for tea. Livestock includes native chicken breeds (among them Bohol black, balaw, bakike, ugis, buyogon, talisayon, and tubaon types), native hogs, a tilapia pond raised on organic feed, and rabbits, geese, and ducks. The farm also keeps an azolla fern pond (used as a nitrogen-fixing feed/fertilizer source) and DIY/industrial egg incubators. The family origin story (named for Manay Bebot, a former mayor and career agriculturist) gives the farm a personal, local identity distinct from commercial farm resorts.

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Notes

San Miguel municipality also has Bayongan Dam (a recreation area), Langgam Cave, and the Ispadahay Festival among its recorded tourism assets.

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Manay’s Farm: A life around nature and agriculture, Bohol Island News, accessed 2026-07-17. Healthy food, hearty tales at Manay’s Farm, Philippine Information Agency, accessed 2026-07-17. Farming family turns coconut plantation into thriving integrated farm, Manila Bulletin, accessed 2026-07-17.