San Jose De Buenavista Antique, Aug. 8 -- The Rotary Club of Antique (Rotary International District 3850) will plant 3,850 fruit-bearing trees within the year as part of ensuring environmental sustainability and food security in the communities.

In an interview on Friday, Carolyn May Deslate, Rotary Club of Antique's past president and current treasurer, said the "Fruit Trees for Life" project will be launched in Darling Resort in Barangay Tuno in the Municipality of Tibiao on Aug. 30.

"We will initially plant 300 fruit-bearing trees on a resort of a fellow Rotarian," she said.

She said they were able to request seedlings from the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office headed by Cynthia Blancia -- such as jackfruit, lanzon...