About Us

Our Story

Our journey is rooted in the reclamation of "ancient knowledge" and the legacy of Maria Orosa, a Filipino hero who used the nutrient-dense soybean to save thousands from malnutrition during World War II. We believe the soybean industry has since been "corrupted" by a shift toward GMO-heavy animal feeds, leaving almost no organic soya in the mainstream market.

Founded by a core team of MISSION members (Movement of Imaginals for Sustainable Societies through Initiatives, Organizing and Networking) under the intellectual and strategic guidance of Nicanor Perlas, AVCWOI was established to institutionalize a "true" value chain. We officially received our SEC Certificate of Incorporation on March 7, 2026, marking our formal commitment to a 50-year term of service to the farmers of Iloilo.

Our Roots & The MISSION Legacy

Our team’s expertise is grounded in over a decade of "walking the talk." Since 2013, our founders have served as strategic partners of the LifeBank Foundation (LBF), implementing seminal nationwide initiatives founded by Nicanor Perlas, including the Smart Agriculture Program (SAP), Solutions Ecosystem Activators (SEA), and Ecosystem of Stakeholders for Sustainable Agriculture (ESSA).

 AVCWOI is the practical operationalization of these years of rigorous field research, designed to translate the Smart Agriculture framework into a permanent, community-led "weaver" of the soya value chain.

Vision & Mission

Our Vision: To serve as a pioneering "Proof of Concept" for a holistic, soil-to-table agricultural model that can be scaled across the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Our Mission: To establish and manage a regenerative, climate-responsive, and community-led value chain that integrates production, processing, and marketing. We aim to empower youth, women, and local farmers by providing sustainable livelihoods while ensuring the availability of healthy, chemical-free food for the community.

Core Values

We are guided by seven uncompromising core values that define both our organizational culture and the character of our members: 

1. Inner Conditioning

The Root

True transformation begins within. We focus on human development that strengthens character, consciousness, and internal alignment before any technical or operational work even begins.

2. Service to Humanity

The Mission

We offer our unique and special talents in the service of our fellow human beings, to advance the common good.

3. Regenerative Stewardship

The Earth

(Balik-Yamang Lupa) We practice, champion, and preach agriculture that actively gives back to the earth, driving a grassroots Safe Food Movement.

4. Bayanihan Economics

The Community

We reject cut-throat marketplace competition. We treat the entire value chain as a mutually supportive ecosystem, transforming individual farmers into collective entrepreneurs to keep wealth rooted locally.

5. Cultural Respect

The Anchor

We honor local wisdom, traditional knowledge, and our fellow human beings—fully respecting who they are, what they are, and where they are.

6. Purposeful Innovation

The Evolution

We intentionally adopt modern technology and research to elevate our value chains and transform the way we do things.

7. Decisiveness

The Execution

We eliminate guesswork, hesitation, and empty promises. We operate with strict discipline, taking full ownership of our timelines, compliance, and operational goals to deliver exactly what we commit to.

organizational Structure

AVCWOI is a non-stock corporation governed by a multi-stakeholder platform. We operate through integrated clusters, including Production, Processing, Marketing, each with its own R&D and training, ensuring that no part of our income is distributed as dividends but is instead reinvested into our mission. 

In line with our commitment to transparency and high social impact, our Articles of Incorporation (Eleventh Article) legally mandate that administrative expenses shall not exceed 30% of our total annual expenses. This "Efficiency Badge" ensures that at least 70% of all resources are funneled directly into the field and the "Soul of Soya" mission.

Our leadership consists of experienced practitioners in sustainable agriculture and organic production.

Our Production Team is headed by a Soya expert from UPLB, and our Processing Team is led by an experienced soya entrepreneur with a deep network in processing technologies.

Partners & Supporters

We achieve systemic impact through Societal Threefolding—a Public-Private-Civil Society Partnership (PPCSP) model. As "Weavers," we facilitate the collaboration between government agencies, inclusive businesses, and civil society to create a "Systems-Wide Intelligence" that makes rural transformation unstoppable.

Strategic Partners: LifeBank Foundation (LBFI), Santa Barbara Municipal P4MP Federation of Farmers Associations, and Soya Farmers and Advocates of Santa Barbara, Iloilo.

Government Partners: UPLB Institute of Plant Breeding, (accreditations with other government agencies ongoing).

Institutional Supporters: Office of Congresswoman Doc Kathy Gorriceta, and the DA Iloilo Provincial Soya Program.