Mixed coconut and fruit farms in rural Talisay. In Talisay, the town immediately north of Bacolod, half sugar landscape and half coastal. Farming outside the sugar estates is smallholder and mixed — vegetables, root crops, fruit and cacao often on the same land. Upland farms supply the lowland city markets, which is why highland towns matter far beyond their size. Roadside stalls near the farms sell at the lowest prices you’ll find.