Upland farm zone supplying vegetables, fruit, and cacao into Dumaguete and Valencia markets. In Valencia, the upland town above Dumaguete, cooler and wetter, feeding the city’s markets. 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.