The grounds of Divino Amor church in Lipa City, Batangas has been converted into a farm market selling fresh strawberries every Wednesday.

The idea is proving a hit with locals and thousands of people are now able to come together every Wednesday after Divino Amor church's enforced closure due to coronavirus social distancing rules.

The filmer told Newsflare: "The redemptionist priests saw that hundreds of people were squeezing in the public market and the social distancing was not observed, so they got an idea to convert the wide spaces of the church grounds into a market of vegetable and fruits.

"To help the poor farmers of the Cordillera region, the redemptionist priests offered their trucks to gather their vegetables and fruit produce."

The heartwarming footage was recorded on Wednesday (March 25).

The grounds of Divino Amor church in Lipa City, Batangas was converted into a farm market every Wednesday during the coronavirus pandemic. The queue for fresh strawberries from the mountain province was a hit!

Every Wednesday thousands of religious people flocks Divino Amor church in Lipa City, Batangas because it's a novena day and most religious people go there to pray the novena and ask God to answer their prayers. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, church was closed.

The redemptionist priests saw that in public market hundreds of people squeezing and the social distancing was not observed, so they got an idea to convert the wide spaces of church grounds into a market of vegetable and fruits.

In Cordillera region, farmers are throwing their vegetables because there are less buyers. To help the poor farmers of Cordillera region, the redemptionist priest contacted the farmers, offered their trucks to gather their vegetables and fruit produce. Trucks travelled 16 longs hours and they make the Divino Amor church grounds into a farm market of cheap vegetables and fruits every Wednesday.