Zacarias "Zac" Bolong Sarian was a Filipino development journalist and recipient of the 1974 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work in the field. He had a foreign service degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman.
As the agriculture columnist for the Manila Chronicle in the 1960s, Sarian proposed and received funding for a monthly magazine on farming and gardening. He edited the magazine, called Philippine Farms and Gardens, from May 1964 until its last issue in September 1972.[1] The magazine was among the large group of publications closed after the declaration of martial lawbyFerdinand Marcos.
Sarian was the agriculture editor and columnist for the Manila Bulletin, a Philippine broadsheet.[2]
