Le Bistro Launches Locavore Partnerships
Organic brown rice was the focus of Le Bistro Vert Sustainable Foods’ launch of its Locavore Partner Campaign of bringing together chefs and local farmers and producers of organic and sustainable produce and staples.
Garden Salad
This is one of our favorite salads. It's easy to prepare, very tasty and healthy, too. We just thrown in whatever salad greens and vegetables that's in our refrigerator. Balsamic vinaegrette goes well with almost any salad greens. Add feta, pecorino or parmesan cheese - that's it!
What is Organic?
Before a product can be labeled "organic", a US government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer meets USDA organic standards. Even companies that handle and/or process organic food, before it gets to local supermarket or restaurant, must be certified, too.
Tabo Market in Palo, Leyte
On our second day in Tacloban, we requested our host to bring us to their local market. She told me there are two markets to choose from: one is their public market in downtown Tacloban and the other one is a Saturday market called “Tabo†in Palo.
Is Your Salt Real?
One of the best Philippine natural sea salt is produced in the southernmost tip of the Island of Mindoro and is harvested by hand from clay-lined salt beds fed by the sun and sea.
Mabolo
Mabolo is easy to grow organically and we hope that this fruit will gain popularity again. Its current conservation status is 'vulnerable' and we hope farmers will continue to plant more mabolo trees for the next generation.
Pancit na Puti
Our weekly delivery from Juan Market arrived and we noticed that our pechay had beautiful yellow flowers. Inspired by its bright and happy color, we decided to create our own version of Pancit na Puti. Here's our simple recipe ...
Practical Tips on Growing Your Own Herbs
The best way to learn about herbs you are not be familiar with is to grow them yourself! You don't have to buy all of them at once. Enjoy the thrill of organically building your collection of herbs. We buy new herbs each time we visit a farm and/or weekend markets. To date, we have around 30 potted culinary and medicinal herbs.
Food
Costales Nature Farms’ Harvest Festival
One of our pioneer partner-farms in Pinoy Organics is Costales Nature Farms. It is...
On Raw Food
There are several views and definitions about this and we’ll define it as...
Sugarleaf Launches Healthy Choices
Today, Sugarleaf expands its mission in providing Filipinos better living and eating...
Green Grocers
We were happy to discover new green shops in two Central Business Districts. One...
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@Home
Gardening: The New Green Gym
Research shows that we burn more calories in an hour of gardening than would be done...
Teens’ Take On Organics
The other day, we randomly asked a Filipino 15-year old student what the word “organicâ€...
A Red Lady in the Garden
After 6-8 months, without any special care, we harvested our first papaya from our...
Bug Off!
Dengue cases are up and with a cloudy/ rainy weather that threatens to stay for a...
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Green Exchange
Negros Trade Fair 2013
As the Negros Trade Fair celebrates 28 years of existence and success, it comes back to where it all began – Makati City.  It was in 1985 that the first trade fair, then known as The House of Negros Trade Fair, was held at the then QUAD Carpark beside the Manila Garden Hotel. For several years after that, the Negros Trade Fair moved out... [Read more of this review]
Costales Nature Farms’ Harvest Festival
One of our pioneer partner-farms in Pinoy Organics is Costales Nature Farms. It is situated just below the foot of Mount Banahaw, Brgy. Gagalot, Majayjay, Laguna. The Farm House Telco executive-turned-farmer Ronald Costales and his wife Josie personally toured us in their much smaller family farm when we visited in April 2010. Since then, we have worked... [Read more of this review]
Healthy Options Launches Organika
Three weeks ago, we noticed some local organic vegetables and farm fresh meats being sold the in Healthy Options Rockwell. We saw some beautiful french beans and had a hunch that they were grown by Costales Farms. True enough, a week after, Josie Costales sent us an SMS about a launch event by Healthy Options for their new product line of locally-grown... [Read more of this review]
It’s All About Relationships
Three years ago, we met an organic farmer who told us that our advocacy about organics is a romantic kind of love. He assured us that Pinoy Organics will go a long way and whatever challenges we will face in the future, our advocacy will be able to overcome them because we fell in love with it. We still remember how we responded to him. “Yes,... [Read more of this review]
Happy New You
What a great way to start our learning journey for 2013! Last Tuesday, we attended “Good News Kapihan” held in ECHOstore’s flagship store in Serendra BGC. The proponents for this event were Chit Juan and Tina Dumlao in partnership with ECHOstore and ECHOmarket. Great Line-Up of Resource Speakers on Health & Wellness Dr. Albert... [Read more of this review]
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