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Preparing for 2025

by Chit U. Juan - December 28, 2024 - 12:00am

It is at this time of the year when we think of New Year’s resolutions and starting on a clean slate, greeting the New Year with an open mind and hopefully, an open heart.

Cooked with love

by Chit U. Juan - December 21, 2024 - 12:00am

I just came from Bukidnon and I was pleasantly surprised with our accommodations.

Teaching organic basics to the IPs

by Chit U. Juan - December 14, 2024 - 12:00am

You may think Indigenous Peoples (IPs) or cultural communities may already have innate knowledge about organic and natural farming.

From sayote to coffee

by Chit U. Juan - December 7, 2024 - 12:00am

How do we transform or change the mindset of sayote (chayote) farmers to convert to crops that are safer for the environment and will give sustainable incomes?

Trash to cash

by Chit U. Juan - November 30, 2024 - 12:00am

A lot of people think that composting is just for farmers or those who have land to cultivate.

Lessons in food waste

by Chit U. Juan - November 23, 2024 - 12:00am

It’s my second time to be a judge at the NFS or National Food Showdown in Lipa this year.

Get up and jump back after Kristine

by Chit U. Juan - November 16, 2024 - 12:00am

After Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, I had wanted to visit the area where she unleashed her fury, Camarines Sur.

What’s in a name?

by Chit U. Juan - November 9, 2024 - 12:00am

Bangsi, dibang, himalit and isdang-lawin.

When the world prays together

by Chit U. Juan - November 2, 2024 - 12:00am

Have you ever attended a multi-lingual, multi-racial prayer service?

National arts, crafts and slow food

by Chit U. Juan - October 26, 2024 - 12:00am

Every year since 2016, the office of Senator Loren Legarda and Department of Trade and Industry invite Slow Food communities to be part of the huge National Arts and Crafts Fair. It really should include food as...

Women connect

by Chit U. Juan - October 19, 2024 - 12:00am

I first met Elizabeth Vasquez of We Connect International (www.weconnectinternational.org) in 2011 in Chongqing, China.

Slow Fish?

by Chit U. Juan - October 12, 2024 - 12:00am

That’s another term for sustainable seafood. And a thematic approach to eating good, clean and fair fish (www.slowfood.com)

National Coffee Month

by Chit U. Juan - October 5, 2024 - 12:00am

October is National Coffee Month. What is our national coffee anyway?

How to copy India

by Chit U. Juan - September 28, 2024 - 12:00am

I am still overwhelmed with the amount of information we received from a Chief Secretary who is like a Minister of ITE and Commerce from India’s Telangana Province, Mr. Jayesh Ranjan.

Tourism through Slow Food?

by Chit U. Juan - September 21, 2024 - 12:00am

I am writing this as I ruminate on a paper I am doing for the Intellectual Property Office on tourism-related IP marks that have a tourist impact. Imagine champagne in France, Parmigiano Reggiano in Italy, Iberico...

Organic vs hydroponic

by Chit U. Juan - September 14, 2024 - 12:00am

Many people think organic is simply a vegetable that is more expensive than its ordinary or traditional counterpart.

Start them young with Slow Food Youth

by Chit U. Juan - September 7, 2024 - 12:00am

We had a young assistant chef named Jam Melchor when we started the first “farm to table” restaurant in the country in 2011.

When science and culture meet

by Chit U. Juan - August 31, 2024 - 12:00am

I had a most interesting lunch with some Ivatans from Batanes at the UP Tearoom and learned more about their culture, especially after my short trip to the island province just last March.

We can save Mother Nature

by Chit U. Juan - August 24, 2024 - 12:00am

To understand what permaculture is, a visit to the UP Open University permaculture garden in Los Baños, Laguna is a good start.

Salt of the earth

by Chit U. Juan - August 17, 2024 - 12:00am

They say you only need three good things for good food: fire, fat and salt. But many people dismiss salt or asin as an ordinary ingredient, something we routinely and mindlessly put on food, even before tasting its...

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