Mushrooms paint the town pink

MANILA, Philippines -October marks the first year anniversary of Mushrooms Go Pink PH Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign. Last year Ministry of Mushrooms, Inc. collaborated with 30 restaurants and food brands to create and serve dishes with locally grown oyster mushrooms to help raise food awareness for cancer prevention while raining funds for the ICanServe Foundation.

“We at Ministry of Mushrooms, Inc. are all about giving back through mushrooms, and joining the fight against the world’s leading killer of women, breast cancer, is one very important way we do,” shares Ministry of Mushroom, Inc. president Marco Lobregat.

Mushrooms have long been regarded as one of nature’s super-foods. They are one of few the natural food sources of Vitamin D and other key nutrients such as Vitamin B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin) B3 (Niacin) plus selenium and potassium while remaining low in calories and mostly fat and cholesterol free. Mushrooms contain natural substances such as polysaccharides, which stimulate the body’s immune system to fight off infection during times of stress.

Last year the dishes for campaign revolved around locally grown fresh oyster mushrooms. This year the edible representations become more exciting as restaurants can use other locally grown mushrooms supplied by Ministry of Mushrooms, Inc.  These include fresh oyster, abalone, fresh wood ear mushrooms and milky mushrooms.

Ten percent of the cost of each special dish with mushrooms purchased will be donated to ICANServe Foundation through the Mushrooms Go Pink PH campaign.

Spread the awareness by taking photos of these great dishes and restaurants and posting your photos on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram #MushroomsGoPinkPH