OPINION Food security in the highlands of Kalinga POINT OF VIEW - Daniel Jason M. Maches - The Philippine Star February 4, 2023 | 12:00am If there’s one crucial thing that we can learn about this onion fiasco or the unprecedented price hike for almost every food we buy, that is self-sufficiency....
A test run of a new air screen processing machine is taking place at PhilRice this weekend. The Rice Terrace Farmers Cooperative (RTFC) processed samples of newly harvested rice and sent them to PhilRice for testing the prototype. The air screen machine was custom designed...
Since I began working on this project almost 10 years ago, it has been my dream to put the native rice from the terraces of northern Luzon in the culinary spotlight for people who care about the food they eat and the farmers who produce...
The city of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin has been in the fair trade news recently, and for good reason! Not only has Fond du Lac become the latest (and 32nd!) US Fair Trade Town but also, on World Fair Trade Day 2013, Fairtrade.us announced that...
[caption id="attachment_661" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Celebrating local food in Cagaluan, Pasil, Kalinga[/caption] [caption id="attachment_662" align="alignleft" width="293"] Traditional "long table"[/caption] The “long table” stretched almost 20 meters. Farmers from the eight villages in the municipality of Pasil, Kalinga gathered in celebration. Men had cut the giant bamboo poles from the...
[caption id="attachment_632" align="alignleft" width="307"] Vicky Garcia, Raymunda Mamaril, Rowena Gonnay and Jimmy Lingayo represented the Philippines and the traditional rice producers of the Cordillera[/caption] Once again, farmers from the Cordillera region were privileged to attend the 2012 Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre event, which was held October...
[caption id="attachment_616" align="aligncenter" width="498"] Congratulations to the Rice Terraces Farmers Cooperative[/caption] The Provincial Government of Ifugao through its Project on the Certification of Ifugao Products awarded a Certificate of Recognition to the Rice Terraces Farmers Cooperative (RTFC) as a producer of an Ifugao certified product. The RTFC...
As Director of RICE, Inc., I walk many painful miles through the terraces to attend local meetings with the farmers and provide training sessions. I am often invited into the homes of the farmers to share a meal and visit. The faces of the farmers and...
Rowena B. Gonnay from the Kalinga, Philippines visited Turin as a delegate to the Salone del Gusto and Slow Food Terra Madre 2012. This is her experience… Originally posted at Slow Food Terra Madre Voices "Attending the global Terra Madre meeting in 2010 was a milestone in...
[caption id="attachment_571" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Poster at Slow Food Terra Madre/Salone del Gusto[/caption] The Cordillera Heirloom Rice Project is again well represented at the 2012 Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre, which is happening this week October 25-October 29 in Turin, Italy. Vicky Garcia heads our delegation...