Coffee Break

We noticed that our last few posts were all about local organic coffee. Well, here’s another coffee post that’s worthwhile to read! One of the foundations we support in Pinoy Organics is Young Artists Fellowship for the Environment, Inc. (YAFE), a volunteer-based organization that uses arts as the platform for environmental advocacies. Join YAFE in [...]

Mt. Kanlaon Organic Coffee

Last week, we tried Fresh Start’s Mt. Kanlaon Blend (Arabica and Robusta) organic coffee from Bacolod. It is made from coffee trees planted by various mountain communities in the remaining forested areas of Negros Occidental, including Sag-ang in La Castellana and Yubo in La Carlota. Usually, upland coffee blends are too strong and a bit [...]

Kapeng Ala Eh!

Strong. Pungent. These are among the words used by coffee aficionados to describe our Philippine Liberica, Barako. It is the Tagalog word for ‘wild boar’ because this animal eats coffee leaves and beans. Many stories have been told about how the first Barako tree was first planted in the Philippines. One story tells of how [...]

A Red Lady in the Garden

After 6-8 months, without any special care, we harvested our first papaya from our garden and ate it for breakfast today! Thought of sharing this milestone. Do you have a fruit tree , too? If none, what fruit tree do you want to have in your garden?

Happy Raw Year!

Since last year, Aileen de Guzman has been emailing us to attend her Raw SuperFood Workshop in Makati. When we received an email from her inviting us again to her first class for 2011, we just had to go. Salad Greens We have always been curious to learn what this workshop was all about, thinking [...]

New Year in Benguet

Four days. That was all we had. Actually, we had 6 but the first and last were spent traveling to and fro Manila. Here’s a rundown of what we ended up doing in Benguet: Wednesday, Dec 29th: Our executive cyclist decided to do his epic ride and checked out some organic farms along the way. [...]

Pinoy Organics @Mercato Centrale

  Yesterday, the Philippine organic community celebrated the launch of the newest weekend market in the metro – Mercato Centrale! Mercato Centrale is inspired by the outdoor markets in Florence and the Boroughs Market in London and is an innovative weekend lifestyle market with unique great tasting food finds and diverse organic section in the [...]

Mercato Centrale at Bonifacio Global City

Inspired by a particular place in Florence, Italy, Mercato Centrale @BGC is the first of its kind in the Philippines. Organizers RJ Ledesma, Anton Diaz and Janice Crisostomo-Villanueva envision it as a lifestyle weekend market, a food and travel destination in Manila and a landmark in Bonifacio Global City (BGC). When Anton invited Pinoy Organics [...]

Kitchen Herbs

Gejo Jimenez of Kitchen Herbs What made corporate guy cum national fencing team athlete Gerardo “Gejo” Jimenez give up urban living in exchange to quaint farm life? When their family’s health was challenged few years ago, Gejo and his wife, Rose, decided to make the big switch to healthier (and greener) choices. They started changing [...]

Coffee Origins 2010

Do you love coffee? If your answer is either “yes” or “maybe”, join Pinoy Organics as we participate in the much awaited annual coffee event of the year, Coffee Origins 2010. For the last 13 years the Philippine Coffee industry has been holding a coffee-themed celebration at the Ayala Center to spread awareness about Philippine [...]

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