The Department of Agriculture threw its support to the proposal to teach Filipino cuisine to college students and encourage the youth to become farmers and restaurateurs of local foods. President and agriculture chief Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed his enthusiasm for promoting Filipino cuisine in a virtual speech last Wednesday for the kickoff of Filipino Food
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is now helping to promote the slow food movement in the Philippines by supporting local participants in an ongoing food festival in Turin, Italy. Messaging from Turin, Pacita Juan, owner of Echostore and a major advocate of the Slow Food movement in the Philippines, told…
The health crisis all the more underlined the importance of food for safety, survival, and livelihood. Therefore, growing your own food at home and making purposeful efforts to achieve self-sufficiency is crucial, especially since we are still in the grip of a pandemic.