According to a recent study published in the Sleep Health Journal, there is a link between fruit and vegetable intake and sleep quality among young adults, particularly women. Erica Jansen, the lead author of the study, revealed that young women who eat less than five servings of fruits and...
The new year is just around the corner! This means that baskets of round fruits will soon be adorning the dining tables of Filipino homes. Aside from wearing clothes with polka dots on New Year’s eve, Filipinos believe that putting 12 (sometimes 13) round fruits on the table will bring their...
Philippine fruit importation has grown substantially and is seen to further rise with more Filipinos incorporating healthy food into their diet amid the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its latest report, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service...
Many families go into farming for several reasons. The most common one is to find a source of income and food. But some families also farm to find an activity that brings them closer together while connecting with nature. The latter is what inspired Rowell Rodriguez to start a farm in Palawan...
It typically takes a long process before fruits and vegetables reach the grocery store shelves. Crops are at a high risk of being exposed to dirt and bacteria when transferred from farms to markets and displayed publicly for sale. As a result, consumers have made it a habit to wash fruits and...
Fruits and veggies are, without a doubt, beneficial to the body. Despite having known this for a long time, the Philippines is one of the countries with low levels of fruit and vegetable intake per capita in Southeast Asia. Filipinos consume an average of 343 grams of fruits and vegetables...
Have you ever wondered why some fruits like apples and guavas turn brown and soggy a few minutes or hours after being cut? When fruits are chopped, their cells break, causing enzymes to be released and exposed to air. This process is called fruit oxidation, which results in the darkening of...
BY PATRICIA BIANCA S. TACULAO The Philippines is home to a plethora of fruits that consumers can choose from and enjoy. But there are instances when these fruits can look alike and cause confusion. Close relations in species, size, appearance, and color are some of the reasons why people have...
Approximately one-third of all food produced in the world is wasted every year. When the COVID-19 pandemic happened, it disrupted food supply networks, causing fruit and vegetables to rot since they cannot reach the market on time. To address this, a Malaysian inventor named Zhafri Zainudin...
People love eating seedless fruits. This is because, most of the time, fruit seeds are large and pesky, causing a slight inconvenience to those eating them. Seedless fruits are a result of parthenocarpy, or the event of producing fruit without proper fertilization. It can occur due to human...
Missing our childhood fruits Baby Boomers like me are very fortunate for having tasted many fruits, which now are slowly disappearing. I am not talking about santol, lanzones, mango, avocado, and guyabano, which are still cultivated and sold nationwide. What I miss are the likes of kasuy, mabolo,...
Many gardeners tend to focus on the growing stage of their crops, but paying attention to them during the harvesting stage can also make a large impact on both the flavor and nutrition of the produce. Here are some tips on how to do it. Once harvested, crops have very few adaptive abilities...
