Good Food Community x Indiegogo: 2 Days to Go!

Click the link to contribute today: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/community-shared-agriculture-in-the-philippines/x/11234016#/story

The Project

Taking care of our partner farmers is of utmost importance to us. We want to help them form meaningful relationships with the people they feed and be agents of change and beacons of hope in their respective communities.
Our goal is to restore dignity to the profession of farming and empower farmers to innovate, be creative, and excel in their craft. 

Be part of our advocacy by pledging support to our farmers’ Learning & Accreditation (L&A) Program. 

The L&A Program will provide Good Food Community partner farmers with the necessary tools, life skills, and practical knowledge to sustain their own farms; manage their own agribusinesses; and positively influence their communities by living a sustainable lifestyle and being an agent of change.

The program includes the following activities:

·  Farmer Support Activities
- provision of useful farm equipment and tools (i.e. water drums, pH meters, digital weighing scales, etc.)
- workshops and seminars on seed saving, germination techniques, soil health,  natural pest control, and permaculture design
- educational trips to organic farms and demo sites

·  Entrepreneurial Development
- workshops on farm management
- seminars on financial planning and basic accounting

·  And Advocacy Workshops
- how to set up a local CSA and Farmers' Markets
- family nutrition and meal-planning
- cooking with locally-grown vegetables
- environmental stewardship

Other Ways You Can Help

We are also in need of the following items to help us preserve the quality of our produce and improve our logistics and delivery system:
1) A chest freezer
2) A refrigerator
3) An air conditioner for our vegetable storage space and packing area
4) A salad spinner for drying leafy vegetables

With your kind donations we can equip more farmers to practice organic farming and advocate Community Shared Agriculture in the Philippines.
Be part of the community and lets change the world with food!

Urban Organic Farming Workshops by TCIP

Spreading the love for urban farming by providing workshops in different areas of Manila. With this program we want to show how easy it is to grow healthy food by yourself, live sustainable and create inclusive communities.

Join our lovely, one day workshops after which you can start growing your own food right away. The day includes a fresh, organic meal and a lot of fun for only 999 PHP!

The venue: The Farmacy, Room 201, 269 E. Rodriguez Sr.Ave, Brgy. Damayang Lagi, Quezon City

Schedule:

• September 18, 5.30pm – 9.30pm: Make your own Organic Soil & Fertilizer: Recycle Your Waste.
• September 19, 11am – 4pm: Urban Farming Step by Step.
• September 20, 11am – 4pm: Permaculture in Organic Farming.
• September 24, 5.30pm – 9.30pm: Veggies, veggies, veggies.
• September 26, 11am – 4pm: It's all about Herbs.
• September 27, 11am – 4pm: Food Processing.
• September 30, 5.30pm – 9.30pm: Tutti Fruity.

 Sign Up here: http://www.transitionph.org/our-programs/

The Beige Table Club is Now on Bucky Box!

The Beige Table Club is a members-only healthy food club based in Los Banos, Laguna.

The group is a collaboration between our backyard farming friends and our veggie-loving friends from Los Banos.

Currently, the club's vegetable and fruit supply is provided by Kainos Farm in Calamba; Tara Farms in Bay; Gaia Gardens in Nueva Ecija; and Good Food Community, a local CSA group based in Quezon City which sources its produce from partner farmers in Tarlac, Benguet, and Mt. Province.

Other suppliers include: Local Love Philippines, Satya Graha Vegetarian Restaurant and Cafe, Jus Right, and Astoldby Ginger Beer

The club is run and managed by an independent organic farmers' group called the Nu Wave Farmers.

Choose from our 5 veggie box sets:

1) Custom Veggie Box Hardcore

2) Custom Veggie Box Light

3) Pakbet Box

4) Sinigang Box

5) Salad Box

 Click the link to start ordering (exclusive for LB residents only): https://store.buckybox.com/thebeigetableclub

Sara Kaserer's 9-day Immersion with the Humans of Elbi

Itinerary:
Aug. 7 - Meet-up and pizza at Cafe Antonio
- ramen dinner at Big D's
- UPLB campus tour

Aug. 8-9 - Beach trip to General Nakar, Quezon with Turo Tolentino, Andrea Karina Alforte, Oscar McLaughlin, Paulo Sandoval

Aug. 10 - WWOOFing at Tara Farms
- Overnight at Kainos Farm

Aug. 11 - Harvesting for Good Food Community at Kainos Farm
- trip to Quezon City for veggie packing

Aug. 12 - veggie delivery day with Good Food Community

Aug. 13 - Dinner at Satya Graha Cafe and Restaurant; Gig at Entablado

Aug. 14 - Field trip to IRRI Riceworld Museum and Learning Center
- Overnight at Kainos Farm with Timi James R. Manching and Ce Ce

Aug. 15 - Hippie livin' at Kainos Farm and harvesting for Good Food Sundays
- fancy dinner at CafeAntonio Coffee with Paulo and Timi

Aug. 16 - trip back to Quezon City for Good Food Sundays with Paulo Sandoval and Timi James R. Manching

AV Gawtee's Awesome Laguna Adventure with Nu Wave Farmers

Itinerary:
Day 1
1) Ramen at Big D's
2) UPLB Campus Tour
3) Cookie Break at Cafe Antonio

Day 2
4) Tour of Tara Farms
5) Luisiana Road Trip
6) Fruitshakes and lunch takeout at Chubby Habbi's Mediterranean Grill
7) Lunch picnic at Tara Farms
8) Jamming at Tara Farms
9) Bike lessons at UPLB CVM parking lot
10) Fancy dinner at Cafe Antonio
11) Chillin' at IC's Bar & Coffee Shop

Day 3
12) Harvesting at Kainos Farm
13) Lunch at Karne Frio