Comments on: Insecticides on The Strawberry Fields of La Trinidad, Benguet !!

By: Chu

Chu — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:59:16 +0000

Next time you’re in Baguio, look for LaTop organically certified vegies. They’re available daily at the farmers’ store at Baguio Convention Center; Wednesday & Saturday mornings at Cafe by the Ruins. They’re also at SM Baguio & Megamall supermarkets & at the La Trinidad Public Market.
Strawberries are available only in summer but blueberries, papayas, bananas are sold.
I prefer latop vegs myself. They’re fresher, keep longer, & safer!

By: Delbz

Delbz — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:57:59 +0000

i actually never heard of a news wherein a tourist got ill/hospitalized/poisoned/died from eating handpicked strawberries. Sometimes, it’s all in the mind. EVERYTHING now uses insecticides. So i guess there’s no need for such a fuss. I’m not working in the strawberry fields or something i just happened to think of this. I mean, even pigs food, has harmful chemicals on them. Specially if the food thy’re eating are left over vegetables which has pesticides as well. :)

By: Cielo

Cielo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:50:15 +0000

Oh, and one more thing, I avoid all GMO foods like the plague.

By: Cielo

Cielo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:48:27 +0000

These days, it’s a struggle to feed your family with safe foods. Nonetheless, I resolved to feed my kids, aged 4 and 2, only the kind of foods that my parents ate growing up. That is why, we grow our own indigenous vegetables, like malunggay, kalabasa, alugbati, tanglad, okra, etc.. As much as possible, I avoid the hybrid varieties and the heavily-sprayed ones like talong, ampalaya, pechay, sitaw, broccoli, cauliflower (how unfortunate, my daughter likes broccoli,) etc. I am constantly in the lookout for the native, organic meat (free-range, natural foods) and veggies, and for a reliable supply of raw, unpasteurised milk (although I believe that anyone past the toddler age should reduce milk consumption to the barest minimum or altogether avoid it). Where I am, there is an abundance of fishes but I buy only those that are less contaminated with mercury. I never buy apples, oranges or strawberries even from supermarkets in Manila. Apples are laced in formalin, you know, to keep them from rotting. Potatoes, I heard are submerged in some chemicals, too, after harvest to prevent them from sprouting. In the groceries/supermarkets, there is hardly anything that I can buy. I don’t buy canned tomato sauces because tomato acid reacts unfavorably with the tin. Peanut butter, I buy only the Lily’s brand, and the one in glass. Everything else, it seems, is plastic and artificial. I could go on and on but this is the picture, more or less, of my ordeal.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:14:27 +0000

Im not sure kung applicable ito sa pinas ah.

https://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=dailytip&dbid=372

Ranking The “Clean 15”
1. Onion
2. Avocado
3. Sweet Corn
4. Pineapple
5. Mango
6. Sweet Peas
7. Asparagus
8. Kiwifruit
9. Cabbage
10. Eggplant
11. Cantaloupe
12. Watermelon
13. Grapefruit
14. Sweet Potato
15. Honeydew Melon

Ranking The “Dirty Dozen”
1. Celery
2. Peaches
3. Strawberries
4. Apples
5. Blueberries
6. Nectarines
7. Bell Peppers
8. Spinach
9. Kale
10. Cherries)
11. Potatoes
12. Grapes (imported)

By: maddie

maddie — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:42:05 +0000

oh dear. i’ve been obsessed with berries of late but have been buying the driscoll’s brand. i hope that’s an okay brand?

By: myra_p

myra_p — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:03:54 +0000

present_tense… That is actually the irony of the food industry. The cheapest food (or what passes as food) is the most abundant and more likely to be purchased by low income families to stretch their money and fill their stomachs. Maybe it’s not the case for provincial poor, but it is the case for the urban poor. A pack of instant noodles is cheaper than a fish. Sweet white bread is cheaper than wheat bread. Refined sugar is cheaper than raw sugar. Salty junkfood “satisfies” more than fresh vegetables. Don’t even get me started on oil, eggs, chicken….

But that’s not to say wealthy people aren’t irresponsible eaters too. But they have less of an excuse to not eat better since they have the funds to do it!

By: present tense

present tense — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:28:30 +0000

myra_p, nowhere in these modern times has food ( or what passes as food ) been as abundant as it has today. i would wager that many filipinos classified as poor or in poverty, have lower health risk profiles simply because they do not eat as much as high income folks do.

By: xkwzt

xkwzt — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:49:01 +0000

I always thought those shiny, round, perfect veggies were amazing! And here I’ve been, shelling out the extra pesos, for what I thought was healthier, organic greens. Gaaah!

By: Fristine

Fristine — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:09:01 +0000

Marketman, this is simply abominable X-( *tsk* I buy my organic strawberries and blueberries from La Top whenever I'm in the area. They have a stall in the trading post. I text/call them first: 0920-6598489 Contrary to popular belief, Philippines have TWO certifying bodies: 1) OCCP - Organic Certification Center of the Philippines 2) PilCert - Pilipinas Certification Gil Carandang founded PilCert and he was part of OCCP. A handful of produce brands are certified by PilCert like Hacienda San Benito. For the inclined, I wrote about how to choose "safer" (if not organic) for the Philippine Chronicles here. :)