Food Profile: Lupo

Have you ever heard of Lupo? It is known around the world as Sessile Joyweed. It is a leafy weed that grows all around the Philippines. Although it is originally from South America, it has adapted and spread here. It…
Have you ever heard of Lupo? It is known around the world as Sessile Joyweed. It is a leafy weed that grows all around the Philippines. Although it is originally from South America, it has adapted and spread here. It…
Vitamin C is easily the most popular of the vitamins, and most of us have heard to some extent, that it protects us from sickness. I remember eating candy-like vitamin C supplements as a child, and seeing countless commercials about…
COVID-19 has brought with it many challenges, especially due to lockdown. Initially this even created a disruption of food distribution. One year into the pandemic however, we see that more and more rural communities are turning to local organic farmers…
This article on the website of The Good Food Community, a Manila-based organic vegetable distributor, highlights some of the common vegetables in the Philippines that are high in antioxidants. Citing this study, they described some of the benefits from the…