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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The precious farm
by Chit U. Juan - May 30, 2026 - 12:00am
Sara, daughter of an educator and a journalist, would always go with students on field trips to Mount Makiling but found the area too open, and she felt a bit insecure for teachers to manage campers and young kids...
The architect of soil
by Chit U. Juan - May 23, 2026 - 12:00am
He graduated from an architecture course, but always was curious about the soil.
A reflection for entrepreneurs
by Chit U. Juan - May 16, 2026 - 12:00am
When I was in grade school, I sold chocolates to my classmates. 
Longevity is the new black
by Chit U. Juan - May 9, 2026 - 12:00am
With the advent of new discoveries in medical biotechnology, finding cures for terminal diseases and better products to control cholesterol and obesity, it is looking like people will now live longer.
The Filipino adobo
by Chit U. Juan - May 2, 2026 - 12:00am
She candidly says she’s the self-proclaimed “Adobo Queen,” lest other people ask inquisitively who anointed her as such. And she has been collecting adobo recipes from everyone which will soon be...
Retired and reinvented
by Chit U. Juan - April 25, 2026 - 12:00am
They just wanted to quit the urban jungle and, being sailors, they chose an island to settle in, so they could sail while thinking of what the next chapter might be.
The farmer educator
by Chit U. Juan - April 18, 2026 - 12:00am
Harold could plant and grow eggplants and other vegetables even when he was just in second grade.
Filipino Food Month 2026
by Chit U. Juan - April 11, 2026 - 12:00am
April is now known as Filipino Food Month (FFM) and though we should be celebrating it everyday, a special month centered on local cuisine helps wake people up from dismissing Filipino food as ordinary food, but...
Women of Banahaw
by Chit U. Juan - March 28, 2026 - 12:00am
Many of us know of Mount Banahaw for its mystical beauty and the spiritual awakening people experience when they hike along its many trails.
Zero waste women
by Chit U. Juan - March 21, 2026 - 12:00am
Marinela “Badjie” Trinidad grew up with a mother like Annie Pascual-Guerrero, who is a zero waste advocate.
Engaging a province, a community at a time
by Chit U. Juan - March 14, 2026 - 12:00am
Two years ago, I was invited by Chef Gel Salonga-Datu and the late Chef Day Salonga to their annual festival called Sa Pantalan ng Katagalugan in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, about two hours’ drive from Makati.
Salute the flag
by Chit U. Juan - March 7, 2026 - 12:00am
For the last eight years she has been promoting a “clean” flag, devoid of any tears or rips, and properly representing our country’s ideals.
A Philippine ambassador – for coffee
by Chit U. Juan - February 28, 2026 - 12:00am
He went to America with his parents when he was just four years old. 
My strength journey
by Chit U. Juan - February 21, 2026 - 12:00am
When Instagram reels and Facebook feeds started showing me the dangers of sarcopenia or loss of muscle as we age, I started to look for a gym and a trainor to help me address these challenges of aging.
A kibbutz idea, Visayan style
by Chit U. Juan - February 14, 2026 - 12:00am
When I met Mayor Aljun Diamante as a mentee at the DepDev Innovation awards last November, I thought he was a crazy mayor planting organic coffee in a land made of limestone.
Luxury eco tourism
by Chit U. Juan - February 7, 2026 - 12:00am
It might strike you as improbable because eco tourism conjures up images of backpacking and trekking in the forests. Eco tourism may also suggest living in a spartan way, in a pitched tent, cooking over portable...
Who will succeed the guru?
by Chit U. Juan - January 31, 2026 - 12:00am
How does one prepare a business when you have found no successors in your own family?
Spoon and fork 
by Chit U. Juan - January 24, 2026 - 12:00am
Why do we see people use a knife and fork to eat while others use a spoon and fork?
Geeking about chocolate
by Chit U. Juan - January 17, 2026 - 12:00am
Mothers always know what their children like to eat or drink.
Weedibles and weedicinals
by Chit U. Juan - January 10, 2026 - 12:00am
A few years ago, Flor Tarriela of Flor’s Garden gifted me with a book as she asked me to contribute a section on tawa-tawa, a weed that is believed to increase platelet count in patients with dengue fever....
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