fair & healthy http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog fair trade. healthy food. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:17:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 en Highgate Christma Fair 06.12.2008 http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/11/19/highgate-christma-fair-06122008/ http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/11/19/highgate-christma-fair-06122008/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:14:22 +0000 Fanny-Min EVENTS MARKET LOG http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/11/19/highgate-christma-fair-06122008/

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Stephen & I will be there
With our old goodies
And many more
Come join us

FM:)

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15/130 Self-made Fair Trade Chocolate Truffles

Fair Trade Ingredients:
Tablea (Pure Cacao Tablets) 250g
Coco Sugar from Nectar 200g
Macobado Sugar 50g
Coco Jam 125g
Macapuno Preserve 125g
Virgin Coconut Oil 30ml
Ginger Tea Powder 10g
Turmeric Powder 2g

Natural Sea Salt 2g
Cashew Nuts (unsalted, slightly roasted) 100g
Desiccated Coconut 400g

Non Fair Trade Ingredient:
Organic Rolled Oats 100g

Preparation:
1.  Slightly brown Rolled Oats in pan.
2.  Slightly brown Cashew Nuts in pan and split into halves.
3. Melt Tablea tablets in pot. (Take care not to burn the cacao.)
4. Add Coco Sugar, Mascobado, Ginger Tea Powder, Turmeric, & Salt.
5. Mix and stir to form a thick paste, add a little water if necessary.
6. Add Coco Jam,  Macapuno Preserve, and Virgin Coconut Oil.
7. Mix and stir well.
8. Add Desiccated Coconut and split Cashew Nut and stir well.
9. Form into small balls with two teaspoons.
10. Roll in Desiccated Coconut and place in forms.
11. Store in freezer.
12. Serve chilled.

YUM :-)

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薑黃粉 / 薑黃糖茶
Turmeric Powder / Turmeric with Mascobado

*抗氧化功能 每100 克: Umol TE
*ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY: umol TE/100 g

薑黃粉 Turmeric Ground: 159277

相比        in comparison

黑巧克力 Dark Chocolate: 20823
红莓 Cranberries: 9584
藍莓 Blueberries: 6552
蘋果(連皮) Apples, with peel: 3082
西蘭花 Broccoli raab: 2809
橙 Oranges: 1819

*From
Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity
ORAC) of Selected Foods – 2007
Prepared by
Nutrient Data Laboratory
Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC)
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

*取材自美國農業部2007年食物抗氧化功能研究書

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健康小食

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Sun-dried Cacao Beans      Roasted Cacao Nibs
生曬可可豆                      香脆可可粒

*抗氧化功能 每100 克: Umol TE
*ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY: umol TE/100 g

純可可粉 Cacao Powder, unsweetened: 80933

相比 in comparison

黑巧克力 Dark Chocolate: 20823
红莓 Cranberries: 9584
藍莓 Blueberries: 6552
蘋果(連皮) Apples, with skin: 3082
西蘭花 Broccoli raab : 2809
橙 Oranges: 1819

*From
Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity
ORAC) of Selected Foods – 2007
Prepared by
Nutrient Data Laboratory
Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC)
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

*取材自美國農業部2007年食物抗氧化功能研究書

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Not by chance but by intent
I have  oome to embrace the FLO label

Purple Rice
And Red Rice

FLO labelled
Certified organic

Good for your health
Pleases your palette

Gentle as Jasmine
Fragrant as wild rice

And what is best
NO NEED TO SOAK

COME & BUY
BUY & TRY

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 ]]> http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/08/15/purple-rice-red-rice-organic-flo-rice/feed/ PANGASINAN NATURAL SEA SALT http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/07/16/labels-for-pangasinan-sea-salt/ http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/07/16/labels-for-pangasinan-sea-salt/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:55:35 +0000 Fanny-Min Uncategorized FAIR TRADE GOODIES Natural Sea Salt http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/07/16/labels-for-pangasinan-sea-salt/ New Arrival! Yet one more goodie:
PANGASINAN NATURAL SEA SALT

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EXTRA FINE
EXTRA COARSE

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From Pangasinan, the Land of Salt, on Luzon, the Philippines
Pure salt crystals, sun-dried & hand-harvested
Ideal for gourmet cuisine & body care

And here is a picture of a salt farmer
sent in by PREDA, our Fair Trade Partner

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What does ‘Mascobado’ mean?
How is your Mascobado Sugar made?
Is it organic?
Is it Fair Trade?

Time and again
I have been asked.
Here are the answers,
At long long last:

Mascobado comes from Spanish,
Meaning ‘raw’ or ‘unrefined’.
Ours is free of harmful chemicals
And rich in vitamins and minerals.

Our Mascobado is obtained
By evaporating juice from sugar cane,
A traditional method of production
In line with Filipino ancient notion.

Without centrifugal processing,
Nutritious molasses remains.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC by IMC,
It’s a FAIR TRADE product of PFTC.

*Panay Fair Trade Center, Oton, Iloilo, Philippines
A member of IFAT (Int’l Fair Trade Assn.)

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We Closed at 2:30 pm Today (and not at 4 pm)

Our old bamboo booth may look romantic,
But it’s steaming hot when it’s hot.
And behind its flair are signs of wear and tear:
Last week it rained in there and there and there.

Now mushrooms and fungi have started to grow,
Mini jumping creatures as well as mould.
So this time we took an open tent, one of those,
But rain poured in FROM ALL SIDES, and so …

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12,000 apologies to EXPO customer Henry Ho,
who arrived at 3 pm …  Oh oh oh oh!
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]]> http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/07/14/sorry-we-closed-at-230-pm-today-and-not-at-4-pm/feed/ The Fair Trade Path of an Amateur Trader http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/06/18/the-fair-trade-path-of-an-amateur-trader/ http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/06/18/the-fair-trade-path-of-an-amateur-trader/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:56:59 +0000 Fanny-Min EVENTS FM Ventures http://www.fair-and-healthy.com/blog/2008/06/18/the-fair-trade-path-of-an-amateur-trader/

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The Fair Trade Path of an Amateur Trader

Speaker: Fanny-Min Becker

12:30pm – 1:05pm
Saturday, 2008.06.28

Natural Products Expo Asia 2008
Hall 2, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center

FREE ENTRY FOR PUBLIC

Photo: courtesy of Ms Queenie S. H. Lui

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To a German Fair Trader I go
What do I see, lo and lo!

Our Ginger Chew star
Now shining over Deutschland

As Ginger Cubes overseas
Co-product of DWP & PFTC

:) :) :) :) :)
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