FOOD MONTH. Remelyn Recoter, Department of Agriculture regional executive director for Western Visayas, encourages the public to partake indigenous food of the region as the week-long trade fair to celebrate the Filipino Food Month commences at the Robinsons Place in Iloilo City on Monday (April 12, 2021). The celebration seeks to raise public awareness about indigenous food, she said. (PNA photo screenshot from DA RAFID 6)
ILOILO CITY – Indigenous products of Western Visayas take center stage in the one-week trade fair to mark the Filipino Food Month back-to-back with the High-Value Crops Week celebration this month.
In her message during the opening ceremony held at Robinson’s Place here on Monday, Department of Agriculture regional executive director for Western Visayas Remelyn Recoter said Filipinos have been celebrating Filipino Food Month following the signing of Presidential Proclamation Order 469 by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2018.
“This aims to create awareness among Filipinos of our indigenous food and at the same time this is also an avenue so that our farmers can sell their produce and for consumers to patronize our own products,” she said.
Recoter said the exhibit gathered foods and fruits that are seldom seen as she urged the public to have a taste of their offering.
Apart from the exhibit participated by 13 exhibitors from Panay island and Guimaras province, a cooking lecture and demonstration was also held to kick off the celebration.
The DA High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) facilitated the lecture on urban and containerized farming Monday, followed by the lecture on coffee production on April 13 and cacao production on April 15.
This year’s celebration carries the theme “Iba’t Ibang Luto, Pinoy ang Puso”. (PNA)
