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🐝 Supplier: Eva, Sun Fung Farm / Regenerative Agriculture Farming Method
🪴 Origin: Hong Kong
Farm Introduction：再生農法 - 新鳳農場 Regenerative Farm Produce
🌱 What is the regenerative farming method?
Regenerative agriculture is a specific sub-item under the organic farming law. Its operation is similar to general organic agriculture. Chemical fertilisers and pesticides are not allowed, but special attention is paid to the health of the soil or the recovery of unhealthy soil. Fertilisation, and soil carbon sequestration.
Regenerative agriculture emphasises maintaining high levels of soil organic matter, minimising ploughing, increasing biodiversity, crop rotation, cover crops, green manure, compost, soil covering, etc. The current organic farming method, especially focusing on commercial producers, may not fully implement the aforementioned points.
The purpose of regenerative agriculture is to sequester carbon in the soil and above-ground biomass to reverse the global accumulation of atmospheric carbon, while at the same time increasing production, increasing resilience to unstable climates, and improving the health and vitality of rural communities.
Regenerative Farming Law includes 4 principles:
1. Continuously improve the entire agricultural ecosystem, including soil, water and biodiversity;
2. Set specific operations and overall decisions for specific environments to show the elements of individual farms;
3. Ensure and develop a fair and interactive relationship among all stakeholders;
4. Individuals, farms and communities must continue to grow and evolve in order to realize their inherent potential.
From these four principles, especially the first principle, a variety of operation methods are derived. Can continuously improve the entire agricultural ecosystem, such as organic annual cultivation, perennial crops, no-tillage farming, aquaculture, holistic management grazing, integrated animal production, pasture cultivation, forestry and animal husbandry production, agriculture and forestry production, bio-carbon, composting Liquid, compost, etc., will need to integrate various operations in accordance with other principles in the future.
Regenerative agriculture hopes to continue to improve, hoping to change the trend of climate change, so that the earth can be regenerated.
Nutritional value: Roselle is a plant of the Malvaceae family, which is diuretic, pungent and flat, and enters the kidney meridian.
Modern research has found that Roselle has a variety of nutritional values, including vitamins A and C, protein, fat, malic acid, iron, and sodium. Nutritional analysis suggests that Roselle contains protocatechuic acid (PCA), and the extract can increase glutathione (Glutathione, GSH).
Protocatechin is a simple phenolic compound. Some research reports indicate that it has strong antioxidant capacity and can reduce bad cholesterol. However, protocatechuic acid is not unique to Roselle, and most vegetables, fruits and walnuts also contain a lot. The main physiological function of glutathione is an important antioxidant in the human body, which can scavenge free radicals and clean up the polluted environment in the human body. It is also produced by the human liver (some people think it has a whitening and spot-lightening function, which is one of the components of the whitening needle). Because the extract of Roselle contains glutathione, it is often said to be whitening. (The whitening effect of glutathione can refer to the introduction of some beauty products in the shop).
Cooking method: Take two flowers and drink a teaspoon of juice with boiling water. After drinking, you can eat the flowers again. It is very okay.
Children like it. The Roselle can also be drunk with boiling water, just like Ribena. For making Luoshen flower tea, one or two dried calyxes are usually enough. The first one can be poured with hot water to remove impurities and dirt. After filtering the tea dregs, you can add rock sugar to taste, preferably with a cup lid. After a few minutes, the tea tastes strong. If you don't like to drink hot tea, adjust the flavour and let it cool before putting it in the freezer. Roselle tea should be drunk after meals to help digestion. The brewed tea soup is bright and red in colour, with a slightly sour entrance and smooth throat. If it is sour and slightly sweet, it is the top grade of Roselle tea.
Special matters: Roselle is acidic and cool. TCM reminds me: Don't eat too much for stomachaches. Pregnant women with kidney disease should take it with caution. Roselle has an acidic and cool taste, so it is not suitable to eat large amounts. It is recommended not to consume more than 20 grams of Roselle per day (regardless of brewing or eating). Roselle Flower Tea should not be drunk on an empty stomach and should be drunk after a full stomach (Ming Pao/Registered TCM physician Ms Ip Lai Pan).
Cantonese Dietary Recipe:
English CookPad：
Harvest Season: September to November
