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🐝 Supplier / Origin : Fa Liu Farm / Tai Po, Hong Kong
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🌱 Supplier introduction : Fa Liu is Ms. Liu Ting Chun, a teacher of the Green herbal medicine class. She has been managing a private farm for ten years. Green (绿藤) joined the organization in the last year, 💚Hope to transform into a #lifeeducationfarm that combines folk wisdom and promotion of physical and spiritual health, practicing #regenerative farming and #community integration experience 💚
The characteristic of Fa Liu is the quiet valley scenery, rich biodiversity, and natural mountain streams passing through. There are more than 100 kinds of horticultural flowers and Chinese herbal medicines planted in the field, and the seasonal vegetable fields are being cultivated one after another, and we are constantly learning from the obstacles. 🌱
As a farm being rebuilt by hand, a farm with rich biodiversity, it is worth visiting and learning with partners: how can we transform the farm by ourselves, and how should we face other life besides crops...
🛍 Product Information :
Location: Tai Po, Hong Kong
Farm Size: 28,700 sq.ft / 0.6 acres
Produces Grown:
Mulberry, lemon, papaya, coffee beans, watercress, daikon, carrot, coriander, lettuce
Regenerative Practices to Implement:
Mulching, compost application, alley cropping, nutrient management
Carbon Sequestration Potential: 2T CO2
Commonly called Chinese mahogany, Chinese cedar, Chinese toon, beef and onion plant,[3] or red toon (Chinese: 香椿);
Food and Nutritions
The young leaves of T. sinensis are extensively used as a vegetable in China; they have a floral, yet onion-like flavor, attributed to volatile organosulfur compounds. Plants with red young leaves are considered of better flavour than those where the young leaves are green.
In China and Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, the young leaves of Toona sinensis or commonly known as Chinese Mahogany is used to make Toona paste, which is used as a condiment to serve with plain rice porridge as breakfast and simple meals, or to enhance the flavour of a dish or soup. Common dishes made with Toona paste are Chinese Mahogany fried rice, Chinese Mahogany beancurd, and Chinese Mahogany mushroom soup.
The leaves contain Vitamin E, and high amounts of iron, calcium and chlorophyll.
Material
The timber is hard and reddish; it is valuable, used for furniture making[4][9] and for bodies of electric guitars, as a common (and substantially cheaper) replacement for Swietenia mahogany ("true mahogany"), which is now commercially restricted from being sourced natively.
Outside its native region T. sinensis is valued more as a large ornamental tree for its haggard aspect. It is by far the most cold-tolerant species in the Meliaceae and the only member of the family that can be cultivated successfully in northern Europe.
Medicine
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the leaves of T. sinensis are beneficial for digestion and cough problems, and can help to stop bleeding.
Recent researches find out that polysaccharides contained in T. sinensis leaves can protect liver cells in high-fat or high-carbohydrate diets. Quercetrin extracted from leaves is found to be one of natural antioxidant, and can act as an anticancer agent in breast, colon, prostate, ovary, endometrium, and lung tumor.
Potential danger
The leaves of T. sinensis has a relative high content of nitrite, which is about 157 to 160 mg/kg. However, after boiling with water, the amount of nitrite left is only about 7 mg/kg, which is safe to eat. Because the content of nitrite will increase as time passes, T. sinensis leaves are not suitable for long time storage.
The bark of Chinese Toon tree
The quercetrin contained in T. sinensis leaves can induce cell cycle arrest and lead to apoptosis of cells. Research on T. sinensis continues and more findings may be announced.
Supply Period： From November To December
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☘️ Preserve vegetables
1. Leafy vegetables and softer vegetables, if packaged, should be placed in the cold box in the original package;
2. Organic Vegetables are more prone to spoilage if they have water droplets. Put the vegetables in a ventilated place to dry or wipe off the water vapor, then wrap the vegetables in slightly damp newspaper and put them in a plastic bag before refrigerating. ;
3. Organic vegetables do not use preservatives or special treatments. Vegetables are generally stored for three to five days. Some vegetables will decompose enzymes, so they should be eaten as soon as possible.
☘️ How to wash vegetables
1. Wash vegetables before cooking to keep them fresh;
2. It is not advisable to soak the vegetables for too long, and they should be washed first and then cut to avoid the loss of vitamins;
3. Washing vegetables with dilute salt water or Dish Drop can easily remove vegetable insects;
4. Cut vegetables with a stainless steel knife to reduce vitamin loss;
5. Vegetable leaves contain a lot of nutrients, so you should avoid shredding, chopping or grinding the leaves;
6. Immediately after cutting, to avoid the loss of vitamins due to air oxidation.
