Better Than Rice? Traditional Crops That Taste Good, Can Resist Drought & Floods | Forgotten Palate

[@AlmalynCabasal-sf6iq]

In Aurora Province of Philippines we have a variety called hasik an upland rice that can be grown directly on mountain or field with out paddies of water. Its like planting corn. It have bigger grains than rice. It came with 2 color violet and white. I also observe that in comparison to normal rice it is heavier and more filling in the stomach. In addition it had a more fragrant and enticing aroma.

[@NK_Khoo-Malaysian]

My neighbor was a mountain paddy farmer at about 50 years ago

[@moviemania1583]

@@robertlee6338 what variety of rice is high in nutrition? most of these native highland varities is grown organically and nutrious, it is not considered low low but the problem is, it is difficult to harvest,mostly done harvesting it per stalk

[@migzlumapac6401]

Can you introduce us this type of plant

[@themindbrain8737]

Hello..merun pa po bang ganyang seeds ng rice na binibinta sa inyo

[@drexxsuma1749]

We still have those here in mindanao.

[@judithgockel1001]

Sorghum was grown extensively in the Central Texas region of Texas where my farming grandparents lived. That region has long had very hot summers, variable and rarely predictable rainfall. The grain was used as human and animal feed, the stalks were pressed and the juice was boiled down to a syrup, similar to, a light molasses. This was in the 1940’s and 50’s.

[@Speedy300]

But came from Africa

[@sunshinewellness3222]

Africa indeed we have grown it for centuries

[@loredana8716]

It is so uplifting to see that there are people like Maria in this world taking responsibility for improving conditions on the planet. Thank you to you all. You are the true heroes!

[@myradonly1232]

Thank you so much for such inspiring message i would love to join you helping our planet.

[@jackstrubbe7608]

Sorghum is so tasty and useful. The flour is slightly sweet and useful for gluten-free recipes, including (how I use it) pancake batter and a grain for tebouleh. So glad to see it returning to importance. I actually raised enough to test for recipes back in the 80s in Michigan. It was so easy to grow!

[@PemadamGergasi]

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[@PemadamGergasi]

How to process the grain? It has skin like other grain?

[@erlanggahadinata5543]

Sorghum also have more protein than rice

[@fenrirgg]

It's the only grain I've seen growing by itself (wild) next to the road in the Chihuahuan Desert. An amazing grain, it is mostly used to feed chickens and pigs but I have tried it as "popcorn" only.

[@barborakopalova4583]

Could you, please share the recipe for the pankakes?

[@dylanG6683]

In our province in the Philippines My Grandparents used to grow native rice in their mountain side farm I remember it was a fragrant variety it tasted better than all the imported rice flooding the Philippine markets now.. I'm based here the capital city, this film reminded me of all the organic produce we used to eat back home 😢

[@Yusuf-ok5rk]

sadly this kind of things happened all around the world. a lot of taste got lost because farmers needed to produce more, disease resistant, transportable crops. it is sad tbh. probably necessary but sad.

[@youtubegk4105]

​@@Yusuf-ok5rktrue hybrid is tasteless high use of pesticides cause loss of nutrition and disease

[@cyronjade8602]

Bisáya rice

[@sherellemiller1096]

i’ll have to ask my Filipina mom if she remembers eating grains other than rice. i would love to know.

[@nickscatajoi1896]

We are still planting this variety of rice, in Samar we call it kalinayan.

[@emc8446]

Thank you for featuring this story. It is really important to preserve our indigenous food species

[@PureVikingPowers]

Only Sorghum is indigenous Indonesia. Corn, Peanut's, Chilli came from the Americas less than 500 years ago during the Columbian exchange & Rice came from India or China. Did you know that we have preserved most worlds grains in a big vault in Norway i saw a documentary on it and recommend it 👍🏼🙂

[@valarmorghulis8139]

​@@PureVikingPowerssvalbard seed vault

[@jedheart8059]

​@@PureVikingPowershowever the melting of the northern climates still create a need for more than storage. We need more farmers farming future foods as the climate is changing quickly.

[@sunshinewellness3222]

​@@PureVikingPowerssorghum came from africa

[@JosephTin]

Thank you for featuring local grains in this program. Authorities should encourage farmers to grow local grains and preserve local seeds and grains in view of future food security of the people. High yielding commercial varieties are good for income. Having a genetic pool of native grains could help a community to be more resilient in food security during time of climatic upheavals.

[@AlexPine84]

Aren't we lucky that these people had the foresight to save the heirloom varieties that could save us from extinction.

[@syrupybrandy2788]

Until the hipsters decide that sorghum is the next quinoa and the capitalist predators swoop in to victimize the farmers again.

[@supertrucker99]

Lol...much heirloom was kept in ceramic jars in deserts and places like armenia o Romania has some great old stuff....they never stopped cultivating ancient peppers 🌶 Also the pyramids had Many beams n 🌽 corn And others grains STILL VIABLE.😊TUT HAD LOTSA STUFF

[@nageshdhole3584]

Nice documentary... Vandana shiva is an activist in India... She also promote traditional variety of crops... And as a farmer I have started practice... ❤😊

[@countrygirl432]

My late Okinawan grandmother had a business and grew millet on a tiny island off Okinawa. Ppl from mainland Okinawa would come to buy pkgs and cases of her millet. Some Japanese mainlanders would pay $$$ to have her millet shipped out. In Okinawa, millet used to symbolize an abundance of harvest. One millet plant can bear 3,000 seeds. After this, each of those 3,000 seeds can bear 3,000 more. In Japanese, we have a word for this, ichiryu-manbai (粒万倍). It means “a single seed can eventually produce a great harvest.” When people grew millet and grains, they didn’t need to scramble for food. Scrambling causes conflict, but in the absence of scrambling there was peace. For this reason, people really appreciated millet and served it to the gods as an expression of gratitude. But now that millet is gone from our culture, even the culture of prayer, that heart of giving and serving the gods, is gone as well. We call it spirit food. Let’s bring back the spirit food so that we don’t lose that spirit in our culture as well.

[@buddhapiyao1315]

Sorghum, finger millets and pearl millets have been growing in Indian villages for 100's of years and our great grand parents lived on a simple diet of flat breads made of these grains as some vegetables. They easily lived close to a 100 years without any lifestyle diseases. Then somewhere down the line wheat and rice took over and we forgot about these an isn't grains. Glad it's coming back. India is celebrating these old grains once again and we are celebrating 2023 as year of Millets. Millets are a powerhouse of nutrients, gluten free and nutritious.

[@malpalmer3269]

So heathy as well

[@sangeetharajkumar1357]

Colonization gifts

[@jamesdagmond]

@@sangeetharajkumar1357 That would have happened with or without the British by this point if we're being honest. You need to stop blaming colonization for everything that time is over. Too much globalization is the new enemy and it's put in place by your own government not by any colonizer.

[@stormraider6834]

Yep now people are again moving towards millets but now they become costly because of less supply

[@lembubodoh]

Upper caste liking lower caste food

[@sandralewis1689]

This video is a blessing that gets people thinking of better, more wholesome, ways of farming and thinking about the food and the land. Thank you.

[@milhamalfarisi4112]

This video was just wholesome from start to end. Discussing the two countries, one that I live in (Indonesia) another is a country with many similarities and some diversities that I appreciate. Talking about different regions in Indonesia was also a good way to discuss the issue from different aspects and also recognize some of the efforts have been implemented.

[@LiwaySaGu]

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR QUIET HEROES... literally the world cannot exist without them

[@erroneous6947]

Food diversity is a good thing. Amaranth is a good grain, no gluten. I grow a wide variety of plants on my five acres. For me moringa is the most nutritionally dense. Sweet potatoes and pumpkins also do well here.

[@joeawk]

Location? Any chance of visiting you and staying a few days, full board and lodging?

[@menggala30071981]

Waktu saya kecil dahulu tahun 80s sampai 90s saya pernah baca buku pelajaran sekolah bahwa Philippine mempunyai institusi (saya lupa namanya) yang mengembangkan varietas padi yang baik, bagus dan bahkan sempat dieksport varietas bibit tersebut ke indonesia, ternyata setelah saya menonton film ini, hal tersebut juga yang mengakibatkan hilangnya varietas kuno yang pernah diproduksi di Philippine itu sendiri....ternyata masalah Indonesia dan Philippine sama, banyak kegagalan yang disebabkan pangan utama yang hanya berdasarkan satu jenis saja, akibat dari hal tersebut membuat pangan tersebut menjadi mahal dikarenakan permintaan berlebih tapi produksi berkurang atau tak berkembang karena banyak masalah (salah satunya seperti yang disebutkan pd film diatas), sehingga akhirnya import menjadi solusi dan mengancam ketahanan pangan nasional

[@winniethepooh3657]

Ga cuma Indonesia Filipina, tapi hal begitu banyak juga di belahan bumi lain... Monoculture atau pembiakan satu jenis (baik tumbuhan atau hewan) bisa bikin varietas lain punah

[@demitedan]

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) di Manila, Filipina. Ini bukan, pak?

[@menggala30071981]

@@demitedan iya...sering disebut di buku pelajaran zaman Suharto

[@jdcandres]

Maybe you are talking about International Rice Research Institure (IRRI) or Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)

[@menggala30071981]

@@jdcandres IRRI always mentioned in my school books back then, is IRRI change its name right now in Philippine? Or the purpose change because of monoculture?

[@ajrwilde14]

This is also happening in Europe, we are returning to traditional varieties of wheat that suit the landscape better than 'modern wheat' and in England we are returning to eating fava beans that are our native bean but haven't been widely eaten for hundreds of years.

[@wildalentejo]

I seed hundreds of them every year in my land cant live without them!

[@syrupybrandy2788]

But you need to stop eating boiled until totally mush peas. Yuck.

[@jedheart8059]

My ancestors from Great Britain came on the Mayflower as Pilgrims. Doing my DNA, I have more genetic similarities to the old world Great Brittain than likely most Americans. I am interracial too - Scottish Cherokee when the Scots married Cherokee women in the Colonies. My mother is a Colonial descendant. My father is half Scots Irish Cherokee and Ilocano (one of the ancient tribes of the Philippines). I am so food sensitive. I am allergic to gluten, actual allergy on allergy tests. White rice which I ate all my life, I stopped being able to digest. I have Nordic mtDNA. So I will drink milk a lot when I cannot drink digest food. I ferment anything's g I can - yogurt, kefir, fermented vegetables. I cannot eat the so called average American diet. Fast food makes me feel ill. We never ate that when I grew up on the 70s. But even in 80s as a young adult, I noticed store bought foods made me feel sick to my stomach. I think the earth is responding like my digestive system. All the chemicals kill living organisms. We just reached the end of chemical based foods and agriculture.

[@rizaradri316]

Another forgotten crop of Indonesia is millet. Millet or the Javanese called it "jewawut" is used to be the staple for ancient Javanese. Rice is something that is reserved for the elite (hence the polite form of rice in Javanese is sekul not sego). That's why the Javanese word "sego" originally means "any kind of cooked grains" changed its meaning into "cooked rice" The same can be said for my people, the Sundanese. Ancient Sundanese eats sweet potato as the primary source of carbohydrates. That is until the contact with Javanese increased during the Mataram Sultanate period and the sultanate introduced rice farming to the Sundanese. The Sundanese word "sangu" originally means "mashed sweet potato" and just like the Javanese, the meaning changed to "cooked rice".

[@agailham8476]

tapi bukannya sweet potato aslinya dari Peru yang dibawa pedagang Spanyol ke Nusantara?

[@ernaherlina8014]

@@agailham8476 ubi sudah menjadi makanan pokok suku2 kepulauan di Pasifik jauh sebelum penjajahan Spanyol. Mengingat kita ini masih saudara jauh sama orang2 Polinesia kemungkinan kita sudah kenal lebih dulu.

[@Hana-kc1lq]

Oh we still call any kind of cooked grain as "sego" here in my place like "sego jagung" 😆

[@agailham8476]

@@ernaherlina8014 Ubi (umbi) kan gak merujuk ke tanaman tertentu kak, tapi emang ke tanaman konsumsi yang diambil dari bawah tanah. Kita ada ubi lokal sebelum Pelayaran Columbus seperti talas/keladi (taro) atau gembili (lesser yam). Dan ubi jenis ini yang jadi makanan pokok sebelum populernya beras. Tapi kalau bicara sweet potato, ini tanaman aslinya dari Amerika Selatan dan baru menyebar setelah Pelayaran Columbus (begitu juga singkong). Makanya agak rancu kalau dulu makanan pokoknya adalah sweet potato, sementara aslinya sweet potato masih jadi makanan "kekinian".

[@superkas]

Sangu di Jawa artinya bekal / perbekalan, bisa makanan, materi, juga amalan. Kalau kegiatan memasak nasi ada lagi bahasa Jawa-nya, "adang". Mencuci beras, disebut " mususi", dll yang masih banyak lagi sebutan²nya secara spesifik sesuai sifat dan fungsi.

[@mirrorflame1988]

India used to be the largest producer and consumer of millets in the World and I am happy to say that Millets are making a comeback!!

[@Dhruv_Dogra]

But they are expensive to buy for Indians in cities like Noida where I am.

[@VarahaMihira-h5g]

​@@Dhruv_Dogra that's because the poor man's grains have become dietary marvel now sought after by the rich to reduce fatty liver.

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

The price depends upon company​@@Dhruv_Dogra

[@DhareFarmer]

​@@Dhruv_Dogra its expensive becuz of middle men. We cant process in small mills. You guys want millets to look like rice. So big mills buy it from us at cheap price and the remove husk, over Polish it and sell you in attractive packages at high prices. Also yield of millets is very less than rice & wheat. Its mostly grown in rainfed lands this year in my state we didn't plant fox tailmillet and pearl millet as we have drought like condition due to climate change So near year the price will double.

[@k.3004]

Our ancestors frequently ate root crops. In our Barangay, in the Philippines where Japanese set up their own abaca farms. Mashed Cocoyam/Yautia/Lutya/Karlang Xanthosoma sagittifolium was used as a carbohydrate source alternate to rice. Rice was very expensive and workers had to save their wages. They mixed coconut milk with boiled mashed tubers of this plant. I've tried eating boiled cocoyam for one month harvesting what's already in our farm. It's good, I was kind of disgusted with rice after eating cocoyam for a month haha.

[@jedheart8059]

Hi. My ancestors are from the Northern Luzon, actually on the Sea of China, Western coast. Which area do you mean? I am born in California. My grandfather immigrated to US as an immigrant farm worker. I grow my own food like I was taught in childhood. What kind of root crops do you mean?

[@beatpirate8]

yes! my father said he didnt eat rice as a boy. he ate sweet potatoes ! i was so surprised my dad grew up w food scarcity. he hates sweet potatoes as an adult.

[@k.3004]

@@jedheart8059 from Davao. Rootcrops like Cocoyam, Taro and Sweetpotatoes.

[@chrysllerryu4171]

we do have sorghum farm but only for personal use. its true its drought resistant but not so much flood and storm resistant. its also consumes lots of space compare to rice. so it will take a lot of support and initiative before philippines can accept it

[@jocelynvelezfernando]

Hello teach how to plant sorghum

[@syrupybrandy2788]

To each their own. Sorghum is suitable for dry arid areas. The wet stormy floody areas of the Philippines would be able to nurture many local varieties of flood resistant rice.

[@marczapatos2229]

During long droughts, my grandma once said the best source of food are root crops. Its grows well and in abundance during dry spell. Only after the japanese invasion that rice become a staple commodity.

[@ajrwilde14]

That is ironic! since the original staple food of the Japanese was actually millet and barley. It seems they switched to rice under Korean influence.

[@Some_guy_passing_by]

In those horrible famines of Bengal ( right around WW2 , caused by Churchill and his government) , people survived off root crops , yams , taro roots , elephant foot, the leaves of the said plants and some other leafy greens . Bengal has always been a rice eating region though ... But those root veggies also have been a staple with rice amongst the poor people.

[@jedheart8059]

​@@Some_guy_passing_bywhat type of root crops? I am American but also my grandfather immigrated to US as a fam worker from the Luzon in the Philippines. He grew and taught me to grow food so I do now. But he never grew a root crop. I never heard of that. What is it called?

[@nobodysbusinesssameasabove3153]

I was very impressed by this video and all the information. I am going out and buy sorghum and start making it at home. This was a very informative video should be available to all countries and should be taught in all the schools.

[@alexandrafrancisco9848]

Nao interessa a todos e nao da dinheiro....asssim é o mundo❤❤

[@RayMak]

Now I’m really hungry to try some old grains

[@yell09999]

I'm from the Philippines my Father told me once that when he was young they use to plant a type of grain that is cheeper than rice that is used to create flour but little by little it disappears and that no one has been planting it ever since

[@Davefinney370]

What was it called?

[@blessedbeauty2293]

- Fun fact ;; Sorghum originated in South Africa. Not sure how it ended up in Asia though. 🤔 The first sorghum arrived in The U.S. with ships transporting enslaved Africans in early 17th century. They used the grains for bread && puddings, as a pulled candy, an early type of taffy, chicken feed, && the inedible fiber, for brooms for cleaning.

[@uttari57]

Thank you for this. Philippines 🇵🇭

[@srinnesamuntodassps3154]

Sorghum, a local food that is increasingly becoming global... a food with high nutrition.

[@akapbhan]

Also Sorghum is no way just a local crop. There are many species of Sorghum from Africa to China which have been cultivated for millennia.

[@danieparriott265]

Sorghum has been a global crop for millenia. Many varieties of sorghum have been planted in America for centuries- both for the grains and and to press to make molasses.

[@NoWBrian]

i dont eat rice anymore... i try to grow my own food as an indonesian young farmer i think i will try sorgum here/// with el nino occuring we havent got any rain since april here nice documentary

[@RoseNZieg]

buckwheat and millet are also great alternatives.

[@akamput6451]

Yup me too, as a young kekinian Indonesian, rice disgust me, I now eat more burgers, fries, pizza, hotdogs and what not 😎

[@valarmorghulis8139]

Good luck I'm wishing you best harvest and don't give up.

[@TaLeng2023]

​@@RoseNZiegHi, do buckwheat tolerate the heat in lowlands SEA?

[@hikashia.halfiah3582]

Where do you live? what do you grow usually? what are you going to grow now? Cost-wise what's the best to grow for staple food from your experience?

[@sainiamarjeet]

Philippines/Indonesia need to explore major and minor millets varieties since these r far more climate resilient and healthy than rice along with less water consuming just like sorghum

[@YvetteArby]

I really enjoyed this video! I was so happy to see farmers moving away from GMO monoculture crops that need pesticides and unsustainable irrigation and towards crops that have time proven adaptability to climate challenges. Thanks to people like that lady who used to be a lawyer, she is helping the farmers help themselves to transition to farming practices that will see them through whatever the weather can throw at them. Thank you so much for making this video and sharing it with us!! ✌🏼💖

[@anamariadiasabdalah7239]

Excelente trabalho! Acalma nosso coração ❤ ver tantas comunidades nesses tipos de projetos de revitalização de sementes indígenas, espero que a mensagem se espalhe e continue a crescer. Muito obrigada ❣🙏👏💖

[@alexandrafrancisco9848]

Viva, Ana Maria. Cai de paraqueda neste site. Como esta em ingles, nao consegui perceber tudo. Temos alguma forma de ve-lo traduzido? Ou conseguimos outros documentaries similares?❤❤

[@PaigeDWinter]

There are so many amazing plants out there. Despite the way it is going, this world is kind of amazing when it comes to plants. And I find grains to be extremely interesting. I'm learning more and more about them, especially pseudocereals. Like Celosia. I've seen that plant growing in so many gardens as a decorative flower but it turns out that is a staple leafy green and grain in parts of Africa and Asia.

[@thinking7667]

Wow, I had no idea. You're right, here in the states it's an annual ornamental plant that's always available to buy in most garden centers. I will grow it next year and try the leaves.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

It's part of the amaranth family. There's a rather good little article on Wikipedia about it! I had no idea how diverse a family it was!

[@nata6025]

This doco warms my heart after watching that other doco where it was only a few giant euro companies that control the production of agro's seeds.

[@lucystephanieproperties]

Very good initiative. I am proud to know about this. Good to know we are bringing back this kind of farming and such food. Thank you for featuring this CNA.

[@valarmorghulis8139]

In visayas and mindanao mountains in the philippines most people I know eat corn as staple instead of rice. Now sorghum is new to me and I saw it being advertised by visayan sellers as animal feed but I want to eat and plant it on my farm.

[@wish1118]

My grandparents used to eat sorghum when I was small. We even give sorghum to babies as first food. It's good for diabetes. Its better than rice , corn ,oats and quinoa.

[@lalielou1]

Nakakagalak mayroon palang mg mabuting binhi. Maraming salamat po. I'm excited to know about this. May I know where and how to acquire these seeds? Thank you so very much.

[@TheTechiePinoyFoodie]

Adlai is one grain type i hope our country the Philippines will learn how to widely propagate. Its a healthier version of rice.

[@julianadelion5497]

Wah. Indah sekali pekerjaan ibu ini. Sorghum itu kan gizinya melebihi dari lain lain grain. Terima kasih Ibu

[@albertranara3996]

Award winning documentary! Well done CNA!

[@atarda]

I would like to take this time to say, thank you for creating a very great documentary. As a south east asian. Thank you. This is what contents should be... Love you guys...

[@66bigbuds]

Sorghum is a big crop for the Amish in Kentucky. They produce lots of molasses from it. Amaranth has also made a big comeback in the US.

[@ken-je9oi]

Study of the Ancient Grains is one of the important things in the world of Research and Extensions. I hope Agricultural Universities focus on these Studies about Ancient Grains

[@hockheekwek8431]

Sorghum is the local crop in north China for a millennium during to low rainfall. The northern Chinese uses it as the staple food source. Because of its food is hard, it was replaced the wheat flours that can be made into various varieties of bread suitable for the people. Sorghum is less used, but some farmers milled it into sorghum floor, baked, dried it and can be kept as meals for a long times. It is the styles of Tibetan culture for milling the millets baked and dried it with cheese and can be eaten readily for the herders, who carried them along in case the hey met sudden chilled storm and could not return to the village. As for sorghum, it is considered as hard grain for the people now and are used for animals feed where it can grow abundantly in the northern dry region. They do not subject to wet water crops

[@Gman979]

Sorghum is used to make Maotai in China.

[@siewkwanyin8561]

Then there is the movie Red Sorghum starring Gong Li & directed by Zhang Yimou.

[@frankmcmahon5820]

Ive poped sorghum seeds like popcorn there tiny but the kids really like it

[@aimeka4111]

I like Maria, so passionate and sincere in her dealings.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Hemp seed was one of the easiest to grow thresh and store and most nutritional important grains they grew in Asia. Did you mention it? Highest protein of any grain too.

[@RommelManurung]

We can hardly found it on the market and possibly face jail time if we try to cultivate them 😂

[@2shay337]

I totally agree about going back to planting ancient grains, rice, and other foods that grew well on all the different Asian Islands. But what about also helping the farmers set up made water catchment cisterns at the top of some of the mountainous regions that have poor topsoil that has washed away? The large water cisterns catch most of the water as much as possible, then try and terrace the rocky limestone mountain side, building natural raised bed walls to slow the other rain fall water that is caught in the cistern on top the mountain, and teach them how to make mulch turned into compost soil to fill the rocky terrace raised beds with compost that is layered on top of sand dredged off the ocean coast lines of all the Islands. Using modern ideas to recreate as much of what already natural materials as possible. Recreate topsoil from old crops by mulching the stalks of plants after harvest, mix with shredded cardboard boxes, old newspapers, wood sawdust from mills, mixing them and and end of harvest designate an area on the farm as staging area to make compost of the green and brown materials and animal manure making their own topsoil to regrow crops. And to speed up the heating process Add in a few dead uncooked meat chickens, that may have died, or clumps of the herb comfrey is another catalyst then once there is a 4-5-foot pile of thoroughly mixed decaying matter cover it with a tarp, let it set for a day or two, take a pitchfork and remove the dry material and start a new pile finishing it again to a 5 foot pile of all the inner wet material has been rotated to the outside. Cover it again with tarp and within 14-21 days there is a rich biomaterial for growing next year's crops.

[@Cringeosaurus]

I wish the people that had this kind of knowledge were more easily able to travel to these places and help teach others. I think a wider use of these techniques could change the world.

[@vickykrish95]

In India there is a millet revolution going on and people have started tu substitute rice for millets.

[@abs101]

In the past, the Philippines was the frontier when it came to rice. I was shocked to know that we've 4k varieties as of record. The stupidity of our government until now never ceased to amaze me. Our country should be developed as an agricultural nation but instead, they like to build more infrastructure. smh I wonder if sand and cement can be eaten. lol

[@cjnem7243]

infrastructure also need in farming fyi. farms to market roads

[@abs101]

@@cjnem7243 we need but not that important. I live in the province and there was no concrete road before but my family can deliver the goods to the market. lol build build build is good but not that important to an agricultural nation. we need to invest in the latest farming technologies and ideas. also, the real estate industry is destroying the agricultural industry. I hope this bubble bursts like what is happening abroad. even I as an architect fking hate it! you build these condos and subdivisions but the ones who benefit from them are the expats and those who can afford them. smh

[@leponpon6935]

Keep up the good work! Spread the message❤

[@rhyandiaz9939]

very insightful well made documentary 👏

[@qualqui]

When my community here in central Mexico was more rural,back in the 60s and 70s, farmers not only grew the original corn, but also sorghum, but the sorghum was destined for animal feed, after reading comments from others, I realize we've been duped, especially after a friend in NC, USA prefers sorghum syrup to other natural sweeteners. With so many rice varieties in se Asia, The Philippines and Indonesia, it is only right for farmers there to return and maintain the native grains, varieties of rice, as it is important for us here in Cem Anáhuac(Americas)to maintain the native corns, the Hopi corn that grows short but adapted to the arid Arizona climate to the diverse corn species of south central Mexico and of course the Choclo species of Peru and Bolivia.

[@kendallkahl8725]

Its harmless but still deceptive to say Philippines are the largest food importers in Asia. They are also a huge exporter. They are the salad and fruit bowl for China, Korea and Japan. They export high value fruits and vegetables then import their bulk grain needs which also feed their poultry and meat consumption. It doesn't take many Durians to get enough money back for a nice chicken and rice dinner. China is forced to mainly rely on seafood for protein needs.

[@migovasquez0303]

Its weird that i understood most of what the Indonesian lady was saying. It is almost similar to Hiligaynon language, my mother tongue.

[@viola135]

Wow, that's fascinating. I only knew that Javanese, Indonesian, and Tagalog have similarities but never heard Hiligaynon

[@gildavirtuous22]

Yes, I understand her. I'm a ilonggo from iloilo. Like word "ini" "kita" same her in hiligaynon

[@morbiddawg]

Some words I could understand like "ini", which is same as "this" in Bicol

[@freeman2659]

It's hard to believe what you're saying, or maybe it's weird that I don't agree with you. I am a Hiligaynon speaker, born and raised in a Hiligaynon-speaking province. While I can see some similarities in words, they are very few. So, I'm not so sure about the type of Hiligaynon that you speak.

[@migovasquez0303]

@@freeman2659 I was born and raised in Bacolod and Pontevedra. I understood Kinaray-a as well and Cebuano. I don’t know maybe because I combined most of the words she says to what I heard from other Filipino languages I know like kapampangan and Ilokano.

[@marcussparticus8380]

Please can u make the subtitles larger so they can be seen on screen. I've never come across such small subtitles on a video before and they rob the video of much of its useful content.

[@dixietenbroeck8425]

*SO **_VERY_** HAPPY to stumble on your Channel! GOOD ON Y'ALL for saving these ancient & SO VALUABLE FOODSTUFFS! ALSO, FOR RETURNING TO THE ORGANIC PATH!* *You have made this old woman VERY, VERY HAPPY; THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY MONTH!*

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

Great video but I think you've got a factual inaccuracy, the Masagana 99 policy did not involve GMO rice. The IR8 high-yielding semi dwarf rice variety was developed using conventional cross-breeding techniques. Hybrids are not GMOs. GMO rice wasn't invented until around 2000 and it still has not achieved widespread commercial use.

[@moviemania1583]

one of the best rice variety in the philippines that i like is the IR64 but i don't see it anymore in the local market

[@Hana-kc1lq]

Wow it's still common here in Indonesia. Many farmers grow this rice.

[@hikashia.halfiah3582]

Interesting comment there about corporations entering things tend to mess things up for the local. The problem is in the management of agriculture industrialization, land taxation system, and demand for modernity. One of these could mess up livelihood for community.

[@budimargarito989]

Indonesia is so many island and different many ethnic and many language , so that is not easy to do development. Not just like whole land than easy to build them development. So I thinking Indonesia is great amazing land , amazing country very beutiful. To the west is Indian ocean and to the east is Pacific ocean , so many archipelago island of Indonesian.

[@sipsofhell9018]

I like how Indonesia made Listrik Pintar and spent 3 billion dollars on it but never actually subsidized solar panels for customers who can put it on their roofs. And when you actually buy your own solar panels by yourself PLN will fine you and bring you to court. Are you sure PLN is a BUMN (a non profit government body)?

[@BenjiSun]

Also consider growing amaranth, it can both be left to seed, and that grain is just as much a superfood as quinoa, ... or the young plants can be harvested as a great green vegetable. various names for it: 莧菜, dền đỏ, mchicha, kulitis, efo tete, callaloo, ... some western markets ridiculously label it as "chinese spinach". i add 3 color amaranth to my rice along with other grains (quinoa, millet, buckwheat, sorghum, pearl barley, fonio, unhusked rice, ...) when i make plain rice, and i use amaranth greens in simple soups.

[@harrissumali5698]

Cocok utk musim kemarau, meski kurang air masih busa berbulir,semangat masih bisa dpt hasil,Gbu

[@nanassjourneys4586]

Sumber pangan yang cocok bagi Indonesia, adalah sukun, dibawahnya talas, di pantainya yg luas adalah sagu, yang bisa dibuat bihun, itulah makanan nenek moyang kita, sebelum datang padi dari India beserta budayanya

[@jayjalocon5800]

Rice planting long time ago in Philippines they used native plants that are highly nutrition and rich in vitamins, but now because of global warming native rice plants cannot survive, and our department of agriculture scientist discovered a new breed of rice that can survive in super hot and dry season and can survive in floods

[@wavemaker2077]

i'm actually amazed to know that there are still wild rice out there ready to be rediscovered. what i'm amazed at is that they didn't completely disappear even if no one cultivates them. they just grew in the wild on their own.

[@TheAverageNooob]

This is heartbreaking, heart warming, and inspiring. Heartbreaking that it has come to this. That people all over the world have lost what has sustained us for hundreds of years. An effect of globalization. Its heartwarming that people like Maria are bringing their community up in ways that will forever change the population. Its inspiring how populations of people are teaching, learning, and enthusiastic about being more in tune to nature and therefore thriving better in it.

[@angelacahill9460]

Sorghum was an important crop here in the US, perhaps it will be again. My bird seed mix has "milo", which is sorghum, and it was scattered underneath my birdfeeder this year, and grew big, beautiful plants, heavy with seed. I found out that many birds eat it, including white wing doves.

[@sureshkaran]

As a child I remember eating millets. They're delicious even without anything to go with them, just salt is enough.

[@regenerativegardeningwithpatti]

Great job in the video. I am glad the ancient grain is on the comeback. Best of luck,

[@ColoniaMurder20]

Philippines is never run out of rains and typhoons.

[@mrzoukdotcomzouklambadaboo8212]

They need to plant tall trees to create shade and help with water retention as well as being a long term wood crop.

[@Lu5ck]

Wow, 100g of sorghum contain 300 calories and 10g of proteins. That is so nutritional dense. However, processing it takes a lot of water too.

[@RoseNZieg]

in drought condition and using the same amount of water as sorghum? you're dreaming.

[@inezamy9523]

No it doesn't actually

[@jamesjonnes]

@@robertlee6338 Jerusalem artichoke is more productive.

[@jamesjonnes]

@@robertlee6338 If you knew anything you'd know that you don't harvest them until it's time to eat them. Doesn't make them any less useful.

[@erroneous6947]

@@jamesjonnes don’t forget the crippling gas attacks. I guess you could ferment them.

[@66bigbuds]

Teaching how to compost Is valuable. Teaching how to make soil is a must.

[@JoeJoe-hn2nh]

Di Sumba, Indonesia banyak varietas padi lokal yang sudah punah, mulai dari beras berah, padi wangi, dll. Padi local sangat tahan terhadap hama, bahkan hamanya hanya 3, walang sangit, hama putih palsu dan satu lagi gak tahu namanya. Umurnya panjang dan tinggi, itu kelemahannya. Walaupun demikian sangat tahan terhadap kekeringan. Waktu itu petani sawah tadah hujan bisa panen hingga bulan Agustus, padahal hujan sudah berhenti bulan Mei. Saat ini varietas padi baru yg terkenal umur pendek tidak ada yg tahan kekeringan. Paling lambat panen bulan Mei

[@waitandsee9345]

Krn cepat berbuah makanya butuh air lebih banyak

[@manunuod_ako1766]

I am thankful to these farmers who are looking for solutions and working hand in hand with what mother nature gave them and what they can do to have a fruitful life using those gifts. I am sure it is not easy because farming is back breaking tasks just for the rest to be fed. Thanks for the hard work ma'ams and sirs.

[@davinavillafuerte6612]

Nowadays, ricefields are turning into subdivisions because of lack of support from the government. Farmers end up in selling their land because rice cartel buy their rice at a low price and they are buried into debts. Philippines farmers are industrious but they are the poorest. Thanks to corruption in the Government!

[@davinavillafuerte6612]

Is Sorgum, quinoa in english? Just asking!

[@k.3004]

​@@davinavillafuerte6612sorghum is sorghum in english. In Filipino languages it's called Batad or Batar. Quinoa is a south american grain.

[@dreamsalamander]

Same in Indo... I watched a KZbin video about Pemulung, ppl who's life work is to scavenge landfills, and some of them used to be rice farmers. In Indo sorghum is called Betari

[@vincentduchesne4068]

10:40 The flow of that guy had me bouncing. The rythm of his language makes me wanna learn it.

[@juliomandiaga9612]

He knows his own language, a very good speaker . I know because I speak it too and I admire him for that. Thank you for liking our language. I wish my countrymen see it the way you do. Unfortunately, a lot of us would rather include a lot of English words lest we be mistaken as someone lacking in intelligence. A lot of times I'm confused that I ask myself when hearing someone speaking in my language: Is he talking in English but not knowing much of English or is he talking in Tagalog but not knowing much of Tagalog? Here is another of the Philippine identity crisis: A lot of us think that Tagalog is so near to the Spanish language and they tickle with glee when hearing that Tagalog is so close to Spanish, a sign that they are honoring their former masters

[@lgflanang]

Let the natural wetlands and swamps recover and there will be abundance.

[@222mmax]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing this video. God bless you

[@dhangabbyalanis-pm2wb]

Thank you this is educational and aplicable to us in Camarines Sur, Philippines

[@inTagalog-yt2lf]

In the Southern Philippines there is a rice variety that grows as tall as 6 feet on dry soil like corn grown during the rainy season. When I came back last year, that rice variety locally called "Zambales" is only grown by a handful of farmers to the inlands. Sorghum now is just being reintroduced into the Philippines.

[@nemichandsolanki1293]

I'm from Bharat ; Asia, appreciated content

[@plipaks3609]

We called it gawa.. it can grow anywhere.. that taste is good and better than rice but very hard to fill

[@wahidpriyanto1078]

Musim hujan tanam padi, musim kering tanam sorgum.

[@harukrentz435]

Ive reduced rice consumption to 2-1 per plate a day, i think theres no point of eating so much rice unless youre doing hard labourous works like farming. I hope here in Indonesia more and more people will switch to potato, its much better than rice.

[@wavemaker2077]

If the food is delicious, we tend to eat more rice. 😅

[@guthriejenkins]

Sorghum is delicious! I use it in soups and stews. And it's great in one-pot meals.

[@waveydavie]

I can't eat grains anymore because of my Hashimoto's, but it's good to hear that there are these projects going on. Variety is the spice of life so they say. If only more farmers in the west would get the message, there are some but nearly enough.

[@someonesdiary..8507]

Oh my god! This grain is consumable. When I was a kid, I used to make bracelets and necklaces using it.

[@SkyeAten]

Bravo! More projects like these

[@jhan168]

Beautiful documentary.

[@happysolitudetv]

In the Philippines, not only grains but crops rich in starch has been used as staple energy source, like camote and ube.

[@babymarshmellow6077]

I am so amazed and thankful to unexpectedly found this video , I thank God He lead me on this video.

[@kantakouzini]

before the spanish millet in luzon was apparently more prevelent and used so much that 'dawa-dawa' (dawa meaning millet) came to mean any "millet-like" grain.

[@bgsash242]

00:02 in Bali we call it jali-jali, we rarely use it as food now, and in my childhood i use it as toy to create necklace, though our parents still have memory of jali-jali as porridge. and it can easily grows in my yard without maintenance.

[@NickoTAnhar-v9u]

tank you.. thank you very much for the information.

[@cliffmays442]

When I was San Jose city a few years ago I saw a poster encouraging families to have no more than 3 children because of the need to import rice. I told a city worker abouth "carrying capacity of the land". Meaning that a certain size or area of land can only support a certain number of people. I think one of the best thing that a nation such as the Philippines is not to too many children.

[@joanns7842]

I am so happy to learn about what people are doing to get away from toxic gmo grains!!! It makes the best sense in the world! Be healthy our Asian neighbors! WE stand and clap for you and your foresight for a better future! God bless you!

[@manimalabiswas6439]

Interesting and important topic...Thank you 👍🙏

[@mffmoniz2948]

As a child my parents and the entire community had an amazing variety of beans. There was even one we called the "bean with a smell" and they were all delicious. Most very smaller and didn't produce much. When a variety of bean arrived that was bigger and produced more, the other varieties were abandoned. I'm not even sure if anyone still has any of those varieties.

[@rhyanjill]

Off-topic... The Indonesians here really sounded a lot like people from the Visayan regions. Anyway. This is really awesome. I have a lot of rice varieties that I've eaten when I was young that I have never seen again since. I'm hoping to see them in the market soon.

[@animatixreaction7203]

Yes because they are our ancestors.