Our vegan milks often use chocolate products to help make them more attractive to children with lactose intolerance. In our interest to provide detailed information to our Chufamix users, we´ve participated in a Venezuelan chocolate tasting to benefit the Healing Foundation. The food journalist Helen Lopez (@ circulosdefuego ) spoke of the need to purchase chocolate brands that … [Read more...]
Bringing back “food soverignty”
Is the right to food and water a basic right in the 21º century , or not? Well if it is , why is it constantly violated, causing death , semi - slavery and marginalization in the lives of many people ? Should this be a crime, or not? In 2008 , when the prices of corn, rice and wheat soared, many poor countries (Haiti , Cameroon , Philippines ... ) were left without the resources to feed … [Read more...]
Water is life, but is it treated as such?
When we say LIFE, we mean all kinds of life, not just human life; life in plants, animals, fish, trees, molecules. Water is an essential part of all our foods, our cells and the molecular reactions among them. Therefore depriving someone of the right to drink water means depriving someone of the right to life. Being aware of the need of water for life, can you imagine governments privatizing it … [Read more...]
Chufa farming; a model of familiar farming
The tigernut or chufa ( Cyperus esculentus L.) is a herbaceous plant, closely related to Cyperus rotundus. It contains a rhizome or a root storage organ which is like a tiny edible potato and it has many nutritional attributes and medicinal properties. The chufa has been consumed for millions of years by the ancestors of the current Homo Sapiens and is an ancient grain that appears in various … [Read more...]
The “horchata” & “plant milks” around the world
Chufamix was born in Spain with the firm intention of developing the so delicious homemade "horchata of chufas" or “tigernut milk” ( typical drink of Valencia), in a quick and easy way. Once we had designed the prototype, we tried to make "almonds horchata" with it, which is a more traditional drink in Alicante, Baleares, including southern Italy. And it worked … [Read more...]
