Renucci Rice – Regenerative Native Undertaking By Citizens Collectively Cultivating Cereal Intelligently & Inspiringly!
I confess that I, a wide reader in the digital world, did
not know this before until my friend Jerry
A Quibilan sent me an email note pointing to Jarius Bondoc’s article in The
Philippine Star (12 Oct 2022, “Leyte Rice Is World’s 3rd Best; Other
Provinces Can Aspire Too” (philstar.com).
Very much welcome news – and then I noted that Mr Bondoc is reporting news that
is 3 years old! Mr Bondoc says:
Leyte-[grown] Renucci
Rice is the world’s third best. Although a last-minute entry in the World Rice
Conference in Makati, November 2019, it beat 27 other [entries] in appearance,
texture, moisture, aroma and grain length. Only perennial winners Vietnam and
Thailand, preparing two years [before], bested it. Renucci Rice’s win is the
first for the Philippines.
Better
late than never! Better Third than Last!
Note that the Renucci Rice is a latecomer in production and
a last-minute entry – but it won in terms of appearance, texture, moisture,
aroma, and grain length. You don’t win if you don’t excel!
That’s when I recalled that Renucci Rice is organically
grown. (See my essay, “Modernization Of PH Agriculture – Lessons For All
From Dalisay Rice,” 27 Oct 2019, The Rise
Of Rice, blogspot.com).
In that essay, I enumerated 5 Firsts associated with Renucci Rice produced by
the couple Patrick & Rachel Renucci,
the 5th being:
High-quality produce. “Dalisay” is
organic white rice. At the very beginning, the Renuccis went after a product
that everyone could be proud of, that their farmer producers could be proud of
anywhere in the world. That is priceless!
I'm
in love with organic. I’ve been in love with organic something like 56 years,
since I chanced on American gentleman farmer Edward
H Faulkner’s ardent espousal of “trash farming,” by which organic trash
becomes healthy fertilizer that grows healthy crops that bear healthy foods for
healthy animal and human bodies.
Vicky Ramos says
on the Renuccis’ Facebook page:
I used to be a
Japanese rice consumer for the longest time. Tried this [Renucci Rice] and it’s
just WOW. The smell, texture, and most importantly the taste is world-class.
Not to mention that it is much cheaper than the… Japanese rice. Will stick to
this from now on. I am very grateful that I found you. Best of luck to our
Filipino rice growers.
Googling, I find that Vietnam’s rice is not
organically grown, while Thailand’s is – started by a local monk 40+ years ago
(Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org).
Now then, I have a new meaning to the word “Renucci” – “Regenerative
native undertaking by citizens collectively cultivating cereal intelligently
& inspiringly!”
Farmers
of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chemical chains!@517
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