With support from The Conflict and Development Foundation, Semilla Nueva is expanding the consumption of biofortified crops in Guatemala through an innovative social marketing approach. This is the beginning of a second phase geared toward seed purchase and seed saving in the pacific coastal regions of Guatemala. The project has two components: 1) work with a partner organization to design and launch an introductory social marketing campaign to promote planting QPM, and 2) expand on previous work done in the southern coast, ensuring that families save, store and replant QPM harvested in 2016 for the 2017 season.
In July, the field team continued caring for corn demonstration parcels that were planted with our innovative brand name Fortaleza 3. Semilla Nueva is planning to hold farmer field day events promoting the seed in these demonstration sites. The majority of these events will take place during harvests in late August-early September. The marketing team finalized the design of promotional materials, including seed bags. Finally, the marketing team completed the design of the quantitative marketing survey that will be conducted in the eastern and northern regions of Guatemala in August. The survey will determine farmer motivators and barriers to planting our seed, and will be used to define marketing strategies in those regions.
During this month, CDF Program Manager Johanna Roman invited Semilla Nueva to offer a presentation at the USAID Mission in Guatemala, to present an update of program activities.
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Last week I wrote that I got a new pressure cooker set. I was raving about the BBQ chicken I cooked in it. Well, since then I have made salsa chicken (so easy, just brown you chicken in olive oil and then pour 1/2 to 1 cup of salsa over it and add just a little water if needed so that it coats the chicken. Then follow your pressure cooker instructions for cooking chicken. I used boneless, skinless thighs and they were so delicious.
I have had a difficult time eating meat beyond the ground stuff (turkey, chicken, lean ground beef, pork) since my weight-loss surgery, so being able to eat nice, moist chicken that is not put through a grinder first has been wonderful!
The latest recipe I tried is Cuban Style black beans. Normally when I cook black beans it takes almost all day to simmer them and get them to the consistency I like. With the pressure cooker, it took less than an hour with prep and everything. I used a recipe from the Fagor site so it was easy since that is the brand of pressure cooker I have. I did tweak the recipe just a bit - I left out the sugar and after the beans were done, I added a bit of polish sausage. I also doubled the recipe. Normally this would mean adding extra cooking time, but what is so great about pressure cooking - the size of the recipe doesn't affect the cooking times.
I can't wait to try more recipes. If you have some good sites or Pinterest boards to recommend, let me know!
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