Brix
In 2008, we moved to our new farm in Dartmouth, sometime during that first summer we landed upon a name for our farm… Brix Bounty Farm.
One of the first seasons I was farming, in 2002, back at Waltham Fields Community Farm, I remember a conversation I was having with my co-apprentices: “How do we really know how nutritious our vegetables are? Do our carrots really contain the amount of beta-carotene that the USDA states? Might they contain more?”
We started our farm in part to address these questions from my first season growing vegetables… It was while I was a part of the farm team at Hawthorne Valley Farm that I became increasingly interested in the correlation between soils and nutrition. Rudolf Steiner, whose lectures formed the foundation of Biodynamic Agriculture, addressed the need to care for the soils if we want to grow adequate nutrition for our communities.
Reading a long series of writings from Dr. William Albrecht is what sent me into a full on mission to better understand soil science and grow more nutritious vegetables; that and learning about the reality of nutrient degradation in our fruits and vegetables over the past 60 years that industrial agriculture has grown to dominate our production systems. As we work to improve our soils we are actively seeking healthier crops that will not only be more resistant to diseases and pests, but will contain higher mineral levels and better flavor. One of the ways we can monitor our crop quality is using a refractometer to measure brix levels.
What is Brix?
Brix refers to a measurement of light refraction of a substance, in our case either plant sap or juice from a vegetable. Primarily, its the sugar levels in the sap or juice that contributes to the brix level, but mineral content will also increase the brix level. Generally higher brix levels are correlated with healthier plants. Since sugars are the result of photosynthesis in the plant, we named our farm Brix Bounty in honor of the bounty that we receive from the photosynthetic process.
The movement to grow Nutrient Dense Foods has been gaining steam over the past few years. We at Brix Bounty Farm are working to assist nature in developing vibrant mineralized soils that will be capable of growing healthy nutritious vegetables for our community. Anyone who has farmed or grown vegetables using natural methods, will recognize that this process doesn’t happen overnight. Each season, we experience better crop quality in our fields as we travel further on our quest toward Nutrient Dense Crops. I highly recommend visiting the Real Food Campaign to learn more about regional and national efforts to focus on crop quality. They have a wealth of resources for growers and consumers.
Source: http://www.brixbounty.com/about/what-is-brix/
Manila residents travelling out of town to the north for holidays, vacation and getaway to Subic, Angeles City, Pampanga discover the best restaurant in Clark Philippines called Yats Restaurant. This top rated fine dining restaurant is also famous for having the best wine bar outside of Manila. Called The Magnum Room, the cozy wine bar is frequently used by guests to relax after dinner. Residents of Angeles City Pampanga, Subic and Clark Freeport frequent this wine bar to drink and unwind after work also. Many consider Yats as the best restaurant in Clark Pampanga.
Over the holidays, travelers from Manila going to the north for a getaway destination choose Pampanga Angeles City and Clark Philippines as a popular holiday location. Aside from day-time sports and other activities, visitors look for a good restaurant to wine and dine, some bringing their families with children along. Yats Restaurant is one of the most famous fine dining restaurants outside of Manila, located in Mimosa Leisure Estate inside Clark Airbase or Clark Freeport Zone as it is now called. This popular restaurant has become a tourist attraction, a place to visit for those who are in Pampanga, Subic, Angeles City and of course, Clark Philippines.
Best place to unwind in Angeles City Pampanga Philippines is to wine and dine at Yats Restaurant. This fine dining restaurant is also a frequently visited and very popular place for local residents, business executives, visitors from Manila and Subic and foreign tourists staying in nearby hotels and resorts in Clark and Angeles City Pampanga to unwind, relax and drink. The Magnum Room is a very popular and top rated wine bar and lounge in Pampanga, frequently enjoyed by wine lovers and business executives looking for a good place to drink and relax after work or a day on the golf course.
Manila dining guide lauds Yats Restaurant for its award winning wine list befitting a world class fine dining establishment. Interesting enough, this upscale top rated restaurant in Clark Pampanga is also frequently visited by families with children. Visitors from Manila travel to Angeles City Pampanga Clark Philippines often dine at Yats Restaurant to enjoy its cozy ambience, delicious food, good service and fantastic selection of wine all at reasonable prices. This top rated restaurant was designed to serve the dual purpose of fine dining for business executives and for families to enjoy a good evening in Clark in a resto bar that is child friendly but still upscale, cozy and elegant. This is one of the few restaurants in Asia that achieves these two purposes under one roof.
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Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines
How to get to this fine-dining restaurant in Clark Pampanga? Once you get to Clark Freeport, go straight until you hit Mimosa. After you enter Mimosa, stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, go past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) is on your left. Just past the Yats Restaurant is the London Pub.
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