The Blue Zones Wellness and Longevity Movement has scheduled the 1st Salun-At Foodfest 2023 on Nov. 24-26, 2023 at Malcolm Square with the theme “Healthy Food, Healthy Mental and Physical Life, Healthy Planet” to create added awareness and knowledge with practical and doable steps and thereby empower our citizens to choose healthy plant-based food for a healthier body and mind, and which leads to sustainable positive effects for the community and the environment.
This event is the third of the Salun-At Wellness Festival Series which started March 27-April 1 with Fitness and Wellness lectures at the Convention Center then a Wellness Walkathon last June 24, 2023, all with the overall aim of promoting a healthy and fit lifestyle for the citizens.
In partnership with the City Government of Baguio, the Salun-At Foodfest 2023 will feature the following;
1) Food Stalls at Malcolm Square featuring a variety of PLANT BASED items and/or cooked food from Health 100, Cosmic Farm, Heaven on Earth, Lifeline Greens; Himalayan Nepalese Cuisine; Vegfest Pilipinas, Fruit Juice Booths, Greek Cuisine, etc.
2) Stalls of Fruit and Vegetable owners,
3) Cooking demos and contests from barangays of easy to prepare, delicious and nutritious vegetable-based food meals, both for the home and also as meals for our school children;
4) a Wellness Lecture/Workshop on Nov 24, 2-4 pm at the Univ of Cordilleras auditorium, with the aim of educating our citizens on science-based data on why plant-based food is best for preventing diseases, restoring back our health and living longer productive lives, how to prepare simple, affordable, nutritious and delicious meals, and how all of these positively impacts our natural ecosystems and environment.
The lecture/workshops will include current DOH-PITAHC HEAD Dr. Annabelle Pabiona-DeGuzman, Wellness Coach and Organizer Danilo Quinto and environmental experts from CEPMO and City Planning Departments of our City of Baguio.
To make this a truly successful initial event, the Wellness Workshop at the University of the Cordilleras will provide valuable information on why plant-based food is best for:
1) For sustainable healthy and delicious nutrition;
2) For preventing diseases and restoring our health;
3) For lowering stress, anxiety and balancing our Mental Health,
4) For weight loss and control and regaining metabolic health;
5) Maintaining our Physical, Mental, Emotional and Social well-being; and
6) For preventing the harmful effects of Climate Change and the future of life on Planet Earth!
This Workshop is FREE but due to limited seating capacity please get in touch with the Organizers at 09060015777. For a wider reach of this Workshop, it will be streamed LIVE ON FACEBOOK at Pambansang Fitness Guru, LIVE ON YOUTUBE at IKIGAI WELLNESS NETWORK and LIVE ON TIKTOK at Pambansang Wellness Guru/Danilo Quinto.
Thru a City Council Resolution and approved by Mayor Magalong ,our City government is fully supportive of this Event together in partnership with DTI Benguet, Univ of the Cordilleras, UC ALUMNI ASSN, Girl Scouts of the Phil, Baguio Chapter, Everlasting Lions Club and others actively supporting a cause which advocates healthy eating habits wherein a majority of Baguio residents choose to eat plant based on a daily basis, this Event will eventually lead to a healthy and productive community, all leading to a healthier local and worldwide environment. ** Danilo L. Quinto
