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Palm sugar is a sugar which is extracted from the sap of palm trees. Numerous varieties of palm tree are tapped for their sugar, although palm sugar from date palms and palmyra palms tends to be the most prized. It can also be extracted from sago and coconut palms. This sugar is widely used throughout Southeast Asia, and it has a number of regional names, including jaggery and gur.

To extract the sap, climbers ascend the palm tree and slash the flower buds, placing buckets under the buds to collect the sap which wells out. Then, the sap can be boiled down to concentrate it and evaporate the moisture. Depending on how heavily the palm sugar is processed, it may be sold in the form of a paste, or it may be dried out and molded into blocks or cones to make it easier to handle.

Palm sugar varies in color from a light golden color to a rich dark brown. It tends to be extremely grainy, with dried forms being highly crumbly, and it is typically minimally processed. Many people like to use palm sugar in cooking because it is so coarse and unprocessed, and many Southeast Asian recipes call specifically for palm sugar. The light processing leaves much of the flavor of the sugar intact, creating an almost molasses-like flavor.

You may also see palm sugar sold as “coconut sugar,” which can be a bit confusing, since coconut fruits themselves are not actually involved. It is also sometimes marketed as “palm honey.” In addition to being used in cooking, palm sugar can also be treated to create palm wine and arrack, a strong distilled liquor which is popular in some parts of Southeast Asia.

Asian markets are a good resource for palm sugar, and this sugar can also be ordered through specialty retailers. Many companies sell palm sugar in jars or tins which make it easy to ship and store, and if you purchase a block or cone of palm sugar, be aware that blocks are often coated in wax for shipping. Check for wax before shaving off the desired amount of palm sugar.

If you have a recipe which calls for palm sugar and you have trouble finding it, you can try using dark brown sugar mixed with a little molasses. The molasses will intensify the flavor of the sugar and also create the desired level of moisture.

Source : http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-palm-sugar.htm

Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.[1]

For the vast majority of human history, agriculture can be described as organic; only during the 20th century was a large supply of new synthetic chemicals introduced to the food supply. The organic farming movement arose in the 1940s in response to the industrialization of agriculture known as the Green Revolution.[2]

The weight of the available scientific evidence has not shown a significant difference between organic and more conventionally grown food in terms of safety, nutritional value, or taste.

Organic food production is a heavily regulated industry, distinct from private gardening. Currently, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Japan and many other countries require producers to obtain special certification in order to market food as organic within their borders. In the context of these regulations, organic food is food made in a way that complies with organic standards set by national governments and international organizations. In the United States, organic production is a system that is managed in accordance with the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) of 1990 and regulations in Title 7, Part 205 of the Code of Federal Regulations to respond to site-specific conditions by integrating cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity.[3] If livestock are involved, the livestock must be reared with regular access to pasture and without the routine use of antibiotics or growth hormones.[4] In the United States, a food can be labelled as “organic” if it contains a minimum of 95% organic ingredients.[5] In most countries, organic produce may not be genetically modified. It has been suggested that the application of nanotechnology to food and agriculture is a further technology that needs to be excluded from certified organic food.[6] The Soil Association (UK) has been the first organic certifier to implement a nano-exclusion.[6]
Meaning and origin of the term

In 1939, Lord Northbourne coined the term organic farming in his book Look to the Land (1940), out of his conception of “the farm as organism,” to describe a holistic, ecologically-balanced approach to farming—in contrast to what he called chemical farming, which relied on “imported fertility” and “cannot be self-sufficient nor an organic whole.”[7] This is different from the scientific use of the term “organic,” to refer to a class of molecules that contain carbon, especially those involved in the chemistry of life. This class of molecules includes many chemicals that would not be used in organic farming.

Identifying organic food

Processed organic food usually contains only organic ingredients. If non-organic ingredients are present, at least a certain percentage of the food’s total plant and animal ingredients must be organic (95% in the United States,[8] Canada, and Australia) and any non-organically produced ingredients are subject to various agricultural requirements. Foods claiming to be organic must be free of artificial food additives, and are often processed with fewer artificial methods, materials and conditions, such as chemical ripening, food irradiation, and genetically modified ingredients. Pesticides are allowed so long as they are not synthetic.

Early consumers interested in organic food would look for non-chemically treated, non-use of unapproved pesticides, fresh or minimally processed food. They mostly had to buy directly from growers: “Know your farmer, know your food” was the motto. Personal definitions of what constituted “organic” were developed through firsthand experience: by talking to farmers, seeing farm conditions, and farming activities. Small farms grew vegetables (and raised livestock) using organic farming practices, with or without certification, and the individual consumer monitored. As demand for organic foods continued to increase, high volume sales through mass outlets such as supermarkets rapidly replaced the direct farmer connection. Today there is no limit to organic farm sizes and many large corporate farms currently have an organic division. However, for supermarket consumers, food production is not easily observable, and product labeling, like “certified organic”, is relied on. Government regulations and third-party inspectors are looked to for assurance.

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Hijau, itulah warna yang kutangkap dari suasana ini

Begitu lurusnya jalan ini hingga dengan jelas ku dapat meihatmu

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Segera, ku kan berlari tuk mengejar dirimu

Tetaplah berjalan tak usah menunggu..

Aku,.. yang kan mengejarmu

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Ada sebuah ungkapan yang menyatakan “Waktu adalah uang” dan uang dapat pula berfungsi sebagai modal, sehingga dapat kita pahami bahwa waktu merupakan modal yang kita miliki. Layaknya modal, maka penggunaannya pun harus kita perhatikan. Ditujukan untuk apa? dan seberapa besar keuntungan (manfaat) yang kelak akan didapat?…
Layaknya seorang investor yang ingin menanamkan modalnya pada sebuah usaha tentu akan memilih untuk menanam modal pada bidang usaha yang mendatangkan keuntunggan yang paling besar baginya. Jika asal dan tidak disertai dengan perhitungan yang matang, tentu kerugian besar kelak akan menimpanya
Maka sudahkah kita menfaatkan sebaik mungkin waktu kita yang telah berlalu? lalu akan kita investasikan kemana waktu kita yang akan datang?

Seberapa cepatkah anda memvisualisasikan ide2 yang ada dipikiran anda? baik secara verbal maupun tulisan. Sehingga apa yang  ada di pikiran anda bisa persis sama dengan yang ada di pikiran teman bicara anda ?

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Tulisan ini merupakan posting pertama saya, yang sebelumnya didahului dengan melakukan blog walking untuk mencari inspirasi desain tampilan blog. Namun setelah mempertimbangkan aspek kemudahan dan kecepatan, saya akhirnya hanya menggunakan templete yang telah disediakan oleh WP. Lumayanlah..