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Hi!
I'm Clarissa ;)
And I'm in love with PANC (Unconventional Edible Plants) - despite the fact that in the photo I'm holding a FANC (Unconventional Edible Fungi).
I discovered PANC about 6 years ago, and since then, I haven't been able to get these little bushes out of my head, or out of my life!
I live learning, experimenting, forraging, and working
with them. It's a true journey of tests, successes and
discoveries ;)
Check the recipes here .
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And to share all this a little bit, I set up an information exchange group for PANC. Anyone who wants to enter, just arrive!
Here.
And our story?
Well, our story is huge... And it also goes through a great love story. Love for the PANC, for the family, for the environment and for the future.
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When I met PANC, I understood that I was going to have to change my life, completely. Because it couldn't be a part-time job, I needed to experience everything PANC already meant to me.
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Anyone who understands PANC has already found themselves looking at the floor and the neighbor's wall thousands of times. And with me, it was no different! I only needed more, I couldn't think of anything else but PANC.
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And the process of living in the countryside began. Felt in love for an organic farmer, learned everything from him, we learned together. How to transform our kitchen into a laboratory, how to domesticate and get knowledge of more and more PANC ando other biomes.
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It was a turning point in life, a total transformation, an immense need to be sure if the PANC could really represent the future: the future of people, we as a family, and as food for the next generations.
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"Perrengues", pandemic, dozens of recipes and hundreds of PANC studied... And here we are! Come find out!!
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Continuing...
After trying to sell PANC "in natura", we realized that one of the main reasons for not having more biodiversity in our plates was a problem called "shelf-life".
And what would that be? "Shelf-life" is the time that a product is available on the shelf until consumption in your home. And PANC have no "shelf-life", most of them need to be consumed right after harvest. And now?
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That's when I considered getting back into the kitchen (professionally). Return to all the knowledge acquired, before being a mother, with agroecological, organic, vegan, "live" and restrictive food. But it was necessary that the work in the kitchen still allowed me to be a mother of four small children.
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-Ops... What do I do?
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So, I thought of a way to create products that could allow me flexible working hours - not like a restaurant demands. That's how the pots and PANCS Brasil were born. As the first company to benefit PANC!
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And all that because I wanted everyone to be able to experience the flavors of biodiversity, of our biomes... And to be able to feel that incredible emotion that I felt when I tasted those native plants for the first time.
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It worked... Hundreds of product tests, hundreds of fairs, thousands of people tasting and approving... And yet, with the wonderful acceptance of renowned chefs and nutrition professionals... With a lot of gratitude, we did it!
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Here we are :
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Invited to plant, cultivate and create a new chapter in the world of PANC: The A.PlantZ - Plants of A / Z .
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Is it a dream we call? Soon everyone will be able to taste PANC, and maybe understand this passion that changed my life :)
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The flavors of biodiversity, a new perspective on agriculture, a dream to see that my children's generations will also be able to benefit from a new proposal for food and its relevant possibility for the future.
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PANC is not a fast trend. As I always say: They are a movement for better food and better care, for the environment. They represent a healthier, more biodiverse, incredibly tasty and especially nutritious future.
