Introducing urrak, feni’s cousin, once removed!

If you think Goa is all about feni, try urrak for a change this summer. This semi-distilled, ‘once removed’ cousin to feni is the pride of every bar worth its ...

Some juicy tales

With the summer unleashing its heat to the fullest on us all, many of us feel dehydrated, and so in order to quench this thirst, all of us reach out ...

Man goes…Goa goes…mangoes

Tips to take care of a tree yielding delightful fruit THE FLAVOUR of the season is mango. Even the Amul ice-cream we ate to celebrate my father’s birthday was of ...

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Our Partners for Konkan Fruit Fest 2011

Our primary partner in this event is YOU. While the Konkan Fruit ...

A New Look for our new Avtaar

When the new BSG committee decided to revive the popular Konkan Fruit ...

Losing Goa’s Fruit Culture…

We believe that Food is a critical and integral part of our ...

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Winners – Fruit Products Competition, KFF 2011

The winners of the fruit products competitions judged by Mr. Alphonse Pereira, Principal of Fr. Agnelo’s IHM, Verna and Mr. Sanjeev Kadkade, Head of Dept of IHMCT & AN-Goa, Porvorim with Ms. Ana Dias Camara of the Agriculture Dept as the coordinator are: A. PICKLES 1. Ms. Pushpa Naik, Goa Velha 2.Ms. Lumina Lobo, Siolim [...]

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Winners – Fresh Fruits Competition, KFF 2011

A panel of judges led by Sanjeev Kadkade, Head of the Institute of Hotel Management, and consisting of senior agriculture officers judged the fresh fruits in the competition sector of the Konkan Fruit Fest on April 28, 2011, in the pre-inauguration competition this evening. The prize winning entries are: MANGO 1 Anand Pai Raikar 2 [...]

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The Organic Movement arrives in Goa

This year’s Konkan Fruit Festival is different from many in the past because it will feature several participants from the growing organic farming movement in India. Key amongst these would be Shri Sarvdaman Patel (President of the Organic Farmers Association of India – OFAI), who will be inaugurating the Konkan Fruit Fest 2011, at 9:00 [...]

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Just another 48 hours

Just to let you know that the Konkan Fruit Fest will be going live at 10:00 AM on Friday, 29th April. A more detailed schedule will follow tomorrow…and yes, the mangoes are finally here in some numbers Some details about the activities… The Botanical Society of Goa and its festival partners, the Directorate of Agriculture-Goa [...]

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