Church launches workshop on indigenous food in WJH

JOWAI: The Jingiasengsamla Presbyterian Church, Shangpung Presbytery, in collaboration with North East Slow Food and Agro biodiversity Society, Shillong and the Society for Urban and Rural Empowerment, Jowai, has embarked on a new mission in which it has included a workshop on Indigenous Food System.
This is perhaps the first time ever when the church organisation has resorted to also include workshop on food in its programme, the church, therefore, is not only concerned with feeding its flock with the food of the soul but the body as well. The workshop was a brainchild of Shibor Nongjngi, Secretary of the Jingiasengsamla Presbyterian Church, Shangpung Presbytery, who had invited the two organisations to conduct the programme.
The one-day workshop was organised by the Art and Culture Committee of the Jingiaseng Samla Presbyterian at the Presbyterian Church, Thangrain, West Jaintia Hills on Saturday.
Pasqualina Lamare from SURE and Cratia Dkhar of NESFAS jointly shared the presentation on the threat to agrobiodiversity. The nutritive comparison of common vegetables and the traditional food crops showing the higher nutrient content of the local food was also discussed in the workshop.
The six pillars of food sovereignty and the role of the youth contributing in strengthening those pillars were highlighted, which was followed by a cooking demonstration of four food items using local ingredients.