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Pachamama Icaria, Christos, Raches (2026)

11/02/2026

Selection of Products
(Part 6)
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And it is very important because I have come across certified organic Greek products that didn’t include the ethical aspect. It was just a product. There are many factors that can make a product incompatible with us. It’s the intention of the person producing it. It’s the way they treat their workers. Some brands certify products as organic, but as employers, they are inconsistent. I won’t go into many details or put labels. Our main rule is that it must align with our values and ethics. Every person has a system of values. The more it aligns with ours, the better. For me, honesty, ethics, and love are very important when choosing a product I will eat.
This is our decisive factor: that the products are made with love!
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08/02/2026

Selection of Products
(Part 5)
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We thus select, as much as possible, products that are related to our immediate environment, as Hippocratic and ancient medicine recommend, without venturing too far afield. Unfortunately, or not, this has changed significantly. Many clients request products that are not European in origin. For example, coconut oil. There are issues associated with this topic. Nevertheless, we limit ourselves to the local area, staying close to our surroundings. Your medicine is not only your food; it is the nourishment that is near you, around you. The environment where you live provides your body with the necessary nutrients and antibodies to survive. This is the fundamental principle of human existence.
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31/01/2026

Selection of Products
(Part 4)
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Yes, my guiding criterion is Greek organic products. I choose, therefore, as much as possible, Greek organic products. Yes! There are organic products that aren’t certified, such as the honey from Icaria. Most honey products aren’t certified because the producer, due to their small scale, can’t financially sustain certification. This doesn’t imply that they are not organic.
I have found companies that haven’t yet certified their products but offer excellent quality, such as gluten-free rusks from Crete, which are increasingly in demand.
An excellent Greek product. There are many producers. What primarily concerns me is that, given our limited shelf space, we can offer our consumers, our customers the best possible choice.
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ΒιοΑγρός
www.bioagros.gr
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29/01/2026

Selection of Products
(Part 3)
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Yes, my guiding criterion is Greek organic products. I choose, therefore, as much as possible, Greek organic products. Yes! There are organic products that aren’t certified, such as the honey from Icaria. Most honey products aren’t certified because the producer, due to their small scale, can’t financially sustain certification. This doesn’t imply that they are not organic.
I have found companies that haven’t yet certified their products but offer excellent quality, such as gluten-free rusks from Crete, which are increasingly in demand.
An excellent Greek product. There are many producers. What primarily concerns me is that, given our limited shelf space, we can offer our consumers, our customers the best possible choice.
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Κτήμα Βελεγράκη
www.velegraki.gr
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24/01/2026

Selection of Products
(Part 2)
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I have reflected, therefore, as a consumer, on what I wish to eat. Given that I am a rather strict individual and don’t opt for the cheapest options, I tend to choose what is best for me. I may select one item instead of two or three; however, I prioritize quality over quantity. Initially, I began searching for producers online. Naturally, the first producer I encountered was “Antonopoulos”, associated with the large “Antonoopoulos Farm”, which is renowned for its Zea products, among others. Before leaving Athens, I had already seen a report on a public TV channel about Zea (the ancient Greek wheat grain). Consequently, I began to develop a broader perspective on nutrition. The fundamental principle guiding my choices is ethical production—the involvement of an ethically responsible individual behind the product, which means our concern is not solely profit but ensuring that a respectable product reaches our table, as well as that of our children and others. I refer to “Antonopoulos” because cereal is the base of our diet. Given the Zea issue, it was critical to understand why ancient seeds are so significant. Pasta constitutes the primary nutritional choice in Greece, making it one of my main suppliers. Indeed, my guiding criterion is Greek organic products.
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Αγρόκτημα Αντωνόπουλου
www.zea.gr
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22/01/2026

Selection of Products
(Part 1)
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How do you choose the foods you offer at the “Melia” store, and obviously, the ones you eat yourself? How do you select your producers and partners, and how do you choose the type? Type, by saying, that you only have organic products, regardless — let's also mention — of whether they have certification confirming they are organic or not.

First, I want to note that the store's primary need again stems from my personal experience. When I left Athens with many health problems and decided to live in Icaria, it was the first thing I thought about. I had no connection to organic products, good nutrition, or a proper diet; I was clueless and elsewhere.
Based on guidance and personal experience, I decided that to protect my health, I need to make radical changes. One of these was my diet.
I have been a vegetarian since 2010, during which I experienced a significant improvement in my health—indeed, a remarkable change. However, it was obvious that I needed more, much more. Consequently, I made a decision, together with my then-partner, that, in the absence of available options—considering that online stores and large collectives didn’t yet exist for bulk purchasing—I would seek to procure supplies independently. All those I contacted online, including producers, advised that a minimum of five to ten individuals was required for collective purchasing. Eventually, I resolved to open a store to secure my own livelihood. This was, indeed, my initial contemplation.
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17/01/2026

Vegan & Honey
(Part 2)
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I am fortunate and lucky to have a beekeeper friend who has taken me along, and I’ve seen how she collects her honey, how she cares for the bees, how she loves them. It’s not the same to buy honey from a beekeeper in Icaria who loves their hives and treats them with love and care so they can get honey. There’s, let’s say, an informal exchange there.

It’s not the same as buying honey from a supermarket, where I don’t know where it came from. There are people all over the world, and I am sure that many beekeepers here in Greece love their hives and treat them humanely, ethically. This honey doesn’t harm us. This animal product won’t harm us.

And of course, this is again a personal opinion. We can’t impose, agree, or disagree. It’s how each person feels.

I have chosen to work with very few people here in Icaria, whom I consider a bit more ethical than others on this matter: “how we treat the bee”. They don’t feed them sugar, they don’t kill them, and so on.

Now, all of this is a bit relative. Yes, I consider honey to be medicine. I generally disagree with the production and mass production of any kind.

And if a beekeeper has 70, 100, or even 300 hives, I don’t consider them a large producer. I don’t think they are doing anything irregular in production that would harm the person eating it. Of course, this is also up for discussion.
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15/01/2026

Vegan & Honey
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I know your personal diet is vegetarian. For a large segment of the vegetarian – vegan community, honey is not considered a vegetarian product. It is believed that it does not belong in a vegan diet. So, how do you use it? Based on what? And do you use honey and generally bee products?
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Yes, it’s a thought I often have as well. Yes, I am a vegetarian by choice and principle. Although I don’t like to use labels as vegetarian, vegan, etc. We become a bit narrow-minded. If we want to use terminology to communicate clearly, a vegan diet and a vegan lifestyle choice don’t allow the use of any animal-derived products. So, neither beeswax, nor honey, nor propolis. True, but...

Most people I know — including myself — choose this way of life because we don’t want to harm animals. However, I’ve experienced many times over the years that especially in the store, vegan people from all over the world come in, strictly vegan, and they choose some slightly different dietary options, like honey. What ethically allows us to use it is knowing how it’s produced.

For example, it’s not the same to eat cheese from a farm that mistreats animals and takes, say, the baby from its mother, regardless of species or subspecies, just so I can have the milk. It’s not the same as having a goat, a cow, or a sheep in the yard and milking it after the baby has been eaten from its mother, and then making some cheese.

That’s where the difference lies: how we treat animals!

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10/01/2026

Ayurveda & Ιατρική
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Did Ayurveda come before your medical studies, or after?
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No, the medical component was part of my herbal medicine degree. Since we want to obtain a license to practice and open a legal clinic, we need basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology. In the meantime, I also studied Ayurvedic medicine.

It's a very different approach to medicine; Western medicine doesn't have much in common with ancient medicine. It happened in parallel. Herbal medicine took about three years. Somewhere around the first year, toward the end of it, I also completed my first Ayurvedic course, and then, of course, I continued with (Ayurvedic) massage and a lot of reading.

These are not just about getting a degree. The degree will give you basic knowledge. After that, you need a lot of experience and a lot of reading. Practice — practice is what brings real knowledge. Because every person, as we've said, is unique.

You can't compare everyone. They may all appear to be Vata in front of you, but each Vata has many subtypes, which could be Kapha or Pitta, in what percentage, etc. It's a bit specialized. That's why we talk about personalized medicine.
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08/01/2026

Ayurveda
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When did you meet Ayurveda?
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I don't remember the exact year. I remember it was shortly after I came to Icaria, and that was a calling. I was looking for a solution through diet. I always had problems with my intestines. Whatever I ate bothered me.
Of course, doctors ruled everything out so nothing would irritate me, and then it was even worse. I remember that back then, in school, I had already started studying herbal medicine, and there was a seminar on Ayurveda. I think it was a weekend or two weekends.
Maybe I should go a bit further back... I also learned about Ayurveda through Yoga. The practice of Yoga is part of the Vedas, their books; Vedic philosophy includes Ayurvedic principles, which are essentially about how we nourish ourselves and their medical approach. And, of course, that was an incredibly helpful way to understand what’s happening in my body.
For me, that was a calling, and it was easy because ancient medicine is a bit like trigonometry, based on sacred shapes and platonic solids, and it involves quite a bit of chemistry – alchemy, so it was easy for my mind to grasp and process the information.
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01/01/2026

Whatever was in our way came into our lives to show us where we need to go.
Whatever should be in our lives will come to fulfill our souls' longing.
Starting a new Solar Circle, we are also starting a new Life Circle.
2026 is the year 1 (2+2+6).
Before you ''think'' what you want and what to wish for, connect with your heart and ''listen''.
Let's make this year different!
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Ό,τι ήρθε στο δρόμο μας, μπήκε στη ζωή μας για να μας δείξει προς τα που χρειάζεται να πάμε.
Ό,τι χρειάζεται να είναι στη ζωή μας, θα έρθει για να εκλπηρώσει την επιθυμία της ψυχής.
Ξεκινάμε έναν καινούργιο Ηλιακό Κύκλο, αλλά και έναν καινούργιο Κύκλο Ζωής.
Το 2026 είναι η χρονιά με νούμερο 1 (2+2+6).
Πριν ''σκεφτείς'' τι θέλεις και τι θα ευχηθείς, συνδέσου με την καρδιά σου και ''άκουσε''.
Ας κάνουμε αυτή τη χρονιά διαφορετική!
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30/12/2025

From Icaria to Your Door
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Are the products available at ‘‘Melia’’, including food items and therapeutic ointments, available only through in-person visits to Icaria? Or can they be received via postal services, courier, or other means? Do you offer shipping services? I am aware that you have clients not only from Greece but also from Europe and the U.S.A.
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Yes, we do offer shipping. We do not operate an online store. Due to practical reasons, it is not yet feasible to establish such a platform, as it requires extensive support. We have our own system primarily based on personal communication, and we can ship packages within Greece, outside Greece, and beyond Europe.
This can be facilitated through social media channels for the products we post. For therapeutic ointments, I often communicate directly with our customers and recommend which products they need to meet their needs. Once they try the product for the first time, it becomes very easy. They begin training themselves on what is necessary and how to use it. Naturally, they do not need numerous products; one or two products are sufficient.
Regarding nutrition, I have also often spoken with customers -those willing to receive advice- on a superficial level.
Furthermore, there is the clientele that has already visited, undergone a session, and received their personalized nutritional diet; we have discussed what is compatible or incompatible for them, and they continue to purchase from the store.
In cases where an individual is far away and can find an equivalent product elsewhere, I would, of course, refer them there. However, in most cases, the quality and variety of products we have selected at the ‘‘Melia’’ store differ significantly from those I have personally visited or from what customers tell me.
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