New Year’s Tea

Time well spent with farmer leaders to discuss the Phil cinnamon kaningag project. I’m happy to share that the farmers have agreed to allot a small part of their land for a mini arboretum for the Phil cinnamon species. The mini arboretum will be a project of Plantsville Health and the Integrated Social Forestry (ISF)…

In the unknown part of North Negros in Don Salvador there are different women farmers fighting to survive and make a living by making use of what they have. Many thanks to Yob Doronila and Maria-Lourdes Doronila, for funding the planting of 600 Philippine cinnamon by 6 women farmers in DSB, Negros Occidental. “It’s to…

Plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home or in the farm, in a pot, or on the ground, for your food and medicine. This is to conserve the Philippine cinnamon species and provide shade and fight heat, too. Message us for the seedlings! #conservation #livelihood #health #local Please click this link https://www.facebook.com/november.caniesoyeo/posts/10156758932495773 to see comments and reactions from readers.

How to sustainably harvest Philippine cinnamon bark and leaves. Technique #2 (source: DOST-FPRDI): If you really have to, please properly strip off your mature Philippine cinnamon tree. Otherwise, please leave it alone as mother tree. You may use the small stems and leaves instead. We need as many Philippine cinnamon mother trees! We have shared…

Saang mga lugar sa Pilipinas matatagpuan ang Kalingag (Philippine cinnamon)? (Where in the country does Kalingag -Philippine Cinnamon- exist?) Slides 2-4 of 41. Sharing the presentation of Dr. Jay Picardal, with his permission, during the Philippine-American Academy of Science & Engineering (PAASE) online conference last July 21, 2020. Our urban areas were once forests, too….

Healthful Tip:Try drinking Philippine cinnamon tea when eating kakanin or native delicacies. Studies have shown that cinnamon may help control blood sugar by making insulin efficient, moving glucose to cells. Be sure to plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home, as part of your container gardening, or in the ground, at home or in the…