Please be guided by the new Plantsville brochure as of June 06, 2021.
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 farm, as food and medicine.
Message us for the seedlings! #conservation #livelihood #health #local
Many thanks to DOST TUPV HIVE for funding the trip and to ever committed team Zapphire, Ramon, Cathy, TUPV Greg Crisostomo, PEMO, Negros Occidental Samuel Maja, and cinnamon farmers for their generosity. It was raining heavily the whole day, so it was very slippery. Buwis-buhay ang pagkuha ng pictures at dahon (taking pictures of the…
DOST Balik Scientist Dr. Yob Doronila (School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne) found that “the matang-katang tree sucks up dissolved nickel from the soil, and stores it in little sacs in its leaves and stems up to 0.8%! To put this in context, that is half as much nickel as what is in your stainless…
Many ask if cinnamon is the same as laurel or bay leaf because both are use as spice in cooking Adobo. (kidding aside.) Seriously, it has a lot of difference but both belongs to Lauraceae family. Sharing the basic information on the cinnamon from the presentation of Dr. Jay Picardal at the Philippine-American Academy of…
ATM snacking on pure cacao tablea hot choco with cinnamon coco sugar (ccs). Cook the ccs along with the tablea to get the full benefits of the cinnamon. I feel full, thanks to the healthy oils (cholesterol free), low calorie, and low glycemic of the cacao, coconut, and cinnamon. #foodismedicine“Cinnamon is a natural food preservative…
What natural relief can you do at home when you have diarrhea? Turmeric, Philippine cinnamon, and honey all have natural antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antiviral properties, plus tea can replace lost fluids. How to make the tea: Boil 1 liter of water, drop sliced thumb-sized turmeric and 2 pieces of Philippine cinnamon bark, and simmer for…
Pinoy breakfast of pure cacao tablea and oatmeal champorado. How: boil 3 cups water and 1 cup oatmeal. Once boiling, lower fire, drop 3 pure cacao tablea, and stir until tablea is dissolved. Cooking time is 5 mins. Top with cinnamon coco sugar, or eat with suman latik (rice cake with solid coconut curds). Please…
