Cinnamazing Merienda

What a wonderful blessing to have the ISF farmers, Pemo Negros Occidental, @DOSTTUPVHIVE, and PUM Netherlands senior experts on-board the #philippinecinnamon project! -11/13/19 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…

A team member sneezed, so we immediately did tuob (steam inhalation) using leaves of Philippine native kaningag (cinnamon) and samuyaw (kaffir), as well as variegated lemon leaves and coffee grounds. Smells great, and all have antibacterial properties, too! Sneezing and itchy nose stopped right away. Be sure to plant your own cinnamon at home, in…

Alamin ang iba’t-ibang Pinoy cinnamon. #loveyourown#sarilingAtin 2 (of 21). Cinnamomum rupestreSource: “A Monograph of the Genus Cinnamomum Schaeff. (Lauraceae)” by A.J.G.H. Kostermans. (1986).Click pictures to see difference in leaf shape and veins. Follow our page to see the 21 pics Be sure to plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home, as part of your container…

Bonsai is a living art, and I love being around them. Without a doubt, being with bonsai trees is like being in an old forest in my own small garden! Why Philippine Cinnamon? First and foremost, according to Dr. Jay Picardal, one of the few experts on the Philippine cinnamon, there are only around 672…

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…

On April 27, 1521 (500 years ago today), Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, died at the hands of the tribe leader, Lapu-Lapu. The Spanish fleet returned to Spain with 17 pounds (7.7 kgs) of Mindanao cinnamon (Mallari, 1974). Cinnamon (various species) was like gold at that time. Today, the Philippine cinnamon kalingag remains precious as ever,…