farmeric August 24th, 2008
Pastillas image from bulacan.gov.ph
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farmeric August 12th, 2008
My family and I were on our way to the North (Philippines) over the weekend when we passed by a kilometer fields of Malunggay. While passing this fertile lands, it reminds me of Dr. Lorma Valera who hailed from that place (Ilocos Region) - who pioneered the processing of malunggay way back in 1993. She actually formulated her various malunggay recipes back in 1987.
This is very timely because some of the readers of EarthNews here at PinayMom.org are requesting about malunggay noodles’ recipe. Dr. Valera’s recipes have been introduced in Metro Manila (Philippines) through Continue Reading »
farmeric July 21st, 2008
Scientific Knowledge
Today, scientists are beginning to investigate the traditional claims about Malunggay. Let’s take a look at what they have found.
Nutritional Value
One aspect that scientists have examined is the nutritional value of Malunggay leaves.
farmeric June 17th, 2008
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes. - Goethe
These leaves could save million of lives. These tiny leaves have the potential to save million of people on our planet. What kind of leaves are they?
They are the leaves of of the humble Malunggay (moringa) tree. The scientific name is Moringa oleifera. It is said that the Malunggay tree originated in Northern India. Record shows Malunggay being used in Indian medicine some 5,000 years ago. Continue Reading »
farmeric March 11th, 2008
A 4-man team of graduating MBA students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), visited the Philippines to study the wide-scale production of Malunggay (Moringa). They presented their study in a forum organized by the Department of Agriculture on the 17th of January 2008. In their presentation, they recommended that it is now the right time for the Philippines to position the country as the main source of malunggay in international trade,or some other country will do it.
I’ve received some emails from the readers of this website asking me on how to plant a malunggay. Although we have 2 malunggays in our backyard, which we planted as we what we are accustomed and that is through stem cutting, I really don’t have any idea on how to plant malunggay for a mass scale production. Since I have started an article about malunggay , I guess I owe something to the readers and so I did my own research. Continue Reading »
farmeric January 16th, 2008
Note:Posted with permission from Nestor Cuartero (nescuar@yahoo.com) Published at Panorama dated Sunday, January 6, 2008 pp. 20-21BELIEVE it or not, I am now craving for malunggay noodles. I am so fascinated with malunggay’s green leaves that I have just planted so many seedlings in a small farm the family has been growing in Lipa, Batangas.
In the midst of the holiday rush for gifts and the free flow and exchange of rich and creamy food stuff, I remember the taste of malunggay noodles, which I experienced for the first time in one of the regional trade fairs hosted by the now-defunct project, WoW Philippines, of the Department of of Tourism.(The DOT should revive WoW Philippines in 2008 to help our farmers and traders in the provinces promote their products in Manila).
Those malunggay noodles came from Cagayan Valley, Continue Reading »