There is sustained interest in moringa (malunggay), particularly its health benefits, judging from the search terms that lead surfers to this site. Moringa powder in capsules is already being distributed commercially. It won’t be long before it goes into the mainstream market of health supplements, which tend to be expensive. Sales pitch rests on the [...]

I’ve been hearing talks about Monsanto offering some deals to local farmers here in town and having read some bad press about this multinational, I dug deeper for more information. What I found is a very informative hour-long documentary entitled “Life running out of control” dealing with the effects of genetically-engineered seeds on natural plant [...]

In a previous post, I wrote about moringa (Iloc. – marunggi; Tag. – malunggay) and its many uses as medicine and as food enhancer. At the recent Kannawidan Ylocos Festival trade fair in Vigan, the Cabugao booth featured miki-lunggay, which is miki – a popular Ilocano flour pasta – fortified with malunggay. Published reports on [...]

I have become wary of products made in China with the spate of recent news about product contamination – melamine in infant formula that affected 40,000 Chinese babies, melamine in animal feed that showed up in eggs, melamine in White Rabbit candy. But similar issues were already in the news even in previous years. The [...]

I finally bought and tasted the malunggay-flavored ice cream (mentioned in previous post) made in Bungro, San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur and I must say, it is, indeed, an innovation. It tastes like any other sorbetes but, if you really savour it, you will notice the added flavor of malunggay, and I can actually see bits [...]

I always thought that our local vegetables are not getting the credit they deserve for their contribution to health, since not many find their way into the news or documents about health foods touted for their nutritional value. That’s probably because most of the studies are done in western societies where our local vegetables are [...]