Fruit Tree Planting

This is not an original vision and advocacy. It was my uncle Abraham Abe Tadeja's dream to have a food-independent Philippines. I remember in the late 80s when in the break of dawn, he was leading his workers going to UP Diliman, or Camp Crame to plant mango trees along the sidewalks. Or bananas. I am not sure if these are still there, probably, some. 

He envisioned about fruit-tree lined sidewalks, and boulevards. So that everybody can take fruits and eat for free.

I now realized it made sense. For one, I spend thousands of pesos on lanzones annually. Yearn for green mango shakes often, or small native guavas, and sweet tamarinds all year round. And these are often superfoods that not only fill stomachs but nourishes our gut and heal illnesses - known and to come.

I only have limited time now to pursue fruit tree-planting missions with my fellow Bituen Eco Volunteers, but I have started requiring all my environmental science students to plant fruits trees in their homes and communities as part of their project or school requirements based on the Arbor Day law.  

We are all required to plant a tree everyday, and you may plant your favorite fruit trees. Or you may contact us to partner for tree-planting activities!

Let's plant in our yards, roadsides, communities, and other public spaces annually and to make sure they survive. If we all follow this one law, it would be a much, much better Philippines!