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Growing vanilla in Samoa. Made this in Jan 2022 and an edited version from my FB Live video. Here I will show you some vanilla flowers and beans on my vanilla farm Vaoala Vanilla in Samoa as well as demonstrate how to do looping.

My visit (Aug2022) to a new vanilla farmer in Safa'atoa, Lefaga (Samoa) to check on vine growth and progress of newly added structure to expand their current vine numbers. I have been training and mentoring this farmer for 1 year now.

When do you know a vanilla is ripe to be harvested? What is the difference between a ripe vanilla planifolia and vanilla tahitensis bean? How can you use a vanilla bean? Have you asked yourself any of these questions before? If so, then I give you a couple of tips on all of them. Growing organic vanilla in Samoa for over 14 years and processing for at least 8 years I share some of my own tips a...

This was part of our Live that was recorded on 30th October 2021 where among other topics, I demonstrate how to plan new vanilla cuttings, showing you how to prune a cutting before planting it and then putting them in potting bags for new shoots to grow or planting them directly to the ground. I also demonstrate how I use the natural fertilizer mixes we make, using the KNF Korean Natural Farmin...

I am describing what the unhealthy vines look like and why we are going to cut them away. We should see health improve once there is more compost fed to the vanilla beds.

We have been asked a lot about our processing method here at Vaoala Vanilla. All vanilla processors have their own methods and is their valuable IP knowledge so are not so forthcoming in sharing what they do. A Google Search will tell you how to process vanilla anyway but the quality of what you process is really up to you and how you take care of the vanilla while processing it. We strongly be...

A quick reel on changing vanilla vines from living support trees to a shade structure and artificial pole supports. With funding provided by the Government of Samoa's Civil Society Support Programme and the UNDP Vaisigano Catchment Project - we completed this project in September 2020. Vanilla vines normally take 3-4 years to mature from cuttings...these vines are a year old here and they are l...

I was interviewed by Rachel Petero, Founder of Rise2025 on your #RealTalk Online Series in October 2021. Rachel's words of why she wanted to interview me: "It's time to open conversations that we are passionate about from our Indigenous worldview. I am passionate about your views as Indigenous women in governance, leadership and business."

Meet my Team! Introducing Rosita - my right hand woman with the vanilla maintenance. Rosita is learning everything about vanilla from me and shown a keen interest to keep learning and growing with Vaoala Vanilla. We love staff like Rosita! :) We will continue to nurture her growth with Vaoala Vanilla and help her to become the vanilla farmer she wants to be.

Passionate organic vanilla producer, Shelly Burich from Samoa shows how online technology helped her business recover from the impacts of COVID-19. This is my story as a SIDS Solutions Innovator in Samoa. Digitalization and innovation - an important way forward for SIDS on the road to 2030. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) need to achieve sustainable development in the face of significant ...

This month I show you how to grow vanilla from a vine cutting. Vanilla can be grown from a seed but it is a very long and technical method. I show you how I was taught to grow vanilla using an existing healthy vine cutting. It is a much simpler and quicker way to see new leaf growth

A Live video on 3rd August 2021 with the Motufau/Sene Families in Lefaga, Samoa. I have been helping this family, with the support of their family member living in the United States, in learning how to grow vanilla in Samoa using our Vaoala Vanilla shade structure design. This option is more expensive to put together but it cuts your manual maintenance work by at least 50% because you don't nee...

A quick 17sec video on making pikelets using Vaoala Vanilla Extract & Syrup - our homemade version

Tipping/Stressing new Vanilla Leaf Growth - Part 2

Pollinating vanilla

The Vanilla Bean is the Hero for this live video session recorded March 2021

How to pollinate a vanilla flower - a quick tip from Shelley of Vaoala Vanilla.

2nd Live FB Session with Shelley Burich of Vaoala Vanilla 5 Feb 2021

Inez White - Product Recommendation for Vaoala Vanilla

Dragonfruit Flowering & Pollination Jan 2021

Starfruit & Vanilla Jam

Vanilla chats with Shelley Burich, Founder of Vaoala Vanilla

Dora RossiVVQuestionsSept2020

How to make Vanilla & Carambola (Starfruit) Jam

JaydinMeredithVVQuestionsSept2020

VV Marketing Slideshow 2020 no soundtrack

How to Harvest Ripe Vanilla Beans - Tips for the Day

Growing vanilla in the Pacific - Vaoala Vanilla

An interview with Shelley Burich of Vaoala Vanilla