Cypress Essential Oil | doTERRA Sourcing Story (Translated Subtitles)

<<0>> (airplane engine whirs)

<<1>> - [Emily] As we came into the Nanyuki,

<<3>> what I noticed was the deforestation

<<6>> that was running rampant all around that area.

<<9>> (whimsical guitar music)

<<11>> Cypress trees,

<<12>> they provide great shade,

<<13>> they provide water,

<<15>> but also they provide an income.

<<18>> They will harvest them in about 20 years.

<<21>> - Most tree crops are being planted for timber

<<24>> and it's a very long-term investment.

<<26>> So it's difficult for many farmers

<<28>> to think that long term.

<<30>> - You're not going to get paid for a long time.

<<32>> But in this case,

<<33>> three years you're gonna start getting cash

<<34>> and a big lump sum payment at the end

<<36>> when you sell the lot.

<<38>> - So it'll encourage more farmers

<<38>> to plant more trees,

<<39>> which Kenya desperately needs.

<<41>> Mr. Gregory used to be - [Mr. Gregory] Yes.

<<42>> the chief of this whole area. - [Mr. Gregory] Yes.

<<46>> - [Mr. Gregory] Then after that I leave that.

<<48>> And now, I'm getting up,

<<49>> I'm going over the farming.

<<52>> Now I'm back at home.

<<53>> (group laughs)

<<54>> I'm now back home (laughs).

<<59>> - [Emily] Historically, the cypress trees

<<61>> have been pruned so that they grow straight.

<<63>> So you need to harvest the branches

<<66>> on the lower limbs.

<<67>> Previous, those branches that were harvested

<<69>> were simply put into biomass.

<<71>> There was no use for them.

<<74>> So now as we take those small leaves and branches

<<76>> and we distill them

<<77>> to create this beautiful essential oil,

<<79>> we create an income for these people in Kenya.

<<83>> An additional income

<<84>> to everything else they're already doing.

<<89>> doTERRA offers an exclusive blend of two species of Cypress essential oil.

<<95>> Cupressus lusitanica sustainably sourced from Kenya

<<100>> & Cupressus sempervirens sustainably sourced from Morocco & Spain.

<<111>> - [Mr. Gregory] Farming is more better

<<112>> than being employed.

<<114>> I'm not being told,

<<116>> "Go there, go there."

<<118>> I'm free.

<<120>> Because I'm doing my work.

<<121>> Yeah.

<<122>> So I made it with my wife here.

<<124>> Instead of finding work,

<<125>> I better stay here.

<<126>> - This farming allows you

<<127>> to stay at home, - [Mr. Gregory] Yeah.

<<129>> be with your community, - [Mr. Gregory] Correct.

<<130>> Be with your children, - [Mr. Gregory] Correct.

<<132>> and in many ways,

<<133>> - [Mr.Gregory] Yeah.

<<133>> especially with a good product like this,

<<135>> - [Mr. Gregory] Yeah.

<<136>> It's a better income, - [Mr. Gregory] Yeah.

<<137>> and a better quality of life

<<138>> than working in the city.

<<139>> - Yeah.

<<140>> - [Taylor] Yeah? - That's very good.

<<142>> That is very good.

<<143>> You awarded the value to us.

<<145>> - Exactly. - To farmers.

<<146>> - It's a win-win.

<<147>> - We are now valuable.

<<147>> - Mm-hmm. - [Emily] Right.

<<149>> - We are now valuable (group laughs)

<<150>> because the leaves are going to become money.

<<151>> - Yeah.

<<153>> - These are firewood.

<<154>> - Yeah.

<<155>> - All that is money,

<<156>> this is money

<<157>> and even the tree is money. (group laughs)

<<158>> - And we get a very beautiful

<<159>> essential oil from it.

<<160>> - [Mr. Gregory] Yeah correct.

<<162>> So we all benefit.