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Press your own right at home – homemade oils for cooking and health.

The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and photographed, full-color guide to growing, foraging, and pressing nut and seed crops to produce high-quality oils for culinary and other uses. Coverage includes:

  • A brief history of seed oil extraction
  • Culinary and health benefits of home-pressed oils versus factory produced oils
  • Presses and other equipment options for ease, cost, and convenience
  • How-to for growing, harvesting, processing, and pressing nuts and seeds
  • Profiles of over 40 nuts and seeds to grow, forage, or source including hempseed, flax, peanuts, sunflowers, walnuts, okra, and more.
  • Oil processing, storage, and culinary and other uses
  • Scaling up for community or small-scale commercial production.

Whether you want to produce oils for cooking, balms and salves, self-sufficiency and resiliency or for small-scale commercial or community production, The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a one-stop shop to get you started.

ISBN-13: 9780865719637

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Publication Date: 04-05-2022

Pages: 144

Product Dimensions: 7.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

Bevin Cohen is an author, herbalist, gardener, seed saver, and educator. He is owner of Small House Farm, a sustainable herb farm, and he offers workshops and lectures nationwide on the benefits of living closer to the land through seeds, herbs, and locally grown food. He has published numerous works on these topics, including From Our Seeds & Their Keepers, Saving Our Seeds, Salvando Nuestras Semillas, and The Artisan Herbalist. He serves on the boards of the International Herb Association and the advisory council for the Community Seed Network, a multinational education and networking platform. He lives in Sanford, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Preface

Section 1: Oil Extraction: A Brief History

Section 2: Small Scale Production: A How-To Guide

Section 3: Seeds and Nuts: The Oilseed Crops
    Almond
    Brassica
    Flax
    Grapeseed
    Hazelnut
    Hempseed
    Hickory
    Nigella
    Peanut
    Poppy
    Pumpkin
    Safflower
    Sesame
    Sunflower
    Walnut
    Avocado
    Coconut
    Olive

Section 4: Additional Seeds and Nuts for Consideration
    Amaranth
    Apricot
    Argan
    Beechnut
    Black Currant
    Borage
    Brazil Nut
    Butternut Squash
    Carrot
    Cashew
    Coriander
    Corn
    Cottonseed
    Gourd
    Grapefruit
    Jojoba
    Kenaf
    Macadamia
    Mongongo
    Neem
    Okra
    Palm
    Pine Nut
    Pistachio
    Pomegranate
    Rice Bran
    Soybean
    Watermelon

Section 5: In Conclusion: Beyond the Press

Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers