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harvesting sunflower oil yourself

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paul wheaton
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July 29, 2007, 09:35:30 AM

This is a fantastic article explaining what sunflower seed to shop for, how to seperate the shells in large quantity, how to make an oil press, etc.

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/oilpress.html


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Leah Sattler
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July 03, 2008, 05:37:45 AM

fascinating. I have considered growing sunflower seeds because of the superb animal feed. I figured I could allow my goats to forage the stalks and leaves after harvest and have seeds in hulls for both human and animal consumption to use as a concentrate. I always assumed that extracting the oil would be too time consuming on a small scale basis. I guess I was wrong! This makes and acre of sunflower look even more appealing! It looks as though the mighty sunflower deserves some serious consideration.


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