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PRESS YOUR OWN RIGHT AT HOME - homemade oils for cooking and healthThis beautifully illustrated book gives us the knowledge and inspiration to step off the train of corporate mass production, and to explore a world of rich flavors and colorful oils.
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ANNA MULÈ, executive director, Slow Food USA
Cohen takes us on an incredible journey with his easy, authoritative, and nurturing style.-
HANK WILL, editor at large,
Mother Earth News Magazine I am
obsessed with this book! A must read for gardeners everywhere.-
BRIE ARTHUR, author,
The Foodscape Revolution and
Gardening with GrainsThe 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, this is a one-stop shop to get you started.
A must-have for anyone who wants to be self-reliant with their food production, as well as foodies who just love knowing how food is produced.-
DEBORAH NIEMANN, author,
Homegrown and HandmadeI am standing in the front row cheering for this amazing book!-
JANISSE RAY, author,
The Seed UndergroundBEVIN COHEN is an herbalist, gardener, seed saver, educator, and author of
The Artisan Herbalist. Owner of Small House Farm, he offers herbal products and oils as well as leading workshops and lectures nationwide on the benefits of living closer to the land. He lives in Sanford, Michigan.
Sommario
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
Info autore
Bevin Cohen is an herbalist, gardener, seed saver, educator, and author of
The Artisan Herbalist. Owner of Small House Farm, he offers herbal products and oils as well as leading workshops and lectures nationwide on the benefits of living closer to the land. He lives in Sanford, Michigan.
Riassunto
The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a full-color, illustrated guide to growing, foraging, and pressing over 40 nut and seed crops to produce high-quality oils for culinary and other uses. Coverage includes growing, harvesting, processing, pressing methods and equipment, storage, and use.
Prefazione
- Co-op available
- Galleys available:
- Long lead, trade publications, and sales reps
- Digital Galley on Edelweiss.
- National advertising
- Hobby Farm, Herb Quarterly, Amazon, Google, Facebook
- National print campaign
- Mother Earth Living, Hobby Farms, Harrowsmith, Aromaculture, Herb Quarterly, Eat, Cooks Cook. Clean Eating Magazine, Vegetarian Times, Forks Over Knives
- Online/social media campaign
- A+ page on Amazon
- Facebook Live event and giveaway with author
- Outreach to herbal and seed & nut associations, garden clubs, homesteading groups and websites, and the many Facebook Groups focussed on herbalism. Live forum on Permies.com
- Promotion on New Society Publishers social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, our blog, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube
- General eBook marketing plans
- eBook will be available at the same time as print publication to maximize sales
- eBook ISBN will be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed
- publisher and author will be promoting both e and p through social media
- Planned vendor or price promotions where appropriate
- Excerpts in
- Mother Earth News, Hobby Farms, Grit, Harrowsmith
- Promotion through the author's website: www.smallhousefarm.com
- Bookseller/Library promotions
- Books are aligned to Common Core Standards
