Picking out watermelons rivaling yesteryear’s melons | Lifestyle | Quality Sunflower Seeds Kernel

Here’s a festival that’ll put your belly grumbles to rest. SAACA, Local First Arizona and Tucson Botanical Gardens are hosting the sixth annual SAVOR Southern Arizona Food and Wine Festival…

Pumpkins, which local farmers call “punkins,” are difficult to grow profitably on a small farm. They must be farmed on different plots every two to three years, or they can become diseased. Seeds are planted after Mother’s Day in May, and harvest comes four or five months later. Buyers typically want pumpkins only during a six-week stretch, leading up to Halloween. That puts enormous pressure on growers to cash in during a small window.

My fiancée and I traveled home to Arizona in May for a niece’s high school graduation, and on our route, we stopped by Tocabe, An American Indian Eatery (one of two locations) in Denver, Colorado. An indigenous owned and operated restaurant amongst many other restaurants that represent cuisines from across the globe, this space stands out because it represents a real American food culture. Tocabe is run by Ben Jacobs (Osage Nation) and his friend Matt Chandra. They source from tribal and organic sustainable vendors in likes of Red Lake Nation Foods, Ramona’s Farms, Bow & Arrow, and Rock River Ranches.

3. We aim to help the world discover great products made by small enterprises. Products like clay water bottles, sustainable bamboo products, wallets from used tyres and so on.

While American Eat Co. is technically not a restaurant, it’s a food hall with exclusively local restaurant vendors. We hope this catches fire as a trend around Tucson.

Watermelons and their seeds have been part of the human diet since time immemorial. They originated from the Kalahari Desert and spread to the rest of the world. In the times of the Pharaohs of Egypt, watermelons were very popular for their nutritional benefits and ability to quench thirst. Their seeds were thought to have curative properties long before scientists began confirming the health benefits of watermelon seeds. Watermelons were also used in China in the 10th Century for their health benefits.

“It was important to learn day-to-day operations and the ins and outs of running the machinery in the mill,” he explains.

Before I tell you what happened to me the weekend following the sunflower seed incident, let’s talk a little about these nifty little creations. Sunflower seeds are the fruit from — surprise! — sunflowers. The outside shell of the sunflower seed is actually referred to as the hull. When the hull is left intact, the seeds are called in-shell sunflower seeds. When the hull is removed, the seeds themselves are called kernels. The former is usually found in the grocery aisle next to the nuts, while the latter is usually found next to the other seeds used as spices or toppings, such as poppy seeds or sesame seeds.

For India the estimate for the 2017-18 cotton crop is 6.3 billion kg of cotton fiber. If that was grown with this new cotton, that would come with an additional 10 billion kg of edible cottonseed packed with 2.2 billion kg of protein. In none of the news reports that I’ve read has anyone really pointed out how revolutionary it could be for Indian farmers if they could produce the equivalent of a harvest of cotton and sunflower seeds simultaneously in the same field, at the same time, with the same resources. It’s a big deal.

U.S. farmers last year harvested 2 billion pounds of pumpkins, many of which were later carved into spooky or silly faces for Halloween. The economics behind these Jack-o’-lanterns can be as messy as their gunky guts, though, with everything hanging on six weeks of sales. But these and other iconic American holiday symbols exist in an often overlooked economy with hidden pressures and pain.

*I do not recommend using a milk beverage with added protein in sauces or other recipes heated on the stove top or in the microwave. It can produce undesirable results. But they do work well for many other types of recipes.

Sunflower seeds have antioxidant properties and are helpful in controlling high blood pressure, and chest congestion. They also improve digestion, cardiovascular health and bone health. Their nutty flavour makes them a great snack to chew on, and they are an excellent addition to salads, chicken recipes, scrambled eggs or cereal. These seeds also help to prevent osteoporosis, arthritis and asthma while also improving your hair, skin and immune system.