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Solar Dryer Detailed Design – Link

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Some African Relevant Food Processing Stories – 1

This post is a periodic one, that simply lists interesting Food Processing stories that I feel are relevant to Africa. The link will take you to an original article which will acknowledge my source of the story.

News briefs: healthy and premium chocolate launches- Omega 3 enriched and chocolates of origin launched to try [...]

Administrative Paperwork

Have been Spending some time looking for information in the Salornay sur Guye Town Hall (Mairie). Salornay is one of the approximately 36,800 communes in France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the France. It is interesting that French communes still largely reflect the division of France into villages or parishes [...]

French Retail Food – Observations 3

Most supermarkets clearly show the source of their produce in their marking and pricing. The example below is from the “exotic food” corner

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photo by Dave Harcourt (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License)

 

shows the more remote suppliers of [...]

Kiwi Fruit & the Food Industry

Kiwi Fruit production continues to grow in response to the demand for high content of polyphenols, vitamins C and E, and folate.

from: Food Navigator (click image for full story online)

 

For example Italy remains the worlds largest producer having achieved a 9.1 per cent volume growth, creating a market worth [...]

Waste – only until there’s a use!

Waste cooking oil becomes a valuable feedstock and encourages crime. [...]

Excitement in Salornay Today!

A nest of wasps in a house’s roof!

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photo by Dave Harcourt (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License)

 

The whole village seemed to be out to look.

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Three Solar Dryer Designs – Link

Following on the link to a simple overview by the GATE programme of GTZ, the article below gives practical details of three solar dryer designs.

from: GTZ GATE (click image for full story online)

 

This paper presents the characteristics of three solar driers. A 15 US$ tent drier, a 400 US$ box [...]

Besanceuil Dovecote

We first saw this pigeonnier (dovecote) when visiting Besanceuil last week to look at the 11th to 14th century Chateau and the picturesque village.

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What was fascinating was the background. Only aristocrats were allowed to keep Dovecotes, where they raised pigeons, the [...]

Eating Chocolate for Food Science

Basically you have the opportunity to eat a bar of chocolate a day for a year for free and thereby to contribute to food nutrition science.

from: Reuters (click image for full story online)

 

Your chances of qualifying are low as its a study of woman and you need to live in [...]