Its seeds can produce an all purpose oil for personal health care products like shampoo and soap while its leaves, cakes and sepals can be turned into animal feed for poultry and livestock. Citing studies in Kolkota, India, the department said Moringa's root bark extract has anti-tumor and hormonal properties can help in the treatment of diseases like epithelial ovarian cancer. With its antioxidants, Moringa can also help in treating arthritis, kidney diseases and other heart ailments....

To many, the killing of a horse is just like killing a pet animal, and it was a public protest in recent years that resulted in the closure of the three horse slaughter plants in the United States. The animals are killed as humanely as possible then they are cut up into steaks, roasts and quarters to feed humans in Europe where horse meat is in big demand. The government only banned the slaughter, but this resulted in the plants having to lock their doors since there were no animals to...

Corn lays scattered on the floor around the bagging machine, itself covered by accumulated dust from various animal feeds fed into it over the years from the chute above. The three machine operators stand almost shoulder to shoulder, which are also lightly covered with the dust of the day's feed mix, their arms moving as rhythmically as the compressed air-driven, arm-like pistons of the bagger. That camouflage-patterned, 40-pound bag of Persimmon Deer Corn rolled up the conveyor belt to...

Typically toilet seats and their lids are connected via metal hinges, but this production cell from Bemis, one of the world s largest manufacturers of toilet seats replaces metal hinges with two-material versions (a stiff grade of PP and a flexible thermoplastic elastomer); according to Bemis, the process replaces eight individual parts with just one. Typically toilet seats and their lids are connected via metal hinges, but this production cell from Bemis, one of the world s largest...

Although the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are in charge of regulating GMOs nationally, there are currently no comprehensive rules regulating these crops. Unfortunately, you have no way of knowing if you are consuming products with warped DNA ingredients because the government treats these genetically engineered (GE) foods the same as any ordinary squash or potato. Although the United...

Some manufacturers and retailers, responding to complaints that Chinese-made treats were making dogs sick, are developing feeding instructions tailored to an animal's weight, similar to what is required on pet foods designed to be a primary nutrition source. Some manufacturers and retailers, responding to complaints that Chinese-made treats were making dogs sick, are developing feeding instructions tailored to an animal's weight, similar to what is required on pet foods designed to be a...

The company is shipping Pennington Wild Bird Feed as well protective brands of Wild Bird Seed on CHEP pallets from its Madison, Georgia; Greenfield, Missouri; and Sidney, Nebraska plants to supermarkets, mass merchants, club stores, DIY centers, and garden centers across the country. The company is shipping Pennington Wild Bird Feed as well protective brands of Wild Bird Seed on CHEP pallets from its Madison, Georgia; Greenfield, Missouri; and Sidney, Nebraska plants to supermarkets, mass...

And if we can do that, we are (taking) another step (toward the) survival of agriculture. The land is perfect for wheat, beans and alfalfa; but it s not flat, and he s always looking for ways to cut corners and squeeze every bit of profit he can off the land. He loads the plane into his pickup, assembles the drone, hooks up the GPS, auto-pilot and camera, and with a running toss the aircraft, takes to the blue skies above the Clearwater River. The drone meticulously maps every foot of the...

When foraging on lodgepole pine cones in the Rocky Mountains, they forage most heavily in trees that have cones with a narrow base (making them easy to detach from the branch), relatively thin basal cone scales (which don't hold many seeds but are easy to take off so the squirrel can get at the seeds toward the tip of the cone) and lots of seeds (providing lots of calories per harvested cone) Previous essays in this space have dealt with both red squirrels and crossbills, but there is...