Agricultural waste
In the bazaars of Balkh, Afghanistan, traders sit next to tables laid with carrots, apricots, almonds and melons. The carrots are much like carrots found all over the world, orange and straight. Yet if nature ruled, these carrots would be purple and Balkh would be the carrot capital of the…
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First, gain the guts or intestines of a slaughtered sheep, pig or cow and gently squeeze out as much of the pooh as possible.
Cut the guts into 50cm or 20 inch segments. Animal intestines are very long.
Open up one end of a gut, place under a tap and…
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Hidden inside Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a story of hogwash, tax, a vicar, drunkenness and the Gin Epidemic of 18th Century England.
To understand this it's helpful to know a little of the history of English gin and two distantly related men, the Reverend Walter Jekyll and Sir…
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The current price for bulls testicles is about USD2,000 per tonne. In North America they're crumbed and fried and sold as Rocky Mountain Oysters, Prairie Oysters or Sweetbreads. In China they're sold as "testosterone enhancers".
The only waste product not sold in an abattoir is the bloody, salty waste water…
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In 1856 the USA passed a remarkable law which said it could take control of over 70 islands, reefs and atolls in the Pacific, Atlantic and Caribbean Oceans. By 1900 this number had risen to over 100.
This bold, one sided law leaped into life because of Britain’s monopoly of…
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