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Resources Tagged: Dark Green Leafy Vegetable

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  1. The Value of Weeds in a Corn Field

    2002-10-01 During one rainy season 24 families in a Mexican village and 10 vendors at a regional market were regularly interviewed about type and quantity of weed use. Also the weed vegetation was surveyed and 49 farmers were interviewed concerning their farming practices and costs. All of the 74 weed...
    Wild Food Maize Dark Green Leafy V...

  2. Experience with the Chaya Plant in Kenya

    2003-01-20 Chaya is sometimes dubbed "the spinach tree." It is a fast growing drought and disease-resistant shrub that provides large quantities of edible, very nutritious leaves.
    Underutilized Crops Chaya Nutrition Dark Green Leafy V...

  3. Green Leaf Extract

    2003-01-20 Green leaf extract has an extremely high protein content and has an intense green color.
    Leaf Protein Dark Green Leafy V...

  4. Drying Green Leaves in the Sun

    2001-10-20 A booklet by Leaf for Life called “Drying Green Leaves in the Sun” has some helpful hints about drying leaves and what to do with the leaf powder.
    Drying Vegetables Nutrition Leaf Powder Dark Green Leafy V...

  5. Chaya

    2003-01-20 Chaya is considered to be one of the five most important food plants ECHO distributes.It achieves this rank because of its ability to thrive in both arid and rainy regions, its little need for care or extra fertility, its lack of insect or disease pests, and its exceptional nutritional value.”
    Chaya Dark Green Leafy V...

  6. Eating Green Leaves

    2001-10-20 A few years ago (August, 1999), David Kennedy from Leaf for Life shared some experiences with drying leaves in Latin America.
    Drying Vegetables Nutrition Dark Green Leafy V...

  7. Leaf Concentrate (LC)

    1995-10-19 Leaf Concentrateis an extremely nutritious food used to alleviate malnutrition. The process ofmaking LC separates the protein, vitamins, and minerals from the fibrous portion of fresh green leaves. LC is very rich in vitamin A, iron, calcium, high-quality protein, and other key dietary elements....
    Health Protein Nutrition Dark Green Leafy V...

  8. Kohlrabi

    Kohlrabi is a short (45cm), biennial cruciferous crop (cabbage family) that is cultivated as an annual vegetable. The stems of each plant swell at the base to form a 5 - 10 cm in diameter edible, starchy globe. The broad edible leavesspiral in whorls around the globe-like swollen stem and are...
    Leafy Vegetables Garden Vegetables Vegetable Dark Green Leafy V...

  9. Indigenous Leafy Vegetables

    2009-04-01 If you work in a country that is not your own, chances are you sometimes wonder about which crops to grow and promote. A good first step is to find out what is already being grown in-country. It will quickly become obvious what the staple grains are. Less apparent, and often greatly...
    Leafy Vegetables Edible Leaves Indigenous Knowledge Dark Green Leafy V...

  10. Leaf for Life Handbook: How to Combat Malnutrition and Improve Food Security with Green Leaf Crops

    2012-05-20 Since 1986 Leaf for Life has worked in Bolivia, Brazil, India, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Swaziland, the United States, and throughout the world to combat malnutrition with green leaves. We use the principles of applied ecology to show people how to make the most of green leafy...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Malnutrition Green Leaves