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  • From: "Fellows, Brian" <brian_fellows AT tempe.gov>
  • To: 'market farming' <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: market-farming digest: April 24, 2000
  • Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:12:03 -0700


I think papaine is also found in papayas. Is this the same as papao?

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market farming Digest for Monday, April 24, 2000.

1. Papain
2. papain
3. Re: Does anybody have any info on enzymes....?
4. Re: FW: anti herb legislation (fwd)
5. Anybody got info on hormones...?
6. Presentation to town council
7. Re: Presentation to town council

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Subject: Papain
From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta <gutierrez-lagatta AT home.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 01:41:25 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1


> Hi, well I am trying to find out about this enzyme
> called papaine. all i know about it is that it is used
> in making pharmacuetical drugs and used in many other
> actions. It is also extracted from the Papao fuit. i
> would like anybody , if they have the info, to help me
> on how to manage and produce it, and any info on the
> machinery used.

I have an old (1950s) Florida gardening book which refers to milking the
sap from the papaya trees by making shallow cuts on the trunks. This
milk is then dried to produce the papaine. Whether it needs any
additional separation or extraction I can't tell you.

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Subject: papain
From: Marie Kamphefner <kampy AT grm.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:10:43 -0500
X-Message-Number: 2

According to my 1971 version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica under the
heading PAPAYA:

" . . .The unripe fruit, as well as other parts of the plant, contains a
milky juice, in which is present a protein-digesting enzyme known as
papain, which greatly resembles the animal enzyme pepsin in its digestive
action. It is usually obtained by scarifying green fruits while they are
still on the plant. After the juice exudes and coagulates, it is scraped
off and dried, to be used in the preparation of various remedies for
indigestion and in the manufacture of meat tenderizers. Its value has long
been recognized in the tropics, where it is a common practice to leave
tough chickens or other meat wrapped in papaya leaves overnight before
cooking, or even to rub them with the juice of the papaya to render them
more tender."

I wish I could be of more help.

Marie in Missouri


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Subject: Re: Does anybody have any info on enzymes....?
From: "Ava Devenport" <essenheal AT iname.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:10:10
X-Message-Number: 3

Joseph:

Enzymes are often broken down into two main categories, digestive enzymes
(amylase, protease, lipase) and metabolic enzymes (SOD, catalase). To
date, scientists are unable to manufacture enzymes synthetically and most
commercial enzyme products on the shelf are made from animal enzymes,
others are extracted from a type of fungus called aspergillus.

Enzymes are extremely sensitive to heat and temp. of 118 degrees and above
will desrtoy most enzymes in food, so to obtain enzymes in the diet, one
must eat raw foods. Plant sources are an excellant source of enzymes.

The enzyme papain extracted from papaya is a proteolytic enzyme (digestive)
and should be taken after meals, unless you are eating processed and/or
cooked foods, in which case it is best to take them during the meal.
Protease is found naturally in the stomach, pancreatic and intestinal
juices and helps to digest protein. As we grow older, the body's ability
to produce enzymes decreases and malabsorption of nutrients, tissue
breakdown and chronic health conditions increase.

You can make your own digestive enzymes by drying the papaya seeds, put
them in a coffee or herb grinder and sprinkle them over your food. They
have a nice peppery flavor. Liquid enzyme from the papaya stem can be
refrigerated, but powder and capsule forms should not, as they are
susceptible to moisture. Store them in a cool, dry place.

The strained pulp of the papaya also makes an excellant facial mask, as the
cosmetic properties of papain (a protein digesting enzyme) help dissolve
the dead outer layer of skin revealing the new layer beneath. It also
helps restore the skin's natural pH level.

The leaves can be used fresh or dried and crushed as an exfolliating skin
scrub. They are also an excellent meat tenderizer when the meat is wrapped
in the leaves and were used in this fashion by the Native Americans.

The papaya as a food (also considered an herb) has an unsurpassed
nutritional value. Richer in nutrients than any other fruit it also
contains an abundance of vitamins A,C,D,E and K, the minerals calcium,
phosphorus and iron, along with amyolytic enzyme, caricin, myrosin, and
peptidase. The papaya contains hardly any starch , is made up of simple
sugars that are readily absorbed into the bloodstream (already broken down)
and can be tolerated by the stomach when other foods cannot. It cuts
excessive mucoid formation in the digestive tract, helps cleanse the
intestinal tract of decayed matter, protects against bad breath, offensive
body ordors and cleanses the teeth and mouth.

It's the near perfect product as far as I can tell, plant it, care for it,
harvest it and sometime during the season, decide how your going to use it.
It would seem a waste to cultivate it only for the seed to get the enzyme,
maybe you could get someone else to work along with you so that the whole
fruit is utilized in some manner, market it locally perhaps already sliced
and packaged, minus the seeds.

Blessings,
Ava

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Subject: Re: FW: anti herb legislation (fwd)
From: "Ava Devenport" <essenheal AT iname.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:23:36
X-Message-Number: 4

As an herbalist, Naturopath and cultivator of native medicinals, this is
also of utmost importance to me. And, as 'most' plants, trees, bushes,
vegetables, grains, nuts and fruits ARE herbs, it should be of utmost
importance to ALL of us, as legislation of this type could be our undoing.

Imagine that it could be 'illegal' one day to plant your own garden for
food or drink. Frightening thought.

Blessings,
Ava

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Subject: Anybody got info on hormones...?
From: Joseph Abboud <entamdiv AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:43:59 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 5

Hi,
First i would like to thank everybody that contributed
to info on my last mail about enzymes, they really
helped. Though i do have one other problem, i need to
know about if there is any hormone that enables a
chicken to produce eggs at a faster rate, and/or
produces better quality healthier eggs. you see we are
planning on starting a chicken farm, only for
producing eggs and then sale of the eggs. We r in
need of such hormones.

thank you,
Joseph Abboud

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Subject: Presentation to town council
From: "Eric johnson" <akjedj AT gamewood.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:05:55 -0400
X-Message-Number: 6

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their benefit if they allow me to organize a farmers market on the trade =
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want except on the "trade day" when there is a booth rental fee.=20

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the booths filled the night before.

thanks,
Amy K. Johnson
Johnsons' Produce Patch
Long Island, VA
akjedj AT gamewood.net




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Subject: Re: Presentation to town council
From: cappy AT harborside.com
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:10:27 -0700
X-Message-Number: 7

Quoting Eric johnson <akjedj AT gamewood.net>:

> <Try www.openair.org. I have been involved with a
farmers' market in > New
> <London, CT and have also worked for muncipal
government. I have my > files in
> <storage including an article about downtown
development and farmers'
> <markets. Let me know if I can be of any help. Mike
Rosenkrantz
>
> Thanks for your response, Mike. I appreciate it. I
wonder if you might > have anything on the benefits of
a farmers market to the surrounding > businesses? I
need to convince the town council that it would be to >
their benefit if they allow me to organize a farmers
market on the trade > lot versus merely letting
farmers sell there for free whenever they > want except
on the "trade day" when there is a booth rental fee.
>
> This would allow for better public awareness and
hopefully better sales > since the buyers and sellers
would have a better chance of being there > at the same
time. also then maybe we could work on a system of
reserving > booth space. The trade day is all first-
come-first-served, with most of > the booths filled the
night before.
>
> thanks,
> Amy K. Johnson
> Johnsons' Produce Patch
> Long Island, VA
> akjedj AT gamewood.net
>
>
>
>
Hello,

Small world. I just wrote my marketing column ("Fresh
New Ideas" in The Capital Press Agriculture Weekly -
Salem, Oregon) on how a farmers market can boost the
economic development of a community.

Wrote about the coastal town of Newport, Oregon. They
needed an attraction to generate visibility, income,
etc.
(they're the town where Keiko (Free Willy Killer Whale)
lived at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. He moved to the
waters ofIceland in 1998, and since then, the economy
in Newport has faltered.

It was the Economic Development director at the Greater
Newport Chamber of Commerce, Lisa Noah, who saw the
need and came up with moving the farmers market to a
high visibility parking lot right on Highway 101.
The market had wanted to move for years, but had no
luck in getting through the red tape.

Together, the Chamber, the City Council, local
merchants and the farmers market were able to get
permission from the National Guard Armonry and the City
Hall to use their parking lot on Saturdays.

The mayor went over and chatted with the powers that
be, and came back with a yes. It took a few council
meetings to jump through a couple hoops (logistics)
and it was agreed on very successfully.

You might want to contact Lisa Noah to learn more at
541 265-8801. That community realized just how vital
the market is to the economy.

Working together works miracles.

Good luck.

Cappy Tosetti on the Oregon Coast.

www.bumpercropmarketing.com



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