3 ACRE SUNFLOWER CAKE EXPERIMENT IN BELIZE IS SUCCESSFUL!
Banana Bank reports success of their SUNFLOWER SEED CAKE SUPPLEMENT as successful in Western Belize.
The oil was extruded at Reimer´s Feed Mill in Spanish Lookout, The cake is the remainder of the seed, after the oil has been extracted. This cake is 41% protein and suitable for livestock feed.
Some of the high oleic types contain a higher level of the healthy monosaturated fats than olive oil. While that is the current thinking, doctors who made ex-President USA CLINTON lose 25 lbs, of excess weight through a diet change would disagree with that. They say ALL OILS and FATS, either virgin olive oil, virgin coconut oil, or presumably SUNFLOWER oil are bad for your health. They recommended to President Clinton a vegetarian diet, with no meat, no dairy products and a reliance on fruit and vegetables to maintain proper weight and health. They explained in recent television interviews, that humans are plant eaters ( just examine your teeth ) and our diet should be plants, fruit and nuts. We are not carnivores ( meat eaters ) Much of the illnesses experienced by humans would go away and dietary injuries to the body, such as diabetes and heart disease would let the body cure itself, if you ate right.
SUNBUTTER is a new Belize product from this SUNFLOWER experiment at Banana Bank.
Friday, October 8, 2010
To GOOD FRIENDS and dreams!
Dreams - I wonder what they mean?
The wierdest thing this morning just before I woke up at 3 a.m. An old friend came to see me in the dream, ARTHUR HOARE of Coordinated Dockyard in Belize City. He was smiling and looked relaxed and happy. I told him in my dream he was supposed to be dead and he laughed. Nor would he tell me where he lived now, or how. After I woke up I realized it was just a dream.
This got me to thinking about some of the best friends I´ve ever had through life. I suppose I´ve had my share of good friends, though these are few and far between. It is hard to separate the casual friends of short duration, from those who you have known through good times and bad, thick and thin. The real friends were always there for you. Among the best friends I have ever known are:
Arthur Hoare - COORDINATED DOCKYARD, BELIZE CITY
DR. CHARLES COLBY ( deceased ) of Texas - Louisiana,
Dr. Frank Cyman of Detroit ( deceased ),
Robert Smith - Chinaboat of the Winnie Estelle of San Pedro, Belize.
Pete Serodino, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
David Steinman, a childhood friend who lived in Canada and Florida last time I knew.
Each of these played important parts of the best parts of my life experiences and one has to wonder at the meaning of these reminisces when you reach 73 years old.
The wierdest thing this morning just before I woke up at 3 a.m. An old friend came to see me in the dream, ARTHUR HOARE of Coordinated Dockyard in Belize City. He was smiling and looked relaxed and happy. I told him in my dream he was supposed to be dead and he laughed. Nor would he tell me where he lived now, or how. After I woke up I realized it was just a dream.
This got me to thinking about some of the best friends I´ve ever had through life. I suppose I´ve had my share of good friends, though these are few and far between. It is hard to separate the casual friends of short duration, from those who you have known through good times and bad, thick and thin. The real friends were always there for you. Among the best friends I have ever known are:
Arthur Hoare - COORDINATED DOCKYARD, BELIZE CITY
DR. CHARLES COLBY ( deceased ) of Texas - Louisiana,
Dr. Frank Cyman of Detroit ( deceased ),
Robert Smith - Chinaboat of the Winnie Estelle of San Pedro, Belize.
Pete Serodino, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
David Steinman, a childhood friend who lived in Canada and Florida last time I knew.
Each of these played important parts of the best parts of my life experiences and one has to wonder at the meaning of these reminisces when you reach 73 years old.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Belize Papaya an export crop to the USA and growing.
TAIWAN TO TEACH ORANGE WALK FARMERS, HOW TO EXPORT PAPAYA IN ORANGE WALK DISTRICT!
There has been a blending of minds and synergies, between the government of Belize Agriculture Department, research and development and the Taiwanese mission. Small bit extra players, contributing are La Immaculada Credit Union, Small Scale Enterprises investment system.
A 5 acre demonstration plot, as a pilot project is being established for a Taiwanese exportable to the USA papaya variety. The idea is to expand rapidly over 18 months to another 30 acres of papaya.
The country of Belize already has a papaya exporter, Little Belize Fruit Packers, and cannot supply the demand in the USA. The estimate at the end of 18 months is a production of 20,000 boxes of papaya from 30 acres, using water pumped well supplied drip irrigation from the Northern acquifer, below the surface of this district. Little Belize Fruit Packers have been doing this successfully for a dozen years as a private venture. Currently they have been shipping two containers a week to the USA and supplying local markets with the rejects at a cheap price. We buy them for a $1 locally in the Twin Towns of Cayo. They ship 71,280 lbs already. So the market is there for more and the system is known and set up. A WIN – WIN situation. The buyers in the USA say they can buy about 10 to 12 containers a week.
Profit margin is expected to be about 20%. Or $32,000 bz currency to be split up on five acres. Not much, but you stay busy and have cash flow. The Taiwanese are introducing the Tainong papaya here, for the USA market. This papaya is great for US supermarket shelves, packs well, but not as big as the native Belizean variety.
Getting involved are the Taiwanese mission with their technical expertise. The demonstration 5 acre plot is to be a training system for about 50 farmers with land in Orange Walk district. The idea is to generate exports and foreign exchange. There is already an on going plan to access further funding from ICDF in TAIWAN and some other funding agencies to get the other 30 acres to expand the project. While the UK, Europe and USA stand idly by, TAIWAN continues their commitment to developing Belize, for which we are VERY GRATEFUL. Taiwan is Belize´s best foreign friend and biggest Foreign Aid development donor.
There has been a blending of minds and synergies, between the government of Belize Agriculture Department, research and development and the Taiwanese mission. Small bit extra players, contributing are La Immaculada Credit Union, Small Scale Enterprises investment system.
A 5 acre demonstration plot, as a pilot project is being established for a Taiwanese exportable to the USA papaya variety. The idea is to expand rapidly over 18 months to another 30 acres of papaya.
The country of Belize already has a papaya exporter, Little Belize Fruit Packers, and cannot supply the demand in the USA. The estimate at the end of 18 months is a production of 20,000 boxes of papaya from 30 acres, using water pumped well supplied drip irrigation from the Northern acquifer, below the surface of this district. Little Belize Fruit Packers have been doing this successfully for a dozen years as a private venture. Currently they have been shipping two containers a week to the USA and supplying local markets with the rejects at a cheap price. We buy them for a $1 locally in the Twin Towns of Cayo. They ship 71,280 lbs already. So the market is there for more and the system is known and set up. A WIN – WIN situation. The buyers in the USA say they can buy about 10 to 12 containers a week.
Profit margin is expected to be about 20%. Or $32,000 bz currency to be split up on five acres. Not much, but you stay busy and have cash flow. The Taiwanese are introducing the Tainong papaya here, for the USA market. This papaya is great for US supermarket shelves, packs well, but not as big as the native Belizean variety.
Getting involved are the Taiwanese mission with their technical expertise. The demonstration 5 acre plot is to be a training system for about 50 farmers with land in Orange Walk district. The idea is to generate exports and foreign exchange. There is already an on going plan to access further funding from ICDF in TAIWAN and some other funding agencies to get the other 30 acres to expand the project. While the UK, Europe and USA stand idly by, TAIWAN continues their commitment to developing Belize, for which we are VERY GRATEFUL. Taiwan is Belize´s best foreign friend and biggest Foreign Aid development donor.
MENNONITES GET EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE IN SPANISH LOOKOUT
Mennonites continue to lead the country in export processing skills and entrepreneurial ventures.
AGRO PROCCESSING FOR EXPORT takes another step in Spanish Lookout.
About 20% more corn is produced than can be sold locally. CORN IS A GLUT PRODUCT. So the emphasis is on exporting the excess.
Two containers of 50,000 lbs of corn each are to be shipped to Jamaica. The quick goal is to produce 5 containers a week. Haiti is another market and the estimate is 18 million pounds of corn can be exported here.
Product samples in a pilot project are now being tested to produce corn grits and corn meal by the private sector. The world is crying for our agriculture processed products. The Mennonites imported some machinery from Brazil to do the grits and corn meal production.
Not all corn varieties are suitable for export. Only two or three of the ten or so varieties of corn grown in the Spanish Lookout area are suitable. Pioneer´s 30F80 is one such variety. This particlar one has the hard kernals and orange color required for processing through machinery. The softer corn varieties lose too much during the processing line system. One of the things needed is a smaller amount of germ and larger amount of the harder kernal ( endosperm) in corn varieties.
Southerners in the USA eat a fine grits. The Caribbean community likes a coarser type of grit. The Miami market now has a lot of Caribbean people and they like our coarse type of grit from here. So particle size is a factor. Lots of tricks and nuances in any business, you can only learn from hands on experimentation. Which is expensive in labor costs and time. This sort of thing is supposed to be a function of the Research and Development department of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Like most bureaucracies they are waaay behind the learning curve and often don´t even know how to ask the right questions. The private sector is leading them around by the nose, while the bureaucrats scramble to catch up and justify their pay. It hasn´t helped that the politicians have squandered our fiscal resources over the decades since Independence. All these youths graduating from tertiary education are going to be looking for entrepreneurial ideas and it is the role of our Research and Development department in the Ministry of Natural Resources to stay ahead of the learning curve, fueling our export capability and growth of GDP.
AGRO PROCCESSING FOR EXPORT takes another step in Spanish Lookout.
About 20% more corn is produced than can be sold locally. CORN IS A GLUT PRODUCT. So the emphasis is on exporting the excess.
Two containers of 50,000 lbs of corn each are to be shipped to Jamaica. The quick goal is to produce 5 containers a week. Haiti is another market and the estimate is 18 million pounds of corn can be exported here.
Product samples in a pilot project are now being tested to produce corn grits and corn meal by the private sector. The world is crying for our agriculture processed products. The Mennonites imported some machinery from Brazil to do the grits and corn meal production.
Not all corn varieties are suitable for export. Only two or three of the ten or so varieties of corn grown in the Spanish Lookout area are suitable. Pioneer´s 30F80 is one such variety. This particlar one has the hard kernals and orange color required for processing through machinery. The softer corn varieties lose too much during the processing line system. One of the things needed is a smaller amount of germ and larger amount of the harder kernal ( endosperm) in corn varieties.
Southerners in the USA eat a fine grits. The Caribbean community likes a coarser type of grit. The Miami market now has a lot of Caribbean people and they like our coarse type of grit from here. So particle size is a factor. Lots of tricks and nuances in any business, you can only learn from hands on experimentation. Which is expensive in labor costs and time. This sort of thing is supposed to be a function of the Research and Development department of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Like most bureaucracies they are waaay behind the learning curve and often don´t even know how to ask the right questions. The private sector is leading them around by the nose, while the bureaucrats scramble to catch up and justify their pay. It hasn´t helped that the politicians have squandered our fiscal resources over the decades since Independence. All these youths graduating from tertiary education are going to be looking for entrepreneurial ideas and it is the role of our Research and Development department in the Ministry of Natural Resources to stay ahead of the learning curve, fueling our export capability and growth of GDP.
TROPICAL AGRICULTURE KNOWLEDGE STILL IN INFANCY IN BELIZE.
ORGANIC FARMING REQUIRES COMPANION PLANTS!
There are lots of information for temperate zone vegetables and plants, but little or nothing is known about our local tropical conditions for companion plants.
One method is corn, beans and squash. A few weeks after corn is growing, you can start beans around the base of the corn, around these, you can grow squash in a circle.
The reason for companion plants is to fight diseases and insects in particular. In ORGANIC GROWING, this is the only method you have to control the production. In temperate zones PEPPERS and TOMATOES are companion plants. Whether that will hold true in our lowland tropics is not yet known. Cucumbers and carrots go together well.
Marigolds are great for suppressing nematodes. The poultry industry can use marigold seeds for feed. If you do crop rotation, you need to be aware of these things.
There are lots of information for temperate zone vegetables and plants, but little or nothing is known about our local tropical conditions for companion plants.
One method is corn, beans and squash. A few weeks after corn is growing, you can start beans around the base of the corn, around these, you can grow squash in a circle.
The reason for companion plants is to fight diseases and insects in particular. In ORGANIC GROWING, this is the only method you have to control the production. In temperate zones PEPPERS and TOMATOES are companion plants. Whether that will hold true in our lowland tropics is not yet known. Cucumbers and carrots go together well.
Marigolds are great for suppressing nematodes. The poultry industry can use marigold seeds for feed. If you do crop rotation, you need to be aware of these things.
BELIZE GOVERNMENT SLAMS DOWN WITH REGULATIONS ON CITRUS NURSERIES
BELIZE GOVERNMENT SLAMS DOWN ON CITRUS WITH A VENGEANCE.
HLB disease is sweeping citrus groves in Belize. This is called Huanglongbing a very serious bacterial disease of citrus.
ALL CITRUS NURSERIES must now be certified. The controlling agency is CREI. The licensing authority is BCCP, as mandated under Chapter 211 Laws of Belize. Application forms are available for nurseries at CREI. The permit is going to cost you a $100, and an inspection for compliance.
The disease is effecting the ability of citrus trees to feed their leaves and fruit from the roots. Alternative, but more expensive spraying food for the leaves is talked about, but unlikely to be done. Sick trees must be cut down.
Nursery citrus plants must now be grown under psyllid-proof screen. The psyllid is an insect that spreads the HLB disease.
The whole citrus industry is under threat. Small as it is, we produce about 5 million pounds of citrus a year. The new factory can handle double that volume.
HLB disease is sweeping citrus groves in Belize. This is called Huanglongbing a very serious bacterial disease of citrus.
ALL CITRUS NURSERIES must now be certified. The controlling agency is CREI. The licensing authority is BCCP, as mandated under Chapter 211 Laws of Belize. Application forms are available for nurseries at CREI. The permit is going to cost you a $100, and an inspection for compliance.
The disease is effecting the ability of citrus trees to feed their leaves and fruit from the roots. Alternative, but more expensive spraying food for the leaves is talked about, but unlikely to be done. Sick trees must be cut down.
Nursery citrus plants must now be grown under psyllid-proof screen. The psyllid is an insect that spreads the HLB disease.
The whole citrus industry is under threat. Small as it is, we produce about 5 million pounds of citrus a year. The new factory can handle double that volume.
QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO WANTS MORE IMPORTS FROM BELIZE
QUINTANA ROO FIRM IN MEXICO, NORTH OF OUR BORDERF SEEKS MORE BELIZE AGRO-PROCESSED FINISHED PRODUCTS
Operadora las Tortugas located in Akumel, Quintanoo Roo about 150 miles North of our border are seeking MORE BELIZEAN processed food products for their growing populations and markets.
Essentially, they have a niche market for Belize Food products, that are QUALITY and fair priced. You can enquire at e mail: mexicanside@optortugas.com speak to Roberta Rivas. His phone is 00 52 984 875 9068
He is looking for chocolates, organic peanuts, organic black pepper, habanero or other chile sauces ( they like them HOT! ), special soaps and herbs. Make your stuff QUALITY and prettily packaged. There are some exportation documents required. Import documentation for Mexico is going to be in the next Agro Report published in Cayo District, Belize. ( a quarterly publication ) ( editor@belizeagreport.com )
Operadora las Tortugas located in Akumel, Quintanoo Roo about 150 miles North of our border are seeking MORE BELIZEAN processed food products for their growing populations and markets.
Essentially, they have a niche market for Belize Food products, that are QUALITY and fair priced. You can enquire at e mail: mexicanside@optortugas.com speak to Roberta Rivas. His phone is 00 52 984 875 9068
He is looking for chocolates, organic peanuts, organic black pepper, habanero or other chile sauces ( they like them HOT! ), special soaps and herbs. Make your stuff QUALITY and prettily packaged. There are some exportation documents required. Import documentation for Mexico is going to be in the next Agro Report published in Cayo District, Belize. ( a quarterly publication ) ( editor@belizeagreport.com )
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