Manglaralto, Santa Elena, Santa Elena, Ecuador
Hey Farmers! You now have the opportunity to turn profits with this 2000 tree Moringa farm. Demand is huge in Ecuador, USA, China, Europe……Protein, vitamin B6,C, Iron, Riboflavin, vitamin A, Magnesium, antioxidant compounds Quercetin and Chlorogenic acid. Almost every part of the moringa plant has nutritional value. The pod is cooked as a vegetable and exported to many countries. The root can be used as substitute for horseradish. Foliage is eaten as greens, boiled, fried, in soups or for seasoning. Dried leaf powder can be added to any kind of meal as a nutritional supplement. The seed can be roasted and eaten like a peanut. The seeds can be used as a flocculent to clarify water and as a source of a non-drying and very stable oil, known as Ben oil. This oil, which was once used for lubricating watches and other delicate machinery, is clear, sweet and odorless, almost never going rancid. It is edible and it is becoming increasingly popular in the cosmetics industry. Moringa may also be used in fish and poultry feeds.