Hi All ; Plants are like amazing mini chemical factories. A critical part of the switch to renewable energy is the reduction in energy demand. As this will reduces availability of long distance meals, we need to be aware of plants which are potential sources of local supplies of important nutrients necessary for good health. The plant which I describe below has 70X more lycopene than tomatoes and 10X more beta-carotene than carrots. Everyone should be aware of the potential of this plant, even if you cannot grow it due to your climate zone.
I was in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam about 6 months ago at the local market, and like I always do, I scanned around for interesting or unique plants and seeds. I saw this weird orange ball with spikes on it, like nothing I ever saw before. The lady said it was for medicine. So, as usual, I bought one and brought it home, without really knowing what it was. After researching it on the net, I was amazed at what I had found. Anyway I would like to spread the word about this fascinating plant, so I put up a simple website. So far I am not making any money from this website (loosing a lot of money is more like it). My friend in Vietnam will send these seeds to anyone, and Vietnam does not accept PayPal yet. Well, umm, technically you can SEND money from Vietnam using PayPal, but you cannot RECEIVE money using PayPay in Vietnam. No one seems to see anything wrong with this. I paid the website registration fee, and I receive the funds using my PayPal, and take the time and pay the extra money to Western Union it over to my friend in Vietnam (10% each time). So I just loose money every time. Oh well. I am trying to get these seeds out to as many people as possible. If at some point I can make a little money, thats fine too. And of course, I have hundreds of vines growing on my farm. Anyway, check out this absolutely fascinating plant : www.gac-seeds.com - my website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gac - Wikipedia page on Gac. http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=153965 - USDA webpage on Gac. Best Regards, Peter G. Thailand _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
