Visit of Oil mill HerbersdorfIP GRAZ 2011

Ionela OaneaLeslie SchulteJasmina ObradovicClarence WybonManon Bergez-LacosteTian Ming ZhaoJuan Manuel Castagnini

CultivationThe "Styrian oil pumpkin" (Cucurbita pepo var.

styriaca, also known as var. oleifera).

The Styrian oil pumpkin grows in a warm and temperate climate. They are ripened and harvested in the fall

1 hectare =16000 pumpkins = 400 - 900 kg seeds. 1 pumpkin = 400-700 seeds=0,6 – 0,9 kg oil

These pumpkins have a yellow/green skin and yellow/orange flesh inside. Contain seeds that are dark green and that do not have an outer shell.

Yellow-fleshed and orange-colored pumpkins in the fields show the farmers at the right time of maturity.

Production processSeeds removed manually1L oil = 2,5kg seeds = 35 pumpkins

60 °CLevel of dryness checked manually

Water + salt

100g of roasted, salted pumpkin seeds contain on average:

Calorific value: 493kcal/2481kJProtein: 23.4gCarbohydrates:13.2gOf which sugar:0gFat: 47.7gSaturated fatty acids: 9.5gMono-unsaturated fatty acids: 11.4gPoly-unsaturated fatty acids: 24.8gFibre: 8.6gSodium:  0.02gCholesterol: 0mgVitamin E: 3.8mg = 38% of the RDA Calcium: 38mgMagnesium: 402mg = 130% of the RDA Iron:11mg = 78% of the RDA Zinc: 7mg = 45% of the RDA Linoleic acid: 28.6mg = 300% of the RDA!!

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Chemical composition

Culinary uses…

http://www.pumpkinseedoil.com/recipes.htm

Black oil Pumpkin seed oil looks very dark green. Taste intensive with a little nutty flavour. Used as salad oil with apple cider vinegar. Also a lot of recipes for cakes, sausage, salad, noodle

salad...

Original Styrian salad dressing- 60 ml apple cider vinegar- 30 ml pumpkin seed oil- a little bit salt

Styrian pumpkin soupCut a small onion in thin pieces and then roast it with butter. When it is golden brown add the flesh of a yellow pumpkin, which you cut before in pieces of 20 millimetres. Then roast it for 1 minute. Give water to the soup and cook it for 10 minutes. Then take the mixer and mix everything. Add the spices - I prefer salt, pepper, a little bit chilli currypowder, 3 tbl spoons vinegar and 5 tbl spoons of pumpkin seed oil. Mix everything a second time and serve it.For decoration add some pumpkin seeds.

Seeds: entire or crushed

… and effects on consumptionOne single seed: absorption of one part of the 17 essential

minerals

Linoleic acid: lower cholesterol level

Unsaturated fatty acids: regulate lipids metabolism

The specific components are known to prevent breast cancer from spreading and prostate problems.

A lot of antioxidant against the free radicals in the blood helps to keep young and healthy.

Keep the oil cold, you should not heat it in order to protect the healthy ingredients of this oil. When it is heated it only

tastes good and has no healthy aspect.

Other usesCosmetics

Pumpkin Glycolic Masque –combines antioxidant rich pumpkin with active glycolic to effectively loosen and remove expired skin cells and boost skin cell renewal.

Removes excess dead skinCleans and purges clogged poresSoftens skin for deeper penetration of other skin care

products

Nutritional additive

ResearchCosmetics research.

Can aid skin growth and regeneration, and the research is intended to develop a cosmetic product based on the potimarron pumpkin.

Actual subject: Pumpkin seed oil (Science direct research): more than 1000

answers

Photographed in France, at the Concordance cosmetics

laboratories.

Research

What is Genuss Region?“Gourmet” RegionsJoint event started in 2005 with all nine

regions by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Focus on regional culture through foodLinks landscape to food in a transparent

manner

Objectives of the Program

Criteria of the Program• Material must be of high quality• Raw material must originate from the region• Material must be produced by family farms in

the area• Material must be consumed in the area• Region must host cultural events promoting

the material

What foods are included?Product categories Number of products

Vegetables, cereals 25

Fruits 19

Cheeses 14

Meats 36

Other products 11

How does pumpkin oil fit into this?Meets the criteria…

PGI products Produced and processed in this areaCultural food, traditional culinary specialtyOf high quality

Sustainable agricultureEnvironment-friendly Organic farming

The modernisation modelNeo-classical economics: Farm = Company

Competition with other farmers.Lowering the costs = economy of scaleLowering the costs = specialisation

Mobilising resources through markets Farm versus agro-industries Specific technology

Segregation of agriculture from other rural activities

Farmer = producer of raw materials for agro-industrial food chains

The problem with the modernisation model

European trend:Stagnation of product pricesProduction costs increase

COST-PRICE-SQUEEZE Low margins per unit of end product

How to deal with this?1. Further increase of scale of operation;

intensification of the production2. Alternative development path: RURAL

DEVELOPMENT

Conditions for the rural development modelThe activity must be a response to the cost-price-

squeeze on agriculture. Small scale production, alternative development

path.The activity is to express new relationships

between agriculture and society at large, reflecting the wider population’s needs and expectations.

Local farmers oil mill local population and other visitors

The activity implies a redefinition and/or recombination of rural resources.

Pumpkin multiple products and purposes

The rural development modelShift of the focus: production of cheap food

provision of public goods and servicesNew interrelations

With other farm enterprises Langmann vineyard, local pumpkin farms.

With different segments of the rural and urban population tourism, local social life (restaurant, concerts, shop), connection with the major.

Reducing the dependence on external markets: re-using part of the total production on the farms.

Fertilizer (cake)

Diversification of the farm activities beyond the production of raw materials

Agri-tourism

Production of high quality and region-specific products: pumpkin seed oil, pumpkin seeds; connection with the wine production in the area (store with local products)

Applied to the oil mill: Schilcher countryLOCAL FARMERS LOCAL VINEYARD cake, oil cake pumpkins wine OIL MILL HERBERSDORF

seeds and oil

LOCAL STORE AT RESTAURANT OIL MILL PLANT

+ RESTAURANT regional products

+ Interactions with customers Social cohesion !

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