Bevin Cohen - The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils: Growing, Foraging, and Pressing

This beautifully illustrated book gives us the knowledge and inspiration to step off the train of corporate mass production and to explore a world of rich flavors and colorful oils. Cohen encourages readers to embrace a deeper and healthier, slow approach to living.

Anna Mul, executive director, Slow Food USA

Bevin Cohen takes us on an incredible journey with his easy, authoritative, and nurturing style. This book is a must for anyone interested in food as well as folks interested in self-reliance. Homesteaders, specialty crop farmers, gardeners, chefs, seed-to-table enthusiasts, and curious humans, would all be enriched by a copy of this book held close.

Hank Will, editor at large, Mother Earth News magazine

A must-have for anyone who wants to be self-reliant with their food production, as well as foodies who just love knowing how food is produced.

Deborah Niemann, author, Homegrown and Handmade

Bevin walks you through homemade oil production from seed to press to pantry in this delightfully informative and accessible book.

Elizabeth Hoover, Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley

I am standing in the front row cheering for this amazing book. Cohen understands the facade of modern agriculture, which is really a crisis of agriculture not yet visible in the grocery. This is a deeply important book, a toolkit, a plea, a template. Add it to your library of books that will save us.

Janisse Ray, author, The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food

Beautifully illustrated and photographed, this guide is sure to introduce readers to new concepts and whet their appetite for growing plants with a whole new purpose. Its a must read for gardeners everywhere!

Brie Arthur, author, The Foodscape Revolution and Gardening with Grains

Cohen strives to wrest the production of plant-based oils from industrial processors with this treasury of practical observation and honest, clear-eyed recommendations. There is much learning herehistorical, chemical, and medicinal. This is the comprehensive handbook youve been wishing for.

Dr. David S. Shields, agricultural and culinary historian

Invaluable to anyone wishing to process their own seed and nut oils. It is definitely the most complete guide that I have seen! Bevins detailed explanations and precise instructions are easy enough for anyone to follow.

Jere Gettle, founder, Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company

Homesteaders and producers alike recognize that freshly grown and processed foods, by our own means, have the best flavor and nutritional value. Bevin Cohen unlocks the mysteries of nut oils, one of the last frontiers for DIYers, and empowers the reader with his passion and knowledge to tackle fresh pressed oils.

Julia Shanks, co-author, The Farmers Market Cookbook, author, The Farmers Office

A nourishing capsule of informative beauty that will inspire readers to dig deeper into the alchemical world of plants to discover, and hopefully revive, traditional artisan skills.

Chrissie Orr, co-founder, SeedBroadcast

There is a lot to learn within these pages. Bevin has crafted an easy-to-use guide that is sure to become a frequently referenced book. Discover how simple it can be to press your own oils from the seeds in your garden and reclaim this traditional artisan skill.

Sonya Harris, Founder and CEO, The Bullock Garden Project, Inc.

Intentionally holistic, practical and accessible, the abundant information in this book obviously comes from Cohens depth of personal experience. With clear, easy to follow explanations and beautiful artwork and photography, this guide is sure to be a useful reference for anyone interested in learning the science and art of pressing seed and nut oils at home.

Melissa DeSa, Working Food

GROWING, FORAGING, AND PRESSING

BEVIN COHEN

Copyright 2022 by Bevin Cohen. All rights reserved.

Cover design by Diane McIntosh.

Drawings: Alicia Mann.

Photos credits: Heather Cohen (unless otherwise noted). Page 1: alex9500;

p. 54: bob; p. 69: smallredgirl; p. 104: dtatiana; p. 108: dule964, Igor Syrbu, geografika;

p. 109: J and S Photography, Mara Zemgaliete; p. 110: vainillaychile, Dzha, kovaleva_ka;

p. 111: vladimir18, kitsananan Kuna; p. 112: Amy Lv, lurii Kachkovskyi, seqoya;

p. 113: Voravuth, Evgeny, Virtexie; p. 114: Chris Redan, Yutthasart; p. 115: Jogerken, wasanajai; p. 116: Elena Schweitzer, dolphfyn; p. 117: Elena Schweitzer, Pineapple studio; p. 118: Agave Studio, sommai, ksena32, Dmitriy/ Adobe Stock.

Printed in Canada. First printing April, 2022.

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Title: The complete guide to seed & nut oils: growing, foraging, and pressing / Bevin Cohen.

Other titles: Complete guide to seed and nut oils

Names: Cohen, Bevin, 1979 author.

Description: Includes index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210339241 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210339276 | ISBN 9780865719637 (softcover) | ISBN 9781550927566 (PDF) | ISBN 9781771423526 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: Oils and fats, Edible. | LCSH: Seeds. | LCSH: Nuts. | LCSH: Cooking (Oils and fats)

Classification: LCC TX407.O34 C64 2022 | DDC 641.3/385dc23

New Society Publishers mission is to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society, and to do so with the least possible impact on the environment, in a manner that models this vision.

To Heather, Elijah and Anakin:
thank you for always reminding me to grow.

We live in a land of abundance and plenty. Examples of this substantial bounty can be found in various locales, but perhaps no other place highlights our good fortune quite like the sprawling American supermarket. With dozens of aisles, stacked floor to ceiling, loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables, breads and beans, processed and packaged foods, herbs and spices from faraway lands, household products, anything and everything that we may hope to purchase and enjoy, the supermarket has it all. If we approach the grocery store with the eyes of a consumer, we are thrilled by its diversity of offerings. In fact, many consumers have come to expect this abundance, demand it, and are quick to complain to the stores management if the selection available isnt as diverse and lavish as expected.