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Okra Seed Oil - Curators:
Chris Smith, Utopian Seed Project.
Tess Desmond, The Princeton Seed Farm.
Culinary:
Jamie Swofford, Old North Farm
Terri Terrell, Utopian Seed Project.
Bite:
Nixtamalized Okra Seed Chip, Daikon Radish, Okra Seed Oil, Okra Seed Chili Crisp.
Project:
Okra Seed Oil is a delicious culinary oil that has already
impressed chefs like Sean Brock and Zoe Adjonyoh. However,
the challenge of pressing okra seed for oil is that the
percentage of oil per seed is low (~9-20%), making extraction
difficult and inefficient. Our simple breeding goal is to
increase the oilseed content of okra through traditional plant
breeding, while also paying attention to flavor profiles and
other agronomic traits important to oilseed production. We
made the initial crosses of higher oilseed content cultivars in
2021 in Western North Carolina and grew out ten F1 lines in
2022. In 2023 we partnered with The Seed Farm at Princeton
to grow out larger populations of 9 F2 lines and the parents of
each cross. Princeton has the expertise and laboratory
equipment to analyze the seed for oilseed content so we can
make selections to carry forward.

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Okra Seed Oil - Curators:<br /> Chris Smith, Utopian Seed Project.<br /> Tess Desmond, The Princeton Seed Farm.<br /> Culinary:<br /> Jamie Swofford, Old North Farm<br /> Terri Terrell, Utopian Seed Project.<br /> Bite:<br /> Nixtamalized Okra Seed Chip, Daikon Radish, Okra Seed Oil, Okra Seed Chili Crisp.<br /> Project:<br /> Okra Seed Oil is a delicious culinary oil that has already<br /> impressed chefs like Sean Brock and Zoe Adjonyoh. However,<br /> the challenge of pressing okra seed for oil is that the<br /> percentage of oil per seed is low (~9-20%), making extraction<br /> difficult and inefficient. Our simple breeding goal is to<br /> increase the oilseed content of okra through traditional plant<br /> breeding, while also paying attention to flavor profiles and<br /> other agronomic traits important to oilseed production. We<br /> made the initial crosses of higher oilseed content cultivars in<br /> 2021 in Western North Carolina and grew out ten F1 lines in<br /> 2022. In 2023 we partnered with The Seed Farm at Princeton<br /> to grow out larger populations of 9 F2 lines and the parents of<br /> each cross. Princeton has the expertise and laboratory<br /> equipment to analyze the seed for oilseed content so we can<br /> make selections to carry forward.