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<pre>Hi Peter,

No, I don't press myself. I purchase from local Turkish producers and
then pay to lab test it. The only things I produce are essential oils
and hydrosols of rosemary, oregano, laurel, myrtle, lavender, fennel,
sage, anise and a few others, and even then I contract the distillation
of my aromatic plants.

But to answer your other questions, it is pressed. And after pressing
it is pressed again to obtain a small amount of a very low quality
pomace (a second pomace) that is sold for around .90 US cents a kilo to
local soap companies. The remaining residue is dried and then sold for
use as fuel, fertilizer and stock feed filler. Regards, Butch

> Do you do press the pomace oil yourself or purchase it? If you press
> it, what do you do with the solid pressing residue? I'd be interested
> in its uses (if any) in Turkey. Thanks. Peter Warnock
>
> Dept. of Anthropology
> University of Missouri
> Columbia, MO 65211
> (573) 443-4203
> (573) 884-5450 (fax)
> c581927@showme.missouri.edu
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