Instead he promoted more than 300 uses
for peanuts, among other crops such as soy beans and sweet potatoes.
Beginning with the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, farm businesses growing peanuts have benefited from federal policies that increase their incomes by raising the prices US consumers pay
for peanuts. Initially, federal support
for peanut production was provided through paid land retirement programs, then price supports, and then, until 2002, via a quota system that raised the price of peanuts used in consumer-oriented products such as peanut butter.
The farmer may repay the loan plus interest at any time during the next nine months that the weekly posted price
for peanuts as determined by the USDA is at or above the loan rate.
"No one can say for sure if the avoidance recommendation
for peanuts was related to the rising number of peanut allergies seen in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but one thing is certain: it did not stop the increase," Young says.
Decades ago, land was broken
for peanuts with a mule-drawn steel moldboard plow in late winter to early spring.
Researchers may sometimes complain they work
for peanuts, but scientists at the USA's National Peanut Research Laboratory have shown that this is not always a bad thing: they have developed new high-tech grading methods that could dramatically boost the American peanut industry.
The scientific name
for peanuts is Arachis hypogaea.
Porter says the new initiative can help meet an increasing demand
for peanuts through economical, sustainable, and environmentally compatible management strategies.
In 2002, the nut industry asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve a heart disease claim
for peanuts and nuts that grow on trees.
In adults, there appeared to be no increase in prevalence, either
for peanuts or tree nuts.
Considering all they have to offer, it's hard to imagine how peanuts became associated with smallness, as in "peanut-brain" or "buying something
for peanuts." Nutritionally speaking, peanuts are packed with protein, fiber and vitamin E, plus the kind of fat that lowers cholesterol rather than raising it.
Unlike many other food allergies, most individuals do not develop a tolerance
for peanuts but have lifelong allergies with more severe reactions as they get older (Sampson, 2002).
He found more than 300 other uses
for peanuts, including being used in the making of soap and even shoe polish.
chemical companies have been exploring their potential
for peanuts, apples, pecans and peaches.
Approximately one-third of parents said they still read ingredient labels to look
for peanuts. Most of the children only occasionally (once per month) or rarely (several times per year) ate peanuts after passing their challenge.
