Edible-Alpha® Podcast

Edible-Alpha® Podcast


Innovation and Differentiation Drive Success for Century Sun Oil

February 06, 2020

After market forces made large-scale vegetable production tough, the Johnsons began growing organic sunflowers and making a high-oleic food-grade oil from their seeds. No longer farming flowers, they now focus solely on cold-pressing, filtering and selling the unrefined oil at retail and in bulk to restaurants, cosmetics companies and animal farmers. This podcast showcases innovation in organic agriculture and how creating a unique product can open up unexpected markets.