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Universal Nut Sheller

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I recently found out about the Full Belly Project in a book and really found the niche organization interesting.

Why Full Belly Project?

• Mission: design and distribute income-generating agricultural devices to improve life in rural communities. 
• Notable projects:
• The Universal Nut Sheller (UNS):  hand-powered device made of concrete and simple metal parts that can shell 125 pounds of peanuts (or other crops) per hour. Costs $50-75 to make in a developing country, depending on the price of local materials, and can serve the needs of a village of 5,000 people.  

  Pedal-Powered Agricultural Center (PPAC):  A pedal-powered device that is connected to the Universal Nut Sheller, thus increasing the machine’s output.  Also separates the nuts from the shells, saving labor.

  Electric Powered Agricultural Center (EPAC):  Useful for operations in need of shelling large amounts of nuts on a daily basis. The first has been used by Meds and Food for Kids in Haiti. Meds and Food makes a peanut butter based Ready To Use Therapeutic Food called Medika Mamba to treat children with severe malnutrition. The EPAC has enabled them to quadruple their capacity.

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*it looks like there is a note that their donation page has been disabled, so mail dollars to:

The Full Belly Project
PO Box 7874 Azalea Station
Wilmington, NC 28406
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