Farmers grow more than 50 million tons of sunflower seeds every year. The black ones end up in our bird feeders, as well as on our grocery store shelves as cooking oil. The striped ones mostly go ...

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, these seeds have thin shells, making them easier to crack open than striped sunflower seeds. “Black oil sunflower seeds are related to regular ...

Large striped sunflower seed has thick black and white striped shells that add considerable weight to the bag. You end up paying for those heavy shells, which the birds discard as they crack them ...

flowering heads of the sunflower plant (Helianthus annuus). These small, flat seeds are typically encased in a hard, black-and-white striped shell. The seeds can be consumed as a whole or with the ...