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"Celebrating healthy living, friendship and community, ‘#Cawl’ was released today at 12:30pm to represent traditional school lunchtime" Bwrlwm ail-greu systemau bwyd yn Sir Gar! Da iawn #CoronMoron @bwydsirgarfood.bsky.social

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"He added that the continued rise in fine cider, which is usually made with 100% apple, was more likely to encourage preservation of orchards than legislation... You’d only get a change in juice content if a enough ...of the industry is willing to change it.” www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

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A hive of activity: Momentum is building in efforts to save the native 'Welsh dark' honeybee ✍️ Carwyn Graves

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"Because it turns out that the native #honeybee – apis mellifera mellifera – is not only threatened in its remaining strongholds; it could also play a key role in our future for both #nature and £food production..." nation.cymru/feature/the-...

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"Because it turns out that the native #honeybee – apis mellifera mellifera – is not only threatened in its remaining strongholds; it could also play a key role in our future for both #nature and £food production..." nation.cymru/feature/the-...

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Cockles with salt and vinegar crisps to scoop. Name me a finer combo. You can't.

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"Müller’s research indicates that the efficiency of #waterwheels, in terms of converting water power into electricity, can be as high as about 85%" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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🧀 ‘Mae pobl eisiau cefnogi busnesau lleol’ Mae gwneuthurwr caws o Ynys Môn wedi cael sêl bendith cynghorwyr lleol i ddatblygu "peiriant gwerthu caws" yn yr ardal. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/25809

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The wonderful purple tones of young Birch (Fedwen) giving a flush of colour to the otherwise dormant winter tones of the sessile Oak (Derwen). A wonderful area around the Dwyryd, on the flanks of #Eryri and its #celticrainforest habitats (Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd Cymru).

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I have found aurochs fascinating ever since I studied about them in undergrad archaeology courses. The last auroch died in Poland in 1627. I am following the 'de-extinction' Taurus breeding program in Europe with great interest. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe... #foodhistory #domestication

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Pictures that explain things. Trees in Winter (back endpapers) Artist: SR Badmin, 1963

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Love this work by Cegin y bobl, teaching kids how to cook healthy food from scratch for a community hub (and the FM). So much potential for good local food and cooking to bring more communities together.

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Edrych ymlaen cael fy nannedd i hwn wrth @mateoy.bsky.social @calonbooks.bsky.social again setting the agenda with new writing about #Wales in English 👌

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Almost half of Welsh residents don’t know how to cook Christmas dinner, with other staple meals also causing major problems for families, a new survey has revealed nation.cymru/news/almost-...

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His chapter about orchards, Perllan, is as delicious as a glass of cider from the Gwent Levels. #Wales Read the rest of my review of "Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape @carwyngraves.bsky.social in The Niche @britishecolsoc.bsky.social #envhist #bookreview 📚

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i wrote about pie and mash, and our self-defeating desire to preserve foods exactly as they are when they need to change to survive www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/how-pie-an...

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#foodhistory #Ireland

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Did you know that the first written recipe for pumpkin pie was in a French cookbook by a French chef? #foodhistory jamieschler.substack.com/p/tarte-au-c...

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Carn Wen, Llanfairarybryn, shrouded in forestry until recent years, now its intervisibility with other cairns on high plateaus in the landscape lends credence to the idea that these monuments speak to each other as well as their wider viewsheds. #landscapearchaeologywales

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Great article. All part of the bigger picture behind a really tasty movement here in Wales. Great work, @carwyngraves.bsky.social

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Welsh carols, Derbyshire ballads and Cajun drinking songs: the best folk music for Christmas and winter

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Little piece I wrote on the reinvention of #WelshFood traditions... 👇 #BwydCymru

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Little piece I wrote on the reinvention of #WelshFood traditions... 👇 #BwydCymru

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The vast majority of Welsh rainforest habitat is in ‘unfavourable’ condition, with many sites suffering from multiple compounding threats, according to a landmark report that assesses the health of Wales' rare temperate rainforests

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Hyfryd darganfod adolygiad hael o #Tir yn rhifyn diweddara'r Traethodydd @yagym.bsky.social Mae sawl Wncwl Defi ar draws ein gwlad! @cellwyd.bsky.social

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'Unwild Wales’ was my original, slightly provocative title to ‘#Tir'. It was a deliberate provocation – not just an allusion to Borrow’s 19th century jaunt through the country and bestseller on Wales, but also to current hot debates on #land use and #wildlife here... carwyngraves.com/unwild-wales...

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More good reasons to support local cider producers....🍎

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"Another benefit is the three crops: apples, wool and meat. “If you compare a holistic system of traditional orchards, then try to get the same from separated, specialised orchards and pasture, you would need significantly more land. It’s the direction...” wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/is-...

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There are some great expressions for very bad tea: te fel dŵr pwll te nyrs te piso cath te dwybig te main te fel troed stôl te breci te piwc te manus haidd We'll leave you to work them out 😉 (Although ask if stuck) 🙂

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(From the Twitter Archive #1) Deep in my valley is a tree so old it makes my bones ache. There are only a handful like it in the country, and its boughs harbour some of our oldest stories. Yet almost no-one has ever seen it. 🧵

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Ges i sbri yn cyfrannu pennod i gyfrol hyfryd newydd @lowrihafcooke.bsky.social - ryseitiau #Nadolig anghofiedig... // Chapter on forgotten Welsh #Christmas food in Lowri's new boook...👇

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#Afalau tymor hwyr // Lare-season #apples

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"Another benefit is the three crops: apples, wool and meat. “If you compare a holistic system of traditional orchards, then try to get the same from separated, specialised orchards and pasture, you would need significantly more land. It’s the direction...” wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/is-...

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Experimental post! Extract from my new book #Tir: "On the one hand, this beautiful country of #Cymru has a landscape as intimately known, cherished and stewarded as any in the Western world with a unique, native culture that is umbilically connected to the land..." carwyngraves.com/tir-the-stor...

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