🧀💪A major new UK scientific review has confirmed that dairy remains essential to a healthy, sustainable diet. The report finds that dairy provides affordable, nutrient-dense foods READ MORE: farminguk.com/news/new-scien…

Oak marble gall on a fallen oak leaf🟢 They house the larvae of the oak marble gall wasp & the dried galls are ground to make iron gall ink. This was the most common ink until the 20th century - partly because its bitterness discouraged mice from eating the books 📚🖤🐭🖤📚

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A ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere, 16th century.

Remember how good National Geographic used to be? When I was a kid happening on a stack of these was like finding actual treasure. I used to read my grandpa's old ones, until one year I got a subscription for Christmas. It was like having the whole world at my fingertips.

It would be a Christmas miracle if we could reunite this teddy with their owner! 🎅 If you were on an Edinburgh service today and your little one has lost their favourite cuddly toy, please send us a message. 😊

There used to be art in everything

One hectare of marginal Scottish grazing land: - Cattle: 450kg of beef annually - Crops: Literally nothing, the soil is too poor and the terrain too steep 65% of UK agricultural land is marginal grazing land. "Just grow crops instead!" On what? The sides of mountains? Peat

Serengeti ecosystem: 1.5 million wildebeest 200,000 zebra 500,000 gazelle Countless other ruminants Total: 2+ million grazing animals producing methane for thousands of years. Result: Most biodiverse ecosystem on Earth. Maybe grazing animals ARE the environment.

"Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better." Ray Bradbury Good night

If you invented a machine that: - Runs on grass - Produces high-quality protein - Fertilises soil while operating - Builds topsoil - Requires zero electricity - Self-replicates - Provides 100+ byproducts (leather, tallow, gelatin, etc.) You'd win every environmental award. We

Hungarian Gingerbread Biscuits designs for Christmas by Csatlos Andrej

Or up to a 14 year one if you choose retired dairy beef.

❗️🥚 At Smithfield Market last night, a case of imported eggs from caged hens was photographed, clearly labelled “Not to UK standards,” at the same time the government announced new welfare reforms for England and Wales The contradiction is stark. The UK banned conventional

Happy Christmas from the most beautifully decorated doorway in my neighborhood!

Exquisite Vintage watercolor boxes!

Cattle perform four miracles simultaneously: 1. Convert cellulose (inedible) into protein (highly bioavailable) 2. Transform inflammatory omega-6 from grains into stable saturated fat through biohydrogenation 3. Build topsoil instead of depleting it 4. Sequester atmospheric

If you have a cat, this is how you relieve stress

A black heron using its wings like an umbrella, creating shade to attract fish, a behavior known as canopy feeding.

Snow baths for both Ravens today. I’m sure if I watched other birds as closely I’d see how they all have amazing characters, but Ravens do seem special! I wonder, if more people saw what fun, affectionate characters birds are they would care more about them and their habitats.