Wednesday 8 August 2018

New Crops; Old Words


The Inner Hebridean island of Raasay is branching out with trials of different varieties of barley. The names of three of the four have a Nordic ring to them. There's the Icelandic Iskria; the Swedish Anneli; the Norwegian Brage; together with the British Golden Promise. Discover more through the BBC website.

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