Canola Fields On History Visit To Farms In Rural North East Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of the bright yellow flowers in Canola fields on history visit to farms in rural North East Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Canola oil is a vegetable oil derived from a variety of rapeseed that is low in erucic acid, as opposed to colza oil. There are both edible and industrial forms produced from the seed of any of several cultivars of the plant family Brassicaceae. Brassica napus subsp. napus is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae, mustard or cabbage family, cultivated mainly for its oil rich seed, which naturally contains appreciable amounts of toxic erucic acid. Canola are a group of rapeseed cultivars which were bred to have very low levels of erucic acid and are especially prized for use for human and animal food. Rapeseed is the third largest source of vegetable oil and second-largest source of protein meal in the world. Rural Fife until the 18th Century was essentially a medieval peasant society, farm buildings were grouped into ferm touns, each with strips of arable, meadow and rough grazing enclosed by a dyke to protect it from the stock that grazed on the moorland. This system was gradually replaced by a process of ‘improvement’. New agricultural principles were based on drainage of waterlogged clay soil, planting of shelterbelts and reallocation of the land to create separate, larger farms. This was an expensive process, that although well understood in the early 18th Century was not generally implemented until the end of the century. By the 1840s almost all of the land had been enclosed and what is recognised as a modern system of farming had spread across the county. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Weather forecast was for the warmest day of the year with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Centigrade. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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