tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6788573446633348491..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Colza paints yellow picturesKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77346038711198841172008-04-08T19:04:00.000+02:002008-04-08T19:04:00.000+02:00"wine glut"Music to my ears."wine glut"<BR/>Music to my ears.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170098781777190491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4429644429592924382008-04-08T16:59:00.000+02:002008-04-08T16:59:00.000+02:00Conventional wisdom in France is that canola is be...Conventional wisdom in France is that canola is better for you than, for example, olive oil. I'm not an expert. But I know I like huile de colza. I've heard of its potential use in producing bio-fuels but don't know much about that. As for vines being ripped up, it seems that there is a wine glut.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-3740717056306466182008-04-08T14:15:00.000+02:002008-04-08T14:15:00.000+02:00I thought colza was old-fashioned lamp oil? And o...I thought colza was old-fashioned lamp oil? And on what basis is canola healthy? I think that might be marketing hype. I also think that most of it in France might be grown for biofuel, and is part of the reason the vines are being grubbed up - the subsidies for biofuel being better than those for wine at the moment (just speculation).<BR/>SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28132166776991780852008-04-07T22:43:00.000+02:002008-04-07T22:43:00.000+02:00Waoh Those are nice pics. They remind me of the fi...Waoh Those are nice pics. They remind me of the fields of mustard plants that I saw along the southern shore of the St Lawrence river going to Gaspe in Quebec. It was in a quaint village called Kamouraska.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com