Homeward Bound - Bryn Terfel

One of my Christmas presents was Bryn Terfel's Homeward Bound album. I love this singer and this particular song:

Foodie localism loves farming in theory but not in practice

Photo by Stijn te Strake (on Unsplash)  

As the local food movement grows with every new farmers' market, have the farmers themselves been forgotten?   https://getpocket.com/explore/item/foodie-localism-loves-farming-in-theory-but-not-in-practice?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Trader Joe's compostable bags

Really happy to see these compostable bags at our local Trader Joe's just now:

Winter Solstice

Clean future?

Shop small, shop local advert from Wales

Amazing when you consider this advert cost just £100 to make, compared to this year's John Lewis Christmas ad (£7MILLION).

An Acre of Land (PJ Harvey)

I love this song from the movie "Dark River" (2018):

Shall we gather at the river?

Shall We Gather at the River is a beautiful American folk song and gospel hymn composed by Robert Lowry late one afternoon in 1864, in the midst of the American Civil War.

And another version with Sir Bryn Terfel, Welsh bass-baritone opera singer:

U.S. National Parks in crisis due to invasive species

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Burmese pythons are a particular problem in the Florida Everglades where they are killing off many of the native species. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50633580