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Carwyn Graves

@carwyngraves.bsky.social
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Hanes #bwyd a'r dirwedd. #Welshfoodhistory. New book #Tir All about Welsh #apples #afalau Founding trustee of www.ceginybobl.co.uk

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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
New piece I wrote - seeds of something important here imo #food #bwyd #community @nation.cymru nation.cymru/feature/putt...
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Putting food back at the centre of a farming community
Carwyn Graves At first glance, Luke and Rebecca’s story of moving to Gwynfe, Sir Gâr is little different to many others who have moved to rural Wales in search of a better quality of life. But in thei...
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Climate Majority Project @climatemajority.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
What if the future of food began in the school dining hall? At Llandelio Festival, @carwyngraves.bsky.social and Simon Wrights bold initiative to tackle diet, isolation, and farming challenges — with young people and teachers leading the change. www.ceginybobl.co.uk
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Cegin y Bobl
We all know that food in Wales isn’t working for us – it’s failing our health, our farmers, our wildlife and our rural economy. We believe that the passion and skills chefs that have to take any ingre...
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Nigel Ó Ceallacháin @nigelcallaghan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Very interesting, and inspiring. There are so many ways for people living in the same area to work together and create an actual community. Whether it's an innovative scheme like this, or establishing and supporting community businesses like shops where locals can sell their produce.
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
New piece I wrote - seeds of something important here imo #food #bwyd #community @nation.cymru nation.cymru/feature/putt...
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Putting food back at the centre of a farming community
Carwyn Graves At first glance, Luke and Rebecca’s story of moving to Gwynfe, Sir Gâr is little different to many others who have moved to rural Wales in search of a better quality of life. But in thei...
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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Ymunwch â @carwyngraves.bsky.social, awdur 'Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape', a Simon Wright yng Ngŵyl Lên Llandeilo ar gyfer trafodaeth ysbrydoledig ar ddyfodol bwyd yng Nghymru 📚 📅 P'nawn Sul 27 Ebrill 🕜 3yp 📍 Cegin Diod, Yr Hen Farchnad, Llandeilo www.llandeilolitfest.org/programme/ov...
Clawr Tir
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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Colli fferm fel colli plentyn. Perthynas agos amaethwyr â’r tir. @carwyngraves.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Farmers face one of the highest rates of suicide. This social worker believes the solution is buried in their land
After seeing the farmer mental health crisis up close, Kaila Anderson developed new treatment techniques based on growers’ deep connection to the land
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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 05/04/2025
With apple #blossom season just around the corner (in our neck of the woods at least) now seems like a good time to reprise my article from a couple of years back, 'Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to Fruit'. The story of a single apple, in 50+ photos. orchardnotes.com/2023/03/28/l...
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Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to Fruit | Orchard Notes
Follow the lifecycle of a single apple bud from dormancy to harvest, in this series of 40+ photos.
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Storrington in West Sussex named UK’s first European #stork village www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Storrington in West Sussex named UK’s first European stork village
Village joins continental network alongside nearby Knepp estate, as birds previously extinct in Britain flourish
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Celebrating healthy living, friendship and community, ‘#Cawl’ was released today at 12:30pm to represent traditional school lunchtime" Bwrlwm ail-greu systemau bwyd yn Sir Gar! Da iawn #CoronMoron @bwydsirgarfood.bsky.social
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
"He added that the continued rise in fine cider, which is usually made with 100% apple, was more likely to encourage preservation of orchards than legislation... You’d only get a change in juice content if a enough ...of the industry is willing to change it.” www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
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Save our cider: apple growers and producers call on government to protect traditional ‘native wine of England’
Nine in ten traditional orchards in England have been lost since the second world war. Farmers and cider makers are now fighting for their survival
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 29/01/2025
A hive of activity: Momentum is building in efforts to save the native 'Welsh dark' honeybee ✍️ Carwyn Graves
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The fight to save the native Welsh honeybee
Carwyn Graves “Well over 99% of the honeybees we have now in Wales are not the pure native breed,” explains an experienced West Wales beekeeper to me on a wintery day in the countryside, “but I think…
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
"Because it turns out that the native #honeybee – apis mellifera mellifera – is not only threatened in its remaining strongholds; it could also play a key role in our future for both #nature and £food production..." nation.cymru/feature/the-...
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The fight to save the native Welsh honeybee
Carwyn Graves “Well over 99% of the honeybees we have now in Wales are not the pure native breed,” explains an experienced West Wales beekeeper to me on a wintery day in the countryside, “but I think ...
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
"Because it turns out that the native #honeybee – apis mellifera mellifera – is not only threatened in its remaining strongholds; it could also play a key role in our future for both #nature and £food production..." nation.cymru/feature/the-...
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The fight to save the native Welsh honeybee
Carwyn Graves “Well over 99% of the honeybees we have now in Wales are not the pure native breed,” explains an experienced West Wales beekeeper to me on a wintery day in the countryside, “but I think ...
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Nathen Amin ✒️📚 @nathenamin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Cockles with salt and vinegar crisps to scoop. Name me a finer combo. You can't.
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
"Müller’s research indicates that the efficiency of #waterwheels, in terms of converting water power into electricity, can be as high as about 85%" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again
From the Himalayas and Nepal to Northern Ireland, sustainable source of energy seems to be back in vogue
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 04/01/2025
🧀 ‘Mae pobl eisiau cefnogi busnesau lleol’ Mae gwneuthurwr caws o Ynys Môn wedi cael sêl bendith cynghorwyr lleol i ddatblygu "peiriant gwerthu caws" yn yr ardal. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/25809
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Caniatâd i ddatblygu peiriant gwerthu caws ar Ynys Môn
Mae gwneuthurwr caws o Ynys Môn wedi cael sêl bendith cynghorwyr lleol i ddatblygu 'peiriant gwerthu caws' yn yr ardal.
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Ben Porter @bardseyben.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The wonderful purple tones of young Birch (Fedwen) giving a flush of colour to the otherwise dormant winter tones of the sessile Oak (Derwen). A wonderful area around the Dwyryd, on the flanks of #Eryri and its #celticrainforest habitats (Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd Cymru).
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Gastronomic History @gastrohistory.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I have found aurochs fascinating ever since I studied about them in undergrad archaeology courses. The last auroch died in Poland in 1627. I am following the 'de-extinction' Taurus breeding program in Europe with great interest. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe... #foodhistory #domestication
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The Story of the Aurochs Is More Complicated Than We Thought
New research helps us understand how cattle spread across the world.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Pictures that explain things. Trees in Winter (back endpapers) Artist: SR Badmin, 1963
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Jonnytench @jonnytench.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Love this work by Cegin y bobl, teaching kids how to cook healthy food from scratch for a community hub (and the FM). So much potential for good local food and cooking to bring more communities together.
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Edrych ymlaen cael fy nannedd i hwn wrth @mateoy.bsky.social @calonbooks.bsky.social again setting the agenda with new writing about #Wales in English 👌
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 11/12/2024
Almost half of Welsh residents don’t know how to cook Christmas dinner, with other staple meals also causing major problems for families, a new survey has revealed nation.cymru/news/almost-...
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'Almost half of Welsh people don’t know how to cook Christmas dinner'
New figures have revealed that almost half of Welsh people don’t know how to cook Christmas dinner, with even fewer able to rustle up a festive pudding. The country’s ‘concerning’ cooking decline has ...
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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
His chapter about orchards, Perllan, is as delicious as a glass of cider from the Gwent Levels. #Wales Read the rest of my review of "Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape @carwyngraves.bsky.social in The Niche @britishecolsoc.bsky.social #envhist #bookreview 📚
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Jonathan Nunn @jonathandnunn.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
i wrote about pie and mash, and our self-defeating desire to preserve foods exactly as they are when they need to change to survive www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/how-pie-an...
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How Pie and Mash Killed Itself
Why protected status won’t save pie and mash in London, by Jonathan Nunn.
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Lizet Kruyff @lizetkruyff.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#foodhistory #Ireland
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Did you know that the first written recipe for pumpkin pie was in a French cookbook by a French chef? #foodhistory jamieschler.substack.com/p/tarte-au-c...
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Tarte à la Citrouille - Pumpkin Pie
…highly esteemed by the Americans
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Sara E. Fox @sarafoxwales.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Carn Wen, Llanfairarybryn, shrouded in forestry until recent years, now its intervisibility with other cairns on high plateaus in the landscape lends credence to the idea that these monuments speak to each other as well as their wider viewsheds. #landscapearchaeologywales
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Adrian Lort Phillips @lawrenny.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Great article. All part of the bigger picture behind a really tasty movement here in Wales. Great work, @carwyngraves.bsky.social
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/12/2024
Welsh carols, Derbyshire ballads and Cajun drinking songs: the best folk music for Christmas and winter
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Welsh carols, Derbyshire ballads and Cajun drinking songs: the best folk music for Christmas and winter
As the Unthanks release a new collection of wintry folk, we pick out other seasonal albums full of variously warm, sparkling and sharp songcraft A brand new bumper double album of winter songs kicks off this list by the increasingly experimental singing…
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Little piece I wrote on the reinvention of #WelshFood traditions... 👇 #BwydCymru
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Little piece I wrote on the reinvention of #WelshFood traditions... 👇 #BwydCymru
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 27/11/2024
The vast majority of Welsh rainforest habitat is in ‘unfavourable’ condition, with many sites suffering from multiple compounding threats, according to a landmark report that assesses the health of Wales' rare temperate rainforests
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Landmark report calls for immediate action to safeguard Wales' rainforests
The vast majority of Welsh rainforest habitat is in ‘unfavourable’ condition, with many sites suffering from multiple compounding threats, according to a landmark report that assesses the health of Wa...
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hyfryd darganfod adolygiad hael o #Tir yn rhifyn diweddara'r Traethodydd @yagym.bsky.social Mae sawl Wncwl Defi ar draws ein gwlad! @cellwyd.bsky.social
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
'Unwild Wales’ was my original, slightly provocative title to ‘#Tir'. It was a deliberate provocation – not just an allusion to Borrow’s 19th century jaunt through the country and bestseller on Wales, but also to current hot debates on #land use and #wildlife here... carwyngraves.com/unwild-wales...
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Unwild Wales – this settled country – Carwyn Graves
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The Orchard Project @theorchardproject.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
More good reasons to support local cider producers....🍎
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
"Another benefit is the three crops: apples, wool and meat. “If you compare a holistic system of traditional orchards, then try to get the same from separated, specialised orchards and pasture, you would need significantly more land. It’s the direction...” wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/is-...
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Is cider the ultimate, eco-friendly tipple?
A new wave of small-scale cider producers is coming to the rescue of our diminishing…
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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
There are some great expressions for very bad tea: te fel dŵr pwll te nyrs te piso cath te dwybig te main te fel troed stôl te breci te piwc te manus haidd We'll leave you to work them out 😉 (Although ask if stuck) 🙂
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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
(From the Twitter Archive #1) Deep in my valley is a tree so old it makes my bones ache. There are only a handful like it in the country, and its boughs harbour some of our oldest stories. Yet almost no-one has ever seen it. 🧵
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Ges i sbri yn cyfrannu pennod i gyfrol hyfryd newydd @lowrihafcooke.bsky.social - ryseitiau #Nadolig anghofiedig... // Chapter on forgotten Welsh #Christmas food in Lowri's new boook...👇
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
#Afalau tymor hwyr // Lare-season #apples
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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here's a thing 🙂
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
"Another benefit is the three crops: apples, wool and meat. “If you compare a holistic system of traditional orchards, then try to get the same from separated, specialised orchards and pasture, you would need significantly more land. It’s the direction...” wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/is-...
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Is cider the ultimate, eco-friendly tipple?
A new wave of small-scale cider producers is coming to the rescue of our diminishing…
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Carwyn Graves @carwyngraves.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Experimental post! Extract from my new book #Tir: "On the one hand, this beautiful country of #Cymru has a landscape as intimately known, cherished and stewarded as any in the Western world with a unique, native culture that is umbilically connected to the land..." carwyngraves.com/tir-the-stor...
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