Comments on: Rapeseed, a golden oil from yellow fields http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/ A piecemeal investigation into the origins of our food Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: George Munns http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-209 George Munns Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:01:56 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-209 Hello Richard. you can get my rapeseed oil in a number of ASDA stores throughout East Anglia also in about 150 East Anglian Delis and Butchers shops/Farm shops. Alternatively you might like to contact me through our website at www.laemunns.com and we will post some to you. Our oil is extra virgin cold pressed so doesn't have any of the transfatty acids present that we are all warned to avoid where possible. Hello Richard. you can get my rapeseed oil in a number of ASDA stores throughout East Anglia also in about 150 East Anglian Delis and Butchers shops/Farm shops. Alternatively you might like to contact me through our website at http://www.laemunns.com and we will post some to you. Our oil is extra virgin cold pressed so doesn’t have any of the transfatty acids present that we are all warned to avoid where possible.

]]> By: Eve Byford http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-106 Eve Byford Sun, 20 May 2007 09:53:58 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-106 Could anyone tell me when rapeseed is harvested. We have just moved to a rural area and are facing a rapeseed field. Could anyone tell me when rapeseed is harvested. We have just moved to a rural area and are facing a rapeseed field.

]]> By: Nick http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-64 Nick Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:09:00 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-64 Peter - Wikipedia is wrong on this one. All edible rapeseed / canola is the result of intensive <em>but conventional</em> (ie crossing plants etc rather than directly altering the genetic make-up) plant breeding to eliminate the toxic erucic acid from the plant. Furthermore, rapeseed / canola is one of the crops that has seen most GM research and development of GM varieties, largely because it's so prone to pests and diseases. GM varieties are available, but they're not grown in the UK. In fact, no GM crops are currently being cultivated in the UK and no commercial cultivation is expected till 2009 at the earliest (DEFRA - http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/gm/crops/index.htm). But GM rapeseed may be grown elsewhere and imported into the UK. Peter - Wikipedia is wrong on this one.

All edible rapeseed / canola is the result of intensive but conventional (ie crossing plants etc rather than directly altering the genetic make-up) plant breeding to eliminate the toxic erucic acid from the plant.

Furthermore, rapeseed / canola is one of the crops that has seen most GM research and development of GM varieties, largely because it’s so prone to pests and diseases.

GM varieties are available, but they’re not grown in the UK. In fact, no GM crops are currently being cultivated in the UK and no commercial cultivation is expected till 2009 at the earliest (DEFRA - http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/gm/crops/index.htm). But GM rapeseed may be grown elsewhere and imported into the UK.

]]> By: Peter May http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-59 Peter May Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:13:30 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-59 According to Wikipedia (not a wholly reliable source, I know) - Canola is a trademarked cultivar of genetically engineered rapeseed variants Are all these yellow fields growing GM crops? According to Wikipedia (not a wholly reliable source, I know) - Canola is a trademarked cultivar of genetically engineered rapeseed variants

Are all these yellow fields growing GM crops?

]]> By: Nick http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-51 Nick Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:43:29 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-51 Richard - most of the producers' websites - see links at http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/05/the-yellowing-countryside/ - have details of stockists. Kathryn - Joanna Blythman, writing in today's Guardian - http://environment.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2060537,00.html - agrees with you, describing rapeseed oil as "dry, tinny, bitter". She also discusses a lot of the alleged negative impacts of rapeseed - high use of nitrates, pesticides etc. Richard - most of the producers’ websites - see links at http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/05/the-yellowing-countryside/ - have details of stockists.

Kathryn - Joanna Blythman, writing in today’s Guardian - http://environment.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2060537,00.html - agrees with you, describing rapeseed oil as “dry, tinny, bitter”. She also discusses a lot of the alleged negative impacts of rapeseed - high use of nitrates, pesticides etc.

]]> By: Richard http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-43 Richard Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:53:59 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-43 I'm sad to say that I've never seen coldpressed rapeseed oil on sale anywhere - does anyone know where I can get it? I ought to have a go. The other one I should try is hemp oil - anyone tried that? I’m sad to say that I’ve never seen coldpressed rapeseed oil on sale anywhere - does anyone know where I can get it? I ought to have a go. The other one I should try is hemp oil - anyone tried that?

]]> By: Kathryn Downes http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-38 Kathryn Downes Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:35:42 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-38 Hmmm, tried this at the Good Food show in London last year and didn't like it. But I am into walnut oil if that counts! Hmmm, tried this at the Good Food show in London last year and didn’t like it. But I am into walnut oil if that counts!

]]> By: Freya http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-31 Freya Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:17:42 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-31 I haven't yet tried rapeseed oil but I used to be horribly allergic to the pollen from the fields. We lived next door to a farm that had rape fields all around so it was pretty rough for a few weeks during the summer. Luckily I grew out of it. I must get some of the oil to try now! I haven’t yet tried rapeseed oil but I used to be horribly allergic to the pollen from the fields. We lived next door to a farm that had rape fields all around so it was pretty rough for a few weeks during the summer. Luckily I grew out of it. I must get some of the oil to try now!

]]> By: The Tracing Paper » The yellowing countryside http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-29 The Tracing Paper » The yellowing countryside Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:31:37 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/12/golden-oil-of-yellow-fields/#comment-29 [...] couple of bold UK farmers are seeking to change this, producing cold-pressed “extra virgin” rapeseed oil from their crops. Hillfarm Oils, of Heveningham in Suffolk, and Farrington Oils, of Hargrave in [...] [...] couple of bold UK farmers are seeking to change this, producing cold-pressed “extra virgin” rapeseed oil from their crops. Hillfarm Oils, of Heveningham in Suffolk, and Farrington Oils, of Hargrave in [...]

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