Rape or Brassica Napus in Latin has a much nicer name in French as we call it colza.
In fact we pinched the name from the Dutch koolzaad which litterally means cabbage seed!
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Fields of rape flowers offer one of the most glorious Spring sceneries as they carpet entire areas and shine like gold in the sunlight.
Rapeseeds are one of the three main sources of vegetal oil in Europe along with olives and sunflowers, two other winners!
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Rape is as its Dutch name suggests is a hybrid plant…created some 3000 to 4000 years ago either by our talented ancestors or just by the inventive Mother Nature…no one knows…
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The original hybrid was later improved by men: the colza-rapeseed for the production of vegetal oil and the swede-rutabaga for its roots.
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The production of rapeseed oil was developed in the 18th - 19th century in the north of France and over the frontier in Flanders.
Rape culture is still widely cultivated in Northern France and French farmers sow rape at the end of summer.
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Rape flowers produce abundant nectar from which the bees make a light colour honey rich in glucose.
Rapeseed oil is a fantastic source of unsaturated fatty acids of the omega-3 family while its extraction provides a by-product, rapeseed cattle-cake, which is a source of protein used in animal feed.
Rapeseed oilalso a recognizedclean fuel as itdoesn't produce methyl ester, but it requiresa significant transformation of dieselengines...
To see more on France and Parisvisit TravelFranceOnline
In fact we pinched the name from the Dutch koolzaad which litterally means cabbage seed!
Fields of rape flowers offer one of the most glorious Spring sceneries as they carpet entire areas and shine like gold in the sunlight.
Rapeseeds are one of the three main sources of vegetal oil in Europe along with olives and sunflowers, two other winners!
Rape is as its Dutch name suggests is a hybrid plant…created some 3000 to 4000 years ago either by our talented ancestors or just by the inventive Mother Nature…no one knows…
The original hybrid was later improved by men: the colza-rapeseed for the production of vegetal oil and the swede-rutabaga for its roots.
The production of rapeseed oil was developed in the 18th - 19th century in the north of France and over the frontier in Flanders.
Rape culture is still widely cultivated in Northern France and French farmers sow rape at the end of summer.
Rape flowers produce abundant nectar from which the bees make a light colour honey rich in glucose.
Rapeseed oil is a fantastic source of unsaturated fatty acids of the omega-3 family while its extraction provides a by-product, rapeseed cattle-cake, which is a source of protein used in animal feed.
Rapeseed oilalso a recognizedclean fuel as itdoesn't produce methyl ester, but it requiresa significant transformation of dieselengines...
To see more on France and Parisvisit TravelFranceOnline