Since the outbreak is in the wild - a national park - and not in a piggery, it looks more like infected pork. Uncooked, I suppose.

Looks good!

and now is the time to start feeding the tió.

Thanks. I may come back to you later but I’m busy with writing about the local project at present. I just need to get my thoughts (and interviews) down on paper, well screen, really.

Yes, but we need to look to the future. There are no easy choices when production has plummeted 60% for four years running.

One of the other problems is loss of control. Currently most of the vineyards are locally owned and managed. The project would place power in the hands of big companies based elsewhere.

Here, in the Aude (Mediterranean France), solar panels are seen as both an opportunity and a threat to viticulture. My cooperative winery is planning to replace vines with solar panels and then move the vines to a wetter spot. But will we become a French Almeria, with vast areas messed up?

This means that the wolf is now officially « in danger of extinction » and will be especially protected. Previously the wolves were considered visitors and the species « extinct » (though still protected).

News today is that, for the first time in 100 years a #wolf pack has been detected in the Pyrenees. The two adults and three cubs, born this year, are living in Catalonia, at the Mediterranean end of the massif. A first lone male wolf arrived in 2000. His ancestors were Italian.

The first lone male wolf came back 25 years ago. Now, a pack has formed. Expect things to move fast from now on. @markavery.bsky.social