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Sally Strange

Hey hey! Another agrivoltaics study shows that crop yields from fields where plants share space with vertical photovoltaics are the same as, or perhaps a bit higher, than yields from similar fields but without the solar generating infrastructure. There's, like, a handful of these now, at least. This one's from Sweden.

Link to publicly available study is in the article.

#Solar #AgriVoltaics #AgriPV #agriculture #barley

pv-magazine.com/2024/10/15/ver

pv magazine InternationalVertical agrivoltaics for barleyResearchers in Sweden have measured barney yield in a vertical agrivoltaic facility and have found that despite the shade created by the modules the yields are comparable to open-field control conditions, if not slightly higher. Their methodology can be replicated for other sites and crops.
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DoomsdaysCW

Something I would love to know more about are the #ElusinianMysteries. But thanks to the cult's secrecy (and #Christianity), we may never know all the details...

Elusinian Mysteries

There were two Eleusinian rites – the Lesser One, and the Greater One. While the details of these rites were a carefully guarded secret, what is known is that the Greater Rite took place over many days, involved #music and #dancing, #sacrifices of grain and a bull, #ritual purification in a river, and the consumption of a #SacredBeverage that was believed to be #hallucinogenic.
The beverage, known as #kykeon, was made from #barley, #pennyroyal, and other ingredients.

It is analogous to the Sacred #Soma / #Homa beverage of the #IndoIranians. While the Cult of #Eleusius was closed down by the #Christian #RomanEmporers, elements of the cult “survived in the Greek countryside,” into the rites of “#SaintDemetrius of #Thessalonki.”

There were two Eleusinian rites – the Lesser One, and the Greater One. While the details of these rites were a carefully guarded secret, what is known is that the Greater Rite took place over many days, involved music and dancing, sacrifices of grain and a bull, ritual purification in a river, and the consumption of a sacred beverage that was believed to be hallucinogenic. The beverage, known as kykeon, was made from barley, pennyroyal, and other ingredients. It is analogous to the Sacred Soma/Homa beverage of the Indo-Iranians. While the Cult of Eleusius was closed down by the Christian Roman Emporers, elements of the cult “survived in the Greek countryside,” into the rites of “Saint Demetrius of Thessalonki.” Slide background: A dark blue sky with shadowy hills. On the lower left side is painting of a procession of worshippers holding musical instruments.
#Rituals#RomanHistory#MysteryCults
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Scientific Frontline

#Barley #seedlings grow on average 50% more when their root system is stimulated electrically through a new #cultivation substrate. In a study researchers from Linköping University have developed an electrically conductive “soil” for soilless cultivation, known as #hydroponics.
#Biology #Environmental #Science #ClimateChange #Agriculture #sflorg
sflorg.com/2023/12/bio12272303

www.sflorg.comElectronic “soil” enhances crop growthThe world population is increasing, and we also have climate change
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DoomsdaysCW

The real #Paleo diet: New #archaeological evidence changes what we thought about how ancient humans prepared food

by Ceren Kabukcu, The Conversation, November 26, 2022

"We found carbonised food fragments in Franchthi Cave (Aegean, Greece) dating to about 13,000-11,500 years ago. At Franchthi Cave we found one fragment from a finely-ground food which might be #bread, batter or a type of #porridge in addition to #pulse #seed-rich, coarse-ground foods.

"In Shanidar Cave (Zagros, Iraqi Kurdistan), associated with early modern humans around 40,000 years ago and Neanderthals around 70,000 years ago, we also found ancient food fragments. This included wild #mustard and terebinth (wild #pistachio) mixed into foods. We discovered wild #grass seeds mixed with pulses in the charred remains from the Neanderthal layers. Previous studies at Shanidar found traces of grass seeds in the tartar on Neanderthal teeth.

"At both sites, we often found ground or pounded pulse seeds such as bitter #vetch (Vicia ervilia), grass #pea (Lathyrus spp) and wild pea (Pisum spp). The people who lived in these caves added the seeds to a mixture that was heated up with water during grinding, pounding or mashing of soaked seeds.

"The majority of wild pulse mixes were characterised by bitter tasting mixtures. In modern cooking, these pulses are often soaked, heated and de-hulled (removal of the seed coat) to reduce their bitterness and toxins. The ancient remains we found suggest humans have been doing this for tens of thousands of years. But the fact seed coats weren't completely removed hints that these people wanted to retain a little of the bitter flavour.

"The presence of wild mustard, with its distinctive sharp taste, is a seasoning well documented in the Aceramic period (the beginning of village life in the south-west Asia, 8500BC) and later Neolithic sites in the region. Plants such as wild almonds (bitter), terebinth (tannin-rich and oily) and wild #fruits (sharp, sometimes sour, sometimes tannin-rich) are pervasive in plant remains from south-west Asia and Europe during the later Paleolithic period (40,000-10,000 years ago). Their inclusion in dishes based on grasses, tubers, meat, fish, would have lent a special flavour to the finished meal. So these plants were eaten for tens of thousands of years across areas thousands of miles apart. These dishes may be the origins of human culinary practices.

"Based on the evidence from plants found during this time span, there is no doubt both #Neanderthals and early modern humans diets included a variety of plants. Previous studies found food residues trapped in tartar on the teeth of Neanderthals from Europe and south-west Asia which show they cooked and ate grasses and tubers such as wild #barley, and medicinal plants. The remains of carbonised plants remains show they gathered pulses and pine nuts."

phys.org/news/2022-11-real-pal

Phys.orgThe real Paleo diet: New archaeological evidence changes what we thought about how ancient humans prepared foodBy Ceren Kabukcu
#Paleolithic#Archaeobotany#FoodArchaeology
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