Steve Cracknell
@enmarchant.bsky.social
Writer. ‘The Implausible Rewilding of the Pyrenees’, Nature Book of the Year 2021, selected by Dr Mark Avery, writer and Wild Justice activist.
www.WildingthePyrenees.com, www.PyreneanWay.com, www.laSenda.net.
En català X: @ovella_salvatge.
www.WildingthePyrenees.com, www.PyreneanWay.com, www.laSenda.net.
En català X: @ovella_salvatge.
It seems that it might well be a lab leak!
African swine fever outbreak in Spain may have leaked from research lab, officials say
Authorities say strain of virus that has killed wild boars in Catalonia is one often used for experiments in secure facilities
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It seems that it might well be a lab leak!
I've been looking at another threat -- or opportunity -- for the area, solar farms.
Vineyards or solar farms?
A Mediterranean village faces the future
stevecracknell.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I've been looking at another threat -- or opportunity -- for the area, solar farms.
Since the outbreak is in the wild - a national park - and not in a piggery, it looks more like infected pork. Uncooked, I suppose.
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Since the outbreak is in the wild - a national park - and not in a piggery, it looks more like infected pork. Uncooked, I suppose.
and now is the time to start feeding the tió.
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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.
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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.
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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.
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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?
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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?