Kay and I were riding our motorcycles in western Oklahoma during the spring of 2012 and kept seeing these beautiful fields of yellow flowers. At first glance we thought "sunflowers" but quickly determined they were not sunflowers. It was a mystery until a few days later when Kay texted a picture to a friend and he told her the flowers were from the Canola plant. We knew about Canola oil used in cooking but I didn't know much about growing it in Oklahoma and how it had seemed to blossom overnight into these huge fields of beautiful yellow plants. I decided to dig a little deeper and do some … Continue reading...