Fields of Canola.
The Canola plant usually blooms in the summer and is famous for its golden-yellow flowers.
Canola or rapeseed belongs to the cabbage family and it is edible from leaf to flower.
In the past young shoots were eaten as a salad.
The oil from canola is used for cooking and baking at home, restaurants and in food processing plants.
Canola oil also has non-food uses - for example biodiesel and bio-plastics.
Canola meal, the part left over after the seeds are crushed and the oil extracted, is used for animal feed, pet food and fertilizer.
Photographs taken in the Darling area of the Western Cape.