Being an animal lover requires a very special type of breed. Research suggests that an individual's capacity for empathy and love towards animals is partially "hardwired" in their DNA, with specific genetic variations influencing compassionate behaviour. Studies have linked high levels of animal empathy to specific polymorphisms in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR), and it is also related to your level of intelligence.

Playing with dirt can save your life, or at least improve it by 90%. It would mostly depend on you and the things you need to work on, but we (and scientists) are certain that if you were to interact more with soil and plants, many wonderful things could happen. It can also be one of the greatest gifts you could give to your kids.

Did you know that native flower-producing and wild edible plants, along with bees, share an incredible, co-evolved relationship that sustains biodiversity and food webs? And not only for bees, for all pollinators. They provide the ultimate habitat for all wildlife, and they are the easiest plants to grow!