Thanks to Goddess Isis

The legend tells that the Egyptian goddess Isis taught men all the benefits they can find from cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum).

The earliest evidence of humans using wild flax as a textile comes from the present-day Republic of Georgia, where spun, dyed, and knotted wild flax fibers were found in Dzudzuana Cave and dated to the Upper Paleolithic, more than 30,000 years ago. Flax was cultivated extensively in ancient Egypt, where the temple walls had paintings of flowering flax, and mummies were entombed in linen. Egyptian priests wore only linen, as flax was considered a symbol of purity.

It was also still used in the Middle Ages as shown by the famous Bayeux Tapestry.

Since then, flax has lost its importance as a commercial crop, due to the easy availability of more durable fibres. But some producers nearby are resuming its production.

Diversification of crops is a wise evolution and offers us very beautiful landscapes together with good food to bees.