IKEA released a “new meatball”, but no one can eat it

When entering the IKEA store, of course, it is essential to try all kinds of sofas and chairs in the well-arranged sample rooms of IKEA, hug elephants, golden retrievers and dinosaurs in the plush doll area, and look at the new products in the tableware area. Style Plates Cups And Dishes. And the one in the "Nine Bends and Eighteen Bends" shopping mall and turned into that fragrant IKEA restaurant.

In the IKEA restaurant, the most classic dish is the Swedish-style meatballs with a mini flag. Many people who have been to IKEA must have tasted this wonderful combination of meatballs and jam. Some people Some people think it's a "dark food" that is good to taste only once, and some people think it's delicious.

Although everyone's taste is different, this new "meatball" from IKEA Denmark can make people's taste unify. Because this is a dish that humans cannot enjoy, but food for hungry insects.

As more and more areas embark on the road of urbanization, the natural habitat of animals is gradually eroded, like a mowed lawn, without a variety of plants, there is no hiding place for insects. Losing space to live, coupled with climate change, inevitably takes a hit to biodiversity, such as a decline in insect populations.

According to the WWF, only 1 to 2 percent of Denmark's natural environment is actually wild, putting thousands of animal species at risk of extinction. To raise awareness of the lack of wild habitat for insects, and to provide food for insects that are going through a tough time, IKEA Denmark has teamed up with WWF World Wide Fund for Nature to create the new "meatballs".

This ball is actually a seed ball (Fröbullar, literally translated as "seed bun"), and when the smallest inhabitants on earth need more space, every square meter counts. Unlike regular seeds that require gardening skills to grow, these meatball-shaped seed balls can be grown in the garden or in pots on the balcony.

IKEA Denmark's seed balls contain corn cockles, chamomil and poppies, but only 7,500 kits are available and are exclusively for members of the IKEA Family Club loyalty program. It doesn't matter if you can't buy it, you can make your own seed balls (Fröbullar) according to the tutorial on the official website of IKEA Denmark.

To make 6 seed balls you will need 3 dl clay or clay meal (dl is volume unit deciliters, 1 dl = 0.1 liter); 2 dl compost or other garden soil; 0.5 dl wildflower seeds (seeds in Fröbullar must be local , which is best for biodiversity), about 1.5 liters of water.

Once the clay, soil and water have been thoroughly mixed, this dollop of mixture can be divided into 6 parts and rolled into balls. Punch a hole in the center of the spherical Fröbullar and fill it with the prepared wild seeds, then place the hole Close the Fröbullar and let it dry for a few days, then place the Fröbullar in the garden, balcony or other space where there is space, and finally water them and wait for the "big meal" of the insects.

Planting these seed balls in your own space is not enough to "wild" the environment again (re-wild), but it may also provide a temporary resting place for insects. If you don't have a backyard, it doesn't matter. in the flowerpot.

In addition to the "hidden benefit" that could boost IKEA's turnover, the project is also part of IKEA's climate change mitigation plan. Not only that, but IKEA Denmark is also reimagining the space around its stores in Denmark: it plans to replace the lawn with a hotel of wild plants, flowers and insects, hoping to make Denmark even more "wild".

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