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Buying British Fruit and Vegetables
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“No country in the world can beat the British when it comes to growing veggies, especially during British Food Fortnight.” Helen Peacocke, Food Writer
British fruit & vegetables travel less far from farm to shop so regardless of how carbon footprints are calculated it self-evidently has a lower carbon footprint.
Choosing British fruit & vegetables means supporting British farmers whose work helps keep the British countryside the way we want it to look!
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Explore the fruits and vegetables that come from your region |
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As with meat, there are numerous varieties of fruits and vegetables though not viable to produce commercially offer an opportunity to discover a part of our local history as well as unique qualities.
The distinct flavours and characteristics often mean that heritage varieties do not need additional ingredients to make them delicious. For example, the Dunbar Rover makes superb mash potato without the need to add butter and cream and the Lady Henniker apple, from Suffolk, makes a strongly flavoured applesauce without the need for extra sugar.
Heritage varieties are often high in antioxidants: the blue pigment in the Salad Blue potato is an anthocyanin, an antioxidant with great health benefits – and you can make blue chips from it!
Mr Little’s Yetholm Gypsy potato dates back to 1899 and was developed in the village of Yetholm, the Gypsy capital of Scotland, by the Little brothers.
To download descriptions of some of the British apple varieties please use this link
To download information about the county origins of some UK apple, pear and plum varieties please use this link |
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