What’s in Season?

Often I’ve been wandering around the markets and wondered what’s really in season? Produce is so varied, copious and good looking that it can be difficult to tell!

So I have scoured through books and cast them away as complicated, bought gardening books – when I clearly with no garden am not a gardener, in various spur of the moment attempts to find out whats in season right now, at this minute, really easily.

Well now I’ve stumbled across the answer;

http://eatseasonably.co.uk/

A website with all of the information you need, right there, easy to find and clear. YES!

So why should you bother to eat seasonably?

EatSeasonably has this to say;

Better taste – top chefs agree that fresh seasonal produce is best

Better value – our research has shown that a basket of fruit and veg bought in the summer can be as much as a third cheaper than the same basket bought out of season

Better for the planet – growing in season requires lower levels of artificial inputs than at other times of the year

Eating seasonably is also a great way of eating more sustainably. Growing fruit and veg in season requires lower levels of artificial inputs like heating, lighting, pesticides and fertilisers than at other times of the year. So seasonable produce has a lower environmental impact.

Eating seasonably is also a great first step towards thinking about the wider environmental implications of your diet. In fact, there are many ways to decrease the impact of what you and your family eat.

So What’s in SEASON right NOW?

RHUBARB

ASPARAGUS

CAULIFLOWER

SPINACH

CURLY LETTUCE

CUCUMBER

Where do you find this out? On EatSeasonably’s Calendar.