Eat Seasonably and enjoy fruit and vegetables at their best

Eat Seasonably is a new campaign which the Real Food Festival is pleased to support as it aims to help everybody enjoy fresh fruit and veg at its seasonal best.

At a time when many people put the same fruit and veg on their plates all year round, the campaign helps you reconnect with your food and the seasons in which it grows. It celebrates eating the right things at the right time: a crisp salad when it’s hot and sunny, a wholesome stew when it’s cold; strawberries in June, Brussels sprouts in December.

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Eating seasonably means:
• better taste – top chefs agree that fresh seasonal produce is best
• better value – new research shows that eating in-season fruit and veg can also save you money
• better for the planet – growing in season requires lower levels of artificial inputs than at other times of the year

Visit the new website www.eatseasonably.co.uk for:
• Highlights of which fruit and veg are at their best each month
• Inspiration, tips and recipes from Valentine Warner, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Gregg Wallace, Yotam Ottolenghi and more
• Fun ways to remind yourself and your friends of what’s in season when, like email postcards, wallpapers and short films
• More information on why eating seasonably is a great idea for your taste buds, your wallet and the planet

Eat Seasonably is being backed by major supermarkets and small market stall-holders alike, as well as cafes, pubs, restaurants and some of the nation’s favourite charities. These partners will all be helping you navigate what to eat when.

A taster of who’s involved:
• Big supermarkets: Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose and M&S
• Food service companies Brakes and Pauleys, who supply pubs, restaurants, schools and public services
• Borough Market in London
• The National Trust, running their biggest ever food campaign this year with events nationwide
• The Eden Project, who are running ‘The Big Lunch’ on 19th July: the day when the nation will eat seasonably together
• The Appetite for Action scheme which encourages school children to eat seasonably
• Sustain who will be engaging consumers through their network
• A host of charities including Garden Organic, RSPB and the RHS, encouraging their members and supporters to eat seasonably