Strawberries in March? Asparagus in October? All year round these fruit and vegetables are available in the supermarket, even if that means they had to be shipped over 3,000 kilometres to get there. We can eat these/those fruits and vegetables all year if we want!

But what happens to the quality?

Did you ever try a seasonal and ‘local grown’ tomato and a tomato grown in a warehouse or shipped long distance? Then you probably know what I am talking about! They differ in taste! Seasonal fruit and vegetables are usually much tastier than their ‘brothers’ arriving from destinations far away.

Seasonal fruits and vegetables get the right amount of air, rain and sun to make them ripe and delicious!
Buying fruits and vegetables OUT of season means long shipping times and fuel costs. They spend many days in transit, all the while losing some of the key nutrients and flavors. Can you imagine what happens with them before they end up in the supermarket? Well to give you an idea here an overview:

 

From the moment they get picked they travel from processing centers to coldhouses. Then they are transported before they finally arrive in the supermarket…and YET they are still not on your plate!

So why not buying more seasonal and local food? Better tasting and better for the environment!

Do you want to know which fruits and vegetables are growing this time of the month? I looked it up for you:

Seasonal veggies october:
Garlic, beets, chard, artichokes, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, sprouts, cabbage, onions, beans, green beans, broad beans, fennel, lettuce, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, leeks, parsley, radicchio, radish , celery, spinach, pumpkin and zucchini.

Seasonal fruits october:
Permissons, clementines, kiwi’s, raspberries, lemons, apples, pears and grapes.