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Eating seasonally is kinder to the environment - and your pocket!

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Details: Eating seasonally has dramatic and far-reaching implications. For a start, the food is less likely to have travelled as far to meet demand. Think of apples - in season for a very short time, September and October - yet they appear on our supermarket shelves day in, day out. These apples have been flown over from the USA, South America, New Zealand... By only eating food when it is in season in our own country, we are helping to contribute to a greener environment by saving food miles.

Eating seasonal food also means that we begin to understand our food better, and appreciate the fruits of each season. It is, if you think about it, completely natural to enjoy sweet and fruity tomatoes and strawberries in August; and the more dense and earthy root vegetables such as turnips and squash in January. To eat seasonally is to eat the food we should crave naturally!

It is really tough to get used to eating seasonally, as we have all become used to eating what we want, when we want it, irrespective of seasonality. Here is a month-by-month guide to seasonal food in the UK to get you going:

January
Fruit and Vegetables: cabbage, carrots, celeriac, forced rhubarb, leeks, parsnip, pears, shallots, squash, turnips

Meat, Poultry, Game: goose

Fish: lobster, scallops

February
Fruit and Vegetables: cabbage, celeriac, chicory, forced rhubarb, leeks, parsnip, shallots, squash

Meat, Poultry, Game: goose, guinea fowl

Fish: halibut, lobster, mussels

March
Fruit and Vegetables: beetroot, carrots, leeks, mint, purple sprouting broccoli, rhubarb, sorrel

Fish: lobster, sardines

April
Fruit and Vegetables: carrots, kale, morel mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, rosemary, spinach, strawberries, watercress, wild garlic

Meat, Poultry, Game: spring lamb

Fish: cockles

May
Fruit and Vegetables: asparagus, broccoli, broad beans, carrots, cauliflower, cherries, elderflowers, jersey royal new potatoes, new potatoes, mint, parsley, radishes, rhubarb, rocket, samphire, sorrel, spinach, spring onions, watercress

Meat, Poultry, Game: lamb, duck, wood pigeon

Fish: sardines, sea bass, sea trout

June
Fruit and Vegetables: asparagus, aubergines, broad beans, cherries, courgettes, elderflowers, gooseberries, lettuce, peas, peppers, redcurrants, strawberries, tayberries

Meat, Poultry, Game: Welsh lamb

Fish: crab, grey mullet, salmon


July
Fruit and Vegetables: asparagus, aubergines, broad beans, cherries, courgettes, elderflowers, gooseberries, lettuce, peas, peppers, redcurrants, strawberries, tayberries

Meat, Poultry, Game: Welsh lamb

Fish: crab, grey mullet, salmon

August
Fruit and Vegetables: greengages (like plums), basil, peas, lettuce, fennel, loganberries, aubergines, peppers, courgettes, strawberries, sweetcorn

Meat, Poultry, Game: Welsh lamb, hare

Fish: skate, john dory, crayfish

September
Fruit and Vegetables: damsons, plums, blackberries, apples, sweetcorn, cucumber, spinach, onion

Meat, Poultry, Game: Autumn lamb, partridge, wood pigeon, venison, grouse

Fish: brown trout, oysters, sea bass, mussels

October
Fruit and Vegetables: elderberries, figs, watercress, squash, beetroot, courgettes, mushrooms, marrow, apples, kale, pumpkin

Meat, Poultry, Game: Autumn lamb, grouse, guinea fowl, partridge

Fish: oysters, mussels

November
Fruit and Vegetables: parsnips, chesnuts, cranberries, beetroot, swede, cabbage, potatoes, pumpkin, pears, leeks, quinces

Meat, Poultry, Game: grouse, goose, teal (duck)

Fish: oysters, mussel

December
Fruit and Vegetables: pomegranate, celery, red cabbage, sweded, celeriac, turnips, sprouts, turnips, beetroot, parsnips, pears

Meat, Poultry, Game: turkey, wild duck, goose

Fish: sea bass




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