28/11/2025
What is seasonal eating? 🍁
Eating seasonally means eating foods that are naturally harvested at that time of year, such as strawberries in June and cauliflower in November. This usually goes hand in hand with eating local produce and is also better for the planet.
Why should we eat seasonally? 🍎🥦🌽
Taste & Nutrition - fruit & veg are at their tastiest when they’ve just been picked. Foods that are grown and consumed during their appropriate season are more nutritionally dense - a broccoli grown in the autumn has a higher vitamin C content than one grown in the spring.
Value - lower production costs and abundant crops helps keep the price down. Buying fruit & veg in season can be a third cheaper than out of season.
Planet - eating seasonally is a great way of eating sustainably. Out of season produce means flying it from overseas or using intensive farming methods with artificial heating, lighting & pesticides, both use lots of resources and come with a huge carbon footprint.
