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Each season has different minerals and vitamins that have been benefiting humans for centuries.  Mother Nature has designed it so that each season’s food just happens to have exactly what our bodies require to stay fit and healthy.  For example, autumn has vegetables particularly high in Vitamin C, such as Kale, this builds up the immune system to help ward off colds and flues.

In Ireland many of our common fruit and vegetables are sown in the springtime, grow in the summer and are harvested in the autumn.  So eating in season especially at this time of the year is fantastic.

Some other key factors encouraging us to eat seasonally include:

- Freshness -
All fruit and vegetables taste their best and are nutritionally highest when harvested fresh from the field close to where they were grown in their prime harvest month. Buying local also is also better for the environment due to lower transportation costs.

- Tastiness –
Just try the difference!  Strawberries taste great in the summer months, but eating them in February is not what nature intended.

- Healthiness –
Trying new and exciting seasonal fruit and vegetables encourages you and your little ones to get that essential five a day portion in. Try delicious Swede soup in autumn, it’s hard to beat!

Buying seasonally also stops us paying a premium for food that is scarcer out of season in Ireland and may travelled a long way.
Seasonality also helps support the local economy with local farmers and independent stores benefiting from your food purchasing decision, thereby ensuring our next generation is not left with only a hand full of mega stores with no alternative.

In Ireland, it is a shame that most of our children (and us for that matter) have lost seasonality as the supermarket giants dictate the set core, perfectly formed, uniformly monotonous, vegetables that adore our tables.  They have brainwashed our nation into this need for a single large shop a week, which is unheard of in Europe.  Plan your meals ahead and buy what you need every few days, and enjoy fresh seasonal and healthy food again.   Buying organic food ensures you and your family, follow the seasons and reconnect with nature’s cycle.

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Darren

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