Seasonal Fruit & Veg Calendar

This website is to help make shopping for locally produced, seasonal fruit and vegetables in Manchester easier, cheaper and more enjoyable.
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You'll find not only a seasonal food calendar here, but tips on buying and storing local produce, interesting seasonality facts, seasonal recipes and can point you to some of Manchester's most sustainable and innovative food projects where local fruit and veg is available and reasonably priced.

As there are so many benefits to seasonal and local food we believe the time is ripe for sustainable food and this site compliments The Kindling Trust's pocket-sized seasonal food calendar, which is being distributed via a number of outlets such as local grocers and community groups.

If you would like a copy of the calendar, have any questions about The Kindling Trust or local seasonal food please contact us

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Make a calendar for your area

The calendar we produced for Manchester promotes local supplier/producers and helps people make sense of seasonal food. Why not produce one for your area, highlighting what makes your area exciting.
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Seasonal folklore

In the UK, there is a much-loved tradition of making and eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, which falls between February 2 and March 9, depending on the date for Easter. Shrove Tuesday ('shrove' stems from old English word 'shrive', meaning 'confess all sins') is the day before Lent - which incidentally means both 'spring' and 'goodbye to meat'.
According to Christian beliefs, Lent commemorates Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness, and observant Christians mark this period by fasting. So Shrove Tuesday was cleverly invented to use up the ingredients that were given up for Lent - milk, butter and, particularly, eggs - which may not be eaten again until Easter.