What has happened to our choice of different varieties of fruit and vegetables? Clive has found that thousands of varieties of fruit and vegetables have disappeared from our shops since modern farming has driven the market. Is it sustainable? Is this what we want as consumers? Leave your comments here.
Personal Memories of Lady Eve Balfour
Following our last blog post about Lady Eve Balfour, we received this story from Gwyn Jones. “As a young man, I went to England and
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Your information on limited cultivars (varieties) is limited. An organization that I belong to just had a fruit show with 500 apple, 240 pear and another 100 varieties of other fruits to taste. All of these are available to the home or commercial grower. Biodiversity in foods is available and not to difficult to find. Visit homeorchardsociety.org for more information.