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To give you the opportunity to easily tweak your fixed box, Vegetropolis has added a new option. Our Small, Medium & Large Veg boxes now have the option to change items for other available lines.

I'll try not to sell the lot on Thursday at StrEAT Market @# JQ       I'll be featuring a few delicious recipe ideas for Kale over the next few weeks, starting with a great way of making a lovely softened Kale Summer Salad to give you a great  boost of vitamins and antioxidants to provide a fabulous balancing antidote to all that Summer over indulgence of barbecues, beers and ice cream you've been getting into of late!? Preparation - slicing and softening the kale. Forget all that time consuming stripping the stalks out! Take 8 or 9 leaves and just wash the leaves, then lay 3 or 4 leaves at a time on top of each other and...

FENNEL                                                               What is fennel? Fennel consists of a white or pale green bulb with green celery like stalks. The stalks are topped with feathery green dill style leaves and completed with flowers, which produce fennel seeds. The bulb, stalk and seeds are all edible with the flavour of sweet anise and make a great addition to soups, salad, pasta and more. Fennel is closely related to carrots, parsley, dill and coriander as they are all part of the Umbelliferae family.   What are the health benefits of Fennel? Like many spices fennel contains a combination of phytonutrient's including the flavonoids Rutin, Quercitin as well as Kaempferol Glycosides that give it strong...

Lots of passionate commitment has gone into bringing some of the best quality fresh organic produce you can get anywhere in Birmingham!  We have in stock varieties you just won't find in the supermarket at prices that just can't be matched.  Do you know how much you'll be charged to buy these Rainbow carrots on a London market I was told about recently?  3 times what you are being asked to pay by Vegetropolis!  Have you seen conventional purple carrots in the supermarket?  Let alone gorgeous organic ones?  Organic Desiree Potatoes?  Unwaxed organic lemons? Organic Kale? Organic Ginger this good in quality?  Organic Limes?  No I thought not!  Delay No More, order your own incredible array of sumptuously nutritious goodness,...

As Kale is in season at this time and Vegetropolis  is currently stocking 'Cavelo Nero' Kale, here are some great facts about this beautiful Brassica, that every body should be eating, hard to imagine it has been said that Kale used to be grown only for the purpose of feeding horses !   Here is a hearty Winter recipe for you to try - Tuscan Ribolitta. Synopsis of the health benefits of Kale Kale contains 17 times more Vitamin C than Carrots More Folate than Brocolli - Folic acid is a B vitamin that has a role in normal formation of blood, and supports the immune system to function normally Nearly double the Magnesium of Spring Greens ( Based on...