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Fresh In This Week From Vegetropolis

  Hi All, Lots of delicious high quality produce in from local growers and the EU . It's the juicy time of year folks! It's what seasonal Summer food is all about Cherries, Watermelons, Blackcurrants, Apricots, Salad. There are tasty Accord New Potatoes, a variety I haven't seen before, new season U.K. Carrots too! Kale is Back as well, which is fantastic!  Summer Cabbage, which is basically a larger Spring Cabbage. As you know we are in the midst of major hikes in the prices of just about everything. Whilst I haven't put up my prices for fixed boxed or started to charge for deliveries, I am having to keep an eye on this as overheads are causing great concern....

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Fantastic, Organic Curly Kale back on the menu!

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...

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Fennel nutrition info & recipe ideas

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...

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At the end of the Rainbow (Carrot)!!!

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,...

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Vegetropolis Upcoming Events & Markets.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Tuesday 10th February - Go Green Week  -  Eco Market     Venue: Aston University Students’ Union Hall Woodcock Street                                                                                      Time: 11am - 4pm                                                                                                                   ...

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