I like to eat locally produced food when I can. It tends to be fresher, and it takes less energy to get it to me. However, as I've grown up in a world of global commerce and supermarkets, I tend to miss out on good seasonal food. I find that asparagus season is pretty much over before I've noticed, for example. Hence the calendar shown above.
Creating this has firstly showed me why I can't remember the seasons for all the fruit and vegetables.
A) There are a lot of them
B) They all overlap, and are very different lengths.
I was going to put on seafood and meat as well, but I quickly realised that the text would be illegible. So fruit and vegetables will have to do for now. I'll be using it myself to see how well it works. I might have to do a sequel with fish and game though, if this one proves popular.
If anyone would like to print one off and use it, please do, and let me know how you got on with it. It needs to be printed on A2 paper, which should be possible at your local printer. Try and get as thick a paper or card as possible (Printers use the term "stock" instead of having to say "paper or card". You can use that and sound all knowledgeable if you like). A high-quality PDF for print is available here:
Enjoy, and remember to let me know how you find the experience of using it. Do you think that it encouraged you to shop differently? Or not? If not, why not?
Cheers,
Will.
posted by Will Stahl-Timmins at 15:51 on 10 Jun 2011
"UK Seasonal Goodness"
1 Comment -
Interesting... Maybe I don't need to do the fish one... David McCandless has had the same idea! Lovely graphic on his blog: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2011/which-fish-are-okay-to-eat/
27 June 2011 at 12:39