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Here at Love Fresh Berries, one of our great pleasures is sharing wonderful recipes with berry lovers. Berries really are the most versatile fruit – perfect for savoury dishes, cocktails or a sweet treat. 

We’ve created this book to showcase some of our favourite winter season berry recipes. We hope you love them as much as we do. And if you try them, tell us about it.

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• 1 meal = 25p metric, meaning a donation of £1,000 would provide 4,000 meals. FareShare calculates the number of meal equivalents that we redistribute in accordance with UK Government recommendations on the amount of meal equivalents that 1 tonne of mixed food redistribution equates to. This recommendation yields a total of 2,381 meal equivalents per tonne of redistributed surplus food. By using this calculation and dividing it by the annual running costs of FareShare UK, we are able to state that the cost per meal equivalent that FareShare redistributes is £0.25, or 25p. Put another way, for every 25p that is donated to FareShare, the equivalent of 1 meal is redistributed.

We know things have been tough this summer, so thank you for purchasing berries and continuing to support our British berry industry through these uncertain times. And to everyone working on berry farms, THANK YOU! We couldn’t do it without you. 

We hope that you continue to enjoy our strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries – available in supermarkets now.

A big thanks to Hall Hunter Partnership for producing this video featuring pickers who have joined their farm since lockdown, to Pick for Britain and help face the challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Enjoy!

As we’re entering British berry season, it’s well known that berries can provide an array of vitamins, minerals and bioactive components such as anthocyanins, flavonoids, and carotenoids to benefit health and the immune system.[1] At this time of year berries are naturally sweet and deliciously fresh so perfect for eating straight out of the punnet.  However, there are plenty of ways to make the most of berries in your weekly shop and reduce potential food waste. British Berry Growers, the berry experts, share these tips on enjoying berries all week long:

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0899900713002207?via%3Dihub

British strawberry growers are excited to announce that the much-anticipated British strawberry season is now here! Warmer and sunnier April weather has meant that the season has started around a week earlier this year and strawberry lovers can now buy their favourite British fruit in supermarkets (in-store and online) around the country.

While we’re all trying to stay positive at home, diet and healthy eating can play a huge part in mental wellbeing. New research suggests that getting your 5-a-day has beneficial effects on mental health.

With the rise in SARS-CoV-2 infections (COVID-19) now is a time when immunity matters more than ever before.  There are many myths when it comes to which foods may help to reinforce the immune system but for berries there is some interesting, peer-reviewed research…

The British blueberry season is now in full swing, and with blueberries thriving due to an excellent growing season, now is the time to head to supermarkets to enjoy them at their very best.

We have recently launched our new Ask the Grower series on Instagram, where we are asking consumers to put their questions about berries to our specialist berry growers around the country. Have a question you’d like an answer to? Email us at britishberrygrowers@redbrickroad.com

Blackberries contain a wide range of nutrients, including vitamins C and E, beta-carotene, potassium and magnesium as well as fibre and other plant nutrients that have numerous health benefits. These include flavonoids, which have powerful anti-inflammatory and immune system benefits. They also give blackberries their deep purple colour.

Eating too much fruit rots your teeth, oranges are the best source of Vitamin C and avoiding fruit in the evening are food ‘facts’ we get totally wrong.

With a little over six weeks till Christmas, it’s maybe time to start planning those festive meals. Have a look at our Christmas recipes for inspiration.

Seasonal Berries (seasonalberries.co.uk),  the campaign to promote fresh berry consumption in the UK, has been renamed to Love Fresh Berries and has a new website at lovefreshberries.co.uk.