Vegetables News

“It will make your tongue dance.”

Although spring weather can be iffy, the season has sprung in earnest in the south of France. via The Leaf-Chronicle

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“Conventional agricultural development has taken us as far as we can go and demand for food from a growing population is endless. "Space seeds offer the opportunity to grow fruit and vegetables bigger and faster.”

Swollen to ten times their normal size and weighing more than an average man, these giant pumpkins would not look out of place in a science fiction film. via Telegraph.co.uk

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“It's not possible to change people's food habit overnight”

Potatoes are not traditionally high on the menu for Bangladesh's 140 million people, but a surge in rice and wheat prices has prompted the government to popularize the humble spud as a substitute food. via Reuters

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It's hard to beat a dish that's beautiful, flavorful, nutritious and easy to prepare. via The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

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“If we don't get people by the end of May, it's a major problem. If the fruit isn't picked by 3 June it will be wasted.”

Millions of pounds worth of soft fruit and vegetables are likely to be left to rot in fields this summer because of a shortage of foreign pickers caused by the falling value of the pound and new restrictions on ... via The Belfast Telegraph

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“As per the information given to me by the state governments, I think our set target of 150 lakhs (15 million tonnes) will escalate to 200 lakhs (20 million tonnes). So if we are reaching this target, then the question of import is ruled out”

Union Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday ruled out wheat imports as government procurement is poised to exceed the targets this year. via AndhraNews

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Felicitous borrowing ... tempura vegetables. Photo: Steve Lunam Tempura embodies qualities Japanese cooks hold dear: fresh ingredients, precision cooking and beautiful presentation. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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“The prices here are so much better. I'll tell my friends about it”

Lynn Wells makes banana bread when the fruit on her counter turns too ripe, serves more leftovers and makes mashed potatoes instead of the kind from a box. via Beep!

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“I knew what an amazing landscape gardener George was. I also realised few people knew this side of him and decided to design a narrative garden of his life and passing over to the next life”

This years Chelsea flower show is to feature a garden dedicated to the late Beatle, George Harrison. via AndhraNews

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“The prices have gone up and we can't always afford our three meals a day”

KABUL * Shamsuddin, his wife and their three children sit cross-legged on the floor around the cloth that Afghans traditionally eat off and use bread to pick from a single dish of cooked wax beans and onion. via The Peninsula

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