Seasonal Treats this month

Elie Betts of Ferndale Norfolk Farm House Cheese is currently smoking Norfolk Dapple over cherry wood giving it a delightfully mild smokey  flavour. Elie who has been a farmers wife for over 30 years started with a house cow and now makes a range of award winning cheeses. Listen to Ellies story Buy her cheese at Norwich Market Cheese Stall. Visit the Produced In Norfolk Stalls numbers 40 and 41 on the market for a wonderful range of local foods including venison, rare breed sausages duck goose and hen eggs and much more. New seasonal products every week
Why not try some salt beef- great boiled with winter vegetables and avialble from Sycamore Farm shopSycamore Farm Shop

Norfolk beef and pork are both scrumptious this month. Serve with leeks or winter cabbages all available at.Farm Shops and look out for Norfolk  purple sprouting; the cold April is extending the season.

Call to end misuse of term 'seasonal' in food marketing
Campaign group, The Food Commission, has called on all food manufacturers and retailers to end the misuse of the term 'seasonal'. It said that eating seasonal food is a good way for consumers to reconnect to the natural cycles of the year and reduce environmental impact, as seasonal food is (or should be) grown outside without the need for heated greenhouses or long distance transport. However it found numerous examples of suppliers and retailers applying the term to imported and out of season produce, such as pineapples, strawberries (in December), and even chocolate. The Commission called on all suppliers and retailers to help people understand the seasonality of UK farming and fishing including via accurate labelling, and for the FSA and Defra to remind the industry what it means. It said it wasn't surprising that three-quarters of young people do not know the seasons for fruit and vegetables.