Eating seasonal fruits and vegetables is crucial for our health and that of the environment. Following their natural life cycle, fruits and vegetables have more nutrients and active substances, along with more intense taste and aroma. Here’s a list of the best foods in season in September. Figs Now it’s time for “forniti” figs that
This apple and yogurt cake is prepared with a layer of apples in the bottom of the pan and the dough on top. Once cooled, turn it upside down and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.
It is advisable to take care of yourselves in autumn in order to take advantage of the beneficial properties of some seasonal fruits, such as apples and grapes; moreover, you can prepare your body to deal with cold with specific treatments, including nourishing your face and hand skin with natural products. Let’s start to take
Aiming to recycle organic waste, engineer Alberto Volcan created an eco-friendly leather bag made of apple scraps.
The environmental association analysed 126 samples of apples purchased in European supermarkets and found that 83 percent of them are contaminated with pests. But just conventional apples.
Apples with cardamom and lemon syrup can be kept in the fridge for as long as a week if they’re well preserved.
British single-serving cakes in a savoury sweet version with apples and scamorza.
Intensive apple production in Europe uses too much chemicals. The most frequentlly found substance was a fungicide and there are also seven types of pesticides not approved by the EU.
Carrots, aubergines, strawberries, lemons, potatoes, lentils. Climate change will modify the quality of numerous food products in the next decades, according to an Australian study, published in March by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, in collaboration with WWF. The research shows how the taste of some fruits and vegetables will significantly change due to temperature
1 Apples Apples are one of the food products to be treated the most with pesticides, resulting in chemical residues on the peel. 40 different pesticides have been identified. A Swiss study, published in the proceedings of the 25th International Horticultural Congress, found in organic apples a higher content of potassium (+31%) and phenols (+19%, mostly
