Vegetables and fruit grow and ripen naturally when provided with the growing conditions they need. As well as water and nutrients, they need the right amount of light and warmth.

Buying fruit and vegetables when they are in season means we can eat them at the particular time of year when they have ripened naturally and taste their best. In summer, the long hours of warm Cornish sunshine ripen the strawberries and raspberries, and a delicious variety of locally grown vegetables come on to the market. In winter cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli are harvested on Cornish farms and in plentiful supply.
These days you can buy any type of vegetable or fruit in the supermarket all year round. Much of it has been grown in other parts of the world and it is not always easy to know what is in season locally.

You need to look on the label for the country of origin.
When we talk about eating produce in season, we are particularly thinking of fruit and vegetables. Locally produced beef, pork and poultry are available all the year round. You can buy the new season’s local lamb in the spring and summer.