The Great Fruit & Veg Adventure began its journey when Max and Gareth set off on two Triumph motorcycles from New Spitalfields Market in London in November 2016…. travelling some 18,000 kilometres, through 18 countries, meeting and greeting over 5,000 school children and experiencing first hand life on fresh produce farms throughout Africa.
2 men, 18 countries, 18,000 km, ONE Mission – meet, learn and educate about fresh produce. London to Africa – DONE!
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It nearly put us off avocado's...nearly...😉😉
VT Food Envy
Wait for it....😂🥑
Credit: Dr. Jean & Friends
Baby onions all tucked up & enjoying warm temperatures & some needed rain in the UK to get them to full onion “adulthood” 😊
The unheard of supply chain for our food & our consumables keeps moving on 24/7 🚂🚂😊😊 #supply #supplychain #logistics #consumables
Wonder how more fresh produce could be sold via "New Retail"🙂New Retail. It is the future...is it? Expect so....
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So why have got pictures of timber and associated forestry machinery on our page?!
Well…wood is the unsung hero of the fresh sectors. Its uses are numerous from making pallets so all of the lovely fruit and veg can be efficiently transported, to the packaging that keeps the produce safe and secure for us all to making the roofs for the produce growers pack houses across the world! It is also a very sustainable product as for each tree cut down in the UK another one or two are planted to replace it 😊😊
#freshproduce #pallets #forestrycommission
Great Fruit Adventure
An amazing initiative to excite kids, their schools and their families to BUY, ENJOY and CONSUME more fresh produce.
Did you know…
- The cost of obesity to the NHS in the UK is £5 billion per year
- Fruit & Veg consumption are critical to tackling type two diabetes
- Obesity is the number 3 global social burden after smoking and war/terrorism
- The UK consumes 240g of fruit and veg a day but the recommendation is 400g
- Children consume up to 85% more fruit and veg when they have fun names or shapes