Imagine eating a carrot that “tastes like a carrot”, a peach with a fab aromatic peachy taste and tomatoes that have a deep and juicy taste. How many times do you experience this on fruit and vegetables bought at a supermarket?
It can be misleading as fruit can look so beautiful, almost plastic-looking yet as soon as you take your first bite it can be so disappointing! No taste whatsoever.
These veg look great because they have been made to grow quickly being overfed with artificial fertilisers.
I grew up eating organic food and vegetables and they all came from my dad’s field. His fruit was so addictive I could never have enough!
My dad, like every other farmer in the area always keeps a “moon farming calendar” stuck on the wall; there you can check the position of the moon, i.e. whether it is ascendant (when a plant’s sap rises) or descendant (when the vitality is in the roots). Different plants grow better when they are planted during different phases of the moon as the moisture in the ground and in the plants rises and falls according to the moon just like the tide of the sea does.
There is a more in depth way of organic farming which has been around since the 1920s and it is called “biodynamic” which was first outlined by Rudolf Steiner an Austrian philosopher; it embraces a holistic view of nature which involves biodiversity and astronomy. Food is grown and harvested in accordance with lunar cycles.
Producers of biodynamic food need a Demeter certificate in which they commit to farm organically, make the most of the land with minimum impact, work following the moon phases, encourage biodiversity, trade fairly and take a holistic approach to farming. As you can imagine this requires hard work, commitment, passion and an understanding both of nature and of the land.
I love organic food and I look for biodynamic whenever it is available. Recently I approached 3p Fruits a Spanish farm which grows many types of fruit, nuts and vegetables in the city of Lleida in Catalonia. All their products are certified by Demeter and you can access their products via their online shop. All deliveries will be received within 3 days of dispatch.
These are photos of 3p Fruits farm.
3p Fruits are offering a lucky My Little Italian Kitchen reader a box of their lovely organic fruit and vegetables.
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Strawberries
I love cooking from scratch, especially with all organic ingredients. Knowing what is going into me is such a good feeling.
Bryanna: I agree!
My favorite fruit is probably either pears or pineapple 🙂
Oh that’s a hard choice! My favourite is probably Hapil Strawberries grown at the local PYO farm. This variety is not available in the shops because it doesn’t travel well but the flavour is out of this world! Hapil Strawberries just edge ahead of the cherries grown by another local farm.
Apples
We are trying to grow as much as we can ourselves, as I am really sick of eating things that really don’t taste of much. It’s such a waste of money.
Dannii: Absolutely! Better to eat less fruit but good one!
Raspberries
I love a pomegranate – need to eat them in the bath though, they get a bit messy!
Pears, or maybe strawberries
Damsons for Jam when in season
Grapes
Strawberries are the best 🙂
Kiwi
Apricots
Apples
pineapple
peaches
Avacado – On it’s own, in a chicken sandwich or anything chicken related.
My newest favourite is semi hollow out each side of a cut in half (length ways) avacardo and put an egg in each side with bacon and cheese on top and bake for 20min.
KIWI
Bananas – I am obsessed with them.
raspberries
water melon x
It may sound boring, but a nice apple; preferably Cox.
Kiwis
Strawberries 🙂
Pears
Apples – yummy as they are and versatile for cooking as well
I adore cherries and British strawberries but to be honest there isn’t any fruit I don’t like!
Mango
Dear Alida,
I think you have done a wonderful job explaining all about the Biodynamic and what the Demeter means as well. Every year I buy the Farmers Almanac which has that calendar that you speak of. I do not grow anything but it still is so interesting to learn and see what these terms mean. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. The fruits and veggies in the last photo look heavenly. Good luck to all of your readers..Have a great day dear friend..Ciao!
Dottie 🙂
Dottie that’s great that you buy an Almanac too. I always keep one myself as I have always been interested in the subject. Have a good week!
Apples
Banana’s for me
I absolutely love Mango 🙂
I like strawberries
Cherries. I love them. We have our own cherry tree too.
Apples and pears
Raspberries
Strawberries and Pineapple
Pineapple, its a firm family favourite here.
my favourite fruit are pears
Strawberries
Strawberries
Pears
My favourite is a mango
Strawberries
Apples are my favourite fruit
Apples
pineapple
Strawberries!
love strawberries
Pears and Apples.
My favourite fruit has to be a banana x
I love Mangoes.
Raspberries
I love raspberries
Pineapple
hard choice, Strawberries but only when UK and in season at all other times grapes.
One fruit that I couldn’t live without are apples (as long as they’re sweet & crunchy!) 🙂
I love pineapple cooked or none cooked xx
Kiwi Fruits 🙂
Oranges
I adore cherries
peaches mmmmmm
I prefer vegetables to fruit but my favourite fruit is probably melon
BANANAS
Strawberry
Berries!
I love bananas x
strawberries
Strawberries
Peaches are my favourite
I love banana’s
So difficult because fruit is so yummy. Bananas – but feel I should say something that is grown more locally like strawberries
Apricots
Grapes are my favourite, closely followed by strawberries.
Cherries
Strawberries!
ripe mangoes.
I love lots of fruit! But at the moment my favourite is probably oranges
i love passionfruit and peaches
The produce look so healthy and rich ♥
summerdaisy.net
I think my favourite fruit changes with the seasons! At the minute I love bananas
GRAPES AND PEARS
Strawberry
banana
Cherries
Cherries are my favourite
Peaches
Mangoes
Bananas
I am a berry fan – so love all berries – I think Raspberry is my favourite
Strawberries
Raspberries, always raspberries!
Strawberries.
Bel post, anch’io sono per il biologico e cerco sempre di comprare frutta e verdura dal contadino di fiducia! Buona serata, ciao!
strawberries
Peaches
Ooooooh tough choice, but I’ll go with grapes! x
Bananas!
Strawberries
Strawberries- especially juicy English ones that you’ve picked yourself.
I like strawberries the most. I love the sweet taste. I enjoy them when added to porridge or yogurt. They also taste nice mixed with other fruit such as grapefruit and blueberries. This is making me want some writing this!
I love strawberries, but they have to be in season. At the moment, I am also loving grapefruit 🙂
Cherries
Peaches
mmm..those persimmons..yum!
Raspberries 🙂
mango
pears
Strawberries always!
cherries or raspberries – definitely summer fruit
Mango is my fave although I <3 tomatoes too! x
Tangerines are my favourite
Great blog Alida. I’d always wondered how the lunar cycle was utilised in agriculture. Fascinating stuff! Thanks.
This is ancient wisdom. I find it very fascinating too.
Freshly picked raspberries
Oranges
mango
so many, mainly strawberries, and sweet satsumas
I love Pineapple
bananas
Banana.
Grapes – I love them (and also the drinks that are made from them)
I love passionfruit
Grapes
Raspberries 🙂
Apple
Avocado
Has to be Banana
Pomegranate!
Mango x
apple
bananas
Apples.
Blood Oranges 🙂 Me and my children love them x
Bananas are my favourite.
I love bananas.
I love strawberries.
grapes!
Pineapple
Bananas
Pinapple
pineapple 🙂
Currently my favourite fruit is a Pomelo
raspberries
cherries
My favourite fruit is Mango!
raspberries
Blueberries 🙂
Mangoes
I love most berries but blackberries are my fave
Raspberry
oranges
Blueberries and apples are my favorite.
I love a really good strawberry.
So sad they’re so hard to come by — most of the strawberries around these days are virtually tasteless.
Pineapple
love strawberries my fav
Plums – i love how juicy they are!
Apples
blueberries
I love strawberries as they taste lovely and sweet. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
Blood oranges! Shame you can only get them for a small part of the year
Blueberries
I love small cherries…can’t get enough of them 😉
Banana’s are pretty awesome
Bananas!
oh l love easy questions . . . . . . raspberries
Papaya! Love them.
Lychee!
fresh pineapple
Strawberries are my favourite but I love Cherries too 🙂
Strawberries
Nectarines
Mango!
I love mangos – Julie mangoes to be precise! 🙂
My favourites are strawberries nad raspberries. 🙂
I would say apples, I never get fed up of eating them
i love black grapes x
Mango
Strawberries & mango
Blueberries!
Raspberries and our home grown strawberries.
I love apples
Strawberries
strawberries
Granny smith apples
Well now I love nearly all fruit, but I go gaga for pink dragon fruit whenever I can get my grubby little paws on it and of course, the aphrodisiac that is fresh figs.
raspberries – sweet but not sickly – yummy!
I love kiwi
Apples
Raspberries
Definitely raspberries for me – I get through them by the bucketload when they’re in season, and freeze them when they’re not!
Raspberries… yum!
Persimmon
Raspberries
bananas
Pineapple is my favourite fruit 🙂
Raspberries
apples x
Love pineapples!
Blackcurrants
Cherries
Raspberries- so fresh they’re still warm from the sunshine! 🙂
Juicy Cherries in season.
Grapes
We love all fruit in our house but especially strawberries x
Raspberries
Blackberries – they remind me of brambly woods and nature
I absolutely adore fruit! Choosing a favourite is really difficult but I think I will go with cherries.
Strawberries are my favourite.
I love all types but my absolute favourite is passion fruit
Blackberries
Passion fruit
I love peaches
Mangoes
I love a nice crunchy apple
raspberries
cherries and clemmies!
Banana
Strawberries are my favourite fruit
My favourite fruit are cherries, so juicy and delicious and great for snacking on.
I love a nice crisp apple xx
I love bananas
Blueberries
Melon
Strawberries
My fave is a bit exotic but when I went to Africa I fell in love with guavas
Passion Fruit – They’re so tangy and sweet!
Peaches
I like nectarines
Oranges
Nectarines, not the imported ones we get here though (no flavour) – I love to eat these on holiday in Spain.
Bananas
Strawberries
Mango
Blueberries
Mango
I love fresh pineapple
Raspberries
I love Kiwi Berries but they’re very hard to find.
apples
Strawberries
Bananas because no fuss and no mess
Apple
I love pomegranates
I like sultanas.
Green Apple
Pineapple 😀
banana
Mango
Blueberries! 🙂
Pears.
Avocado
Bananas 😀
strawberries
My fave fruit ever is probably avocado (technically a fruit!) but traditional fruits… it would have be really lovely black cherries!
Bananas
Apples
Bananas
I love raspberries, but only biy them when they are in season, hate seeing supermarkets full of soft fruit that has travelled so far and doesn’t taste of anything
My favourite fruit is pineapple and then bananas
strawberries are my favourite
Mangoes are my favourite.
Banana’s! 🙂
pineapple
Peaches are my favourite fruit x
Love pears
pomegranite
I like raspberries best
fresh pineapple is my favourite fruit x
Oranges are my favourite
gala apples
Strawberries
I love any kind of berries, specifically chocolate coated strawberries!
raspberries all the way 🙂
Strawberries, British are best
I like plums x
Raspberries!
Strawberries
Cherries. And I love apples with a little Caerphilly cheese.
I love blueberries
The Banana
Plums!!
Mango
grapes
Grapes – sadly they dont like me much though 🙁
Satsumas
I love cherries
Cherries have always been my all time favourite and I can easily gorge myself on them!
blueberries
Bananas
oooh I love most fruits…. my favourites are strawberries and grapes, I think!
I love grapes!
My favourite fruit is blueberry 🙂
Bit exotic but I love lychees!
Strawberries
I enjoy all fruits! If I had to pick a fave, I’d go with peaches
Oranges
kiwis are my fav
Has to be strawberries.
Avocado
Difficult choice but I think English cherries – they’re so lovely when in season and I get them.
Raspberries
I love grapefruit
Ever since I was little it was and still is the pomegranate, they used to be so cheap, now because of those TV chefs and the ‘super food’ craze they are quite expensive now.
I love raspberries.
Pomegranate!
cherrys
Lychees
banana is my fave fruit
Banana
Banana 🙂
Passionfruit
Pineapple
I really can’t choose between mango, passion fruit and pineapple. Can I say all three?!? 🙂
water melon
Mango is my favorite 🙂
Raspberries. Especially picked straight from the canes in the sun!
I just love raspberries
Papaya
Juicy pineapple
Grapes and sweet oranges x
I love bananas
Bananas
I’d probably have to pick strawberries as me and the children grow them, along with some salad items, unfortunately I have limited space to grow much but I love eating things so fresh and healthy and feel it is important for the children as well.x
my favourite is honeydew melon – so refreshing
bananas
strawberries
I love raspberries
Peach
English apples
Satumas
Strawberries
MANGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Mangoes~
Pineapple x
I love mangos! Especially when they are really soft and juice!
pears
raspberries
Raspberries
kiwi fruit
pineapple
Strawberries
apples
Bananas
peaches yummy
Blueberries 🙂
Strawberries
Peaches!!!
Apples
Apple is my fave but as a vegan it’s all good
Cherries
Blueberries
Bananas
Strawberries
Pears
Raspberries
I love organic food, and my favourite fruit are bananas……. (my fave veg is asparagus).
Pineapples.
love Blueberries
Strawberries
Banana
Peaches are my favourite. Yum!
Apples
Raspberries
Raspberries 🙂
Banana
Peaches
grapes
I love pears both raw and cooked
Raspberries
Banana
I love clementines
Strawberries
Pink Lady Apples
strawberrys xx
apples
At the moment I am eating loads of pears but they have to be conference variety and just ripe
I love Lychees 🙂
My favourite fruit is pineapple closely followed by strawberries. I also love rhubarb but that is a vegetable.
Favourite fruit is tangerine mmmmmmm
Melon 😛
A perfectly ripe conference pair.
Peaches
Raspberries
strawberries
Mango is my favourite.
I love pineapple so fresh, tangy and healthy
Raspberries
I LOVE feijoas!
Love fruit in this house kiwis are our favourite
I love strawberries!
At the moment it’s frozen banana! Has to be frozen, and I cannot get enough of it….
All fruit is fabulous but if forced to choose a favourite then probably pear
Nectarines
Watermelon – I love it! 🙂
I love peaches. I had forgotten about almanacs, my granny used to have one and I used to love reading it
I love pineapple
Raspberries
My favourite fruit is pomegranate, but I find it hard to tell which are good ones and get disappointed when I open them only to find that they are either rotten inside, or look gorgeous but taste bitter.
Peaches
Apricot.
My favourite is oranges
I love strawberries, they are yummytastic
Too many to choose from but mangoes and cherries seem to be lurking in my cravings at the moment.
Mango
Nectarines or mango
apples
Cherries are my favourite.
Nectarines
I love Oranges.
I think it’s probably Strawberries
Lychees
kiwi is my favorite
My favourite fruit is watermelon
Homegrown Strawberries
My favourite has to be nectarines.
loves black grapes
Avocado
Bananas
i love cherries
I love Clementines – so sweet and juicy!
pears
cant beat honeydew melon!
Bananas
Blueberries
watermelon
blueberries
I love most fruit but I think my favourite has to be raspberries which I grow in our garden at home.
I’m mad for strawberries
Grapes
bananas x
blueberries
mango
Raspberries
red grapes
Plums are my favourite fruit. I intend to learn how to make plum jam this year!
Love apricot
Mangoes
love all fruit but strawberries (british of course) and juicy pears are top
blueberries
I love watermelon
Pear
Cherries..natures gorgeous pink lip gloss!
Pineapple
Raspberries.
My boys and I eat a lot of fresh fruit and veg; my 3 year old’s favourite is a banana, my six month old’s favourite is potato(!), my husband likes a good pear and I love granny smith apples – but to be fair, these are only current favourites and change with the seasons. We try to shop local where possible; we are lucky to live semi-rurally so we have farm shops and local markets with great produce nearby…
i think plums 🙂
Raspberries are mine x
Blueberries 🙂
Apple
Juicy ripe nectarines
bananas
Strawberries
strawberries
Pineapple
My favourite fruit is a nice juicy pear!
Strawberries or blueberries (or both!)
bananas
Banana – by a country mile
When in season the Persimmon other times it’s mango
Bananas! :p
Pears
MANGO
Blueberry – there’s nothing else quite like this rather sweet treat 🙂
Strawberries
i love a green apple
Pineapple all the way!
Strawberries xx
I can never get enough nectarines. Mmmmm yummy!!
i love apples
Our homeg-rown Raspberries, Blue Berries, Apples, Plums & Pears – I can’t choose!
Melon
Raspberries 🙂
banana
I do love peaches and nectarines.
raspberries
an orange
Raspberries
Apple
I prefer soft fruit, so Strawberries, plums, Cherries. Grapes, Nectarines
mango
I love pineapples 😀
Blackberries…
Cherries are my favourite but I do love all fruit (except bananas)
Grapes
Pomegranate
Lychee
Bananas – but slightly under ripe !
pear
Strawberries
I love all sorts of fruits and my favorite varies – at the moment I would say cherries
I love APRICOTS
Strawberries
Pineapple
Strawberries 😀
Raspberries and Cherries
Kiwi Fruit
Apples
Plums
Nectarines Mmm
Banana
Mango
Mango
My favourite fruit are pears
Oranges 🙂
Pears
BLUE BERRIES
pineapple
I love strawberries, I even have them growing in the garden
I love a nice juicy Melon.
Strawberries!
I love mango x
Strawberries
Blueberries
Tough choice but I think it has to be peaches
melon
Bananas
raspberries i grow my own