The standard but health-packed pea is taking centre stage this July – however your assist is required for a brand new competitors.
Sure Peas!, the marketing campaign run by the British Growers Affiliation, is giving pea followers the chance to go alongside to the fields to choose their very own, straight from the vine, as a part of Nice British Pea Week, happening from July 4-10.
Due to optimum soil and local weather situations, peas are grown the size of the Jap Seaboard, from Essex proper as much as Dundee. The UK alone is residence to 700 hardworking British pea farmers throughout the UK, which produce round 160,000 tonnes of frozen peas a yr, most of which journey from subject to freezer in round 150 minutes.
Coral Clark, Crop Associations Supervisor on the British Growers Affiliation, defined: “We’re thrilled to be opening up one in all our pea fields solely for the primary time ever! Nice British Pea Week is our annual celebration of the UK’s vining pea trade. We’re 90 per cent independent in pea manufacturing within the UK, so it’s protected to say they’re one in all our favorite greens.
“We’re captivated with utilizing peas to make thrilling new meals and dishes, and hope that we are able to encourage the nation to do exactly that for Nice British Pea Week. It’s to not be missed!”
To register your curiosity, go to www.peas.org/pick-your-own-peas-competition/
