Oct 20, 2022 | Fruit & Veggie Spotlight
Sweet corn is a staple of summertime food – it’s often part of a BBQ or picnic. Corn is a vegetable, fruit and a grain. Corn is a starchy vegetablesimilar to potatoes, but its kernels are considered grains and canbe milled into flour. But corn is also a...
Sep 5, 2022 | Fruit & Veggie Spotlight
The Okanagan is renowned for its sweet, succulent, summer peaches. We even have a town named Peachland! Nothing says “summer” better than the juice of a fresh peach running down your chin. This fuzzy fruit is a great source of Vitamin A, Vitamin B,...
Aug 9, 2022 | Fruit & Veggie Spotlight
Did you know that 95% of the cherries grown in Canada are grown here here in the Okanagan Valley? Cherries require a very particular climate to thrive and the dry, temperate regions of the Okanagan happen to have the perfect growing conditions for cherries. We are...
Jul 19, 2022 | Fruit & Veggie Spotlight
Is there anything better than biting into a freshly picked strawberry? We could eat them like candy. Strawberries are the MVP of the Vitamin C game. Eight strawberries have the same amount of Vitamin C as one whole orange! In fact, 100 g of strawberries provides 98%...
Jun 12, 2022 | Fruit & Veggie Spotlight
May was all about bees and honey. Did you know that the average honey bee can visit more than 2,000 flowers in one day? As they move from flower to flower in search of nectar, they leave behind grains of pollen, allowing plants to grow and produce food. When honey...
May 2, 2022 | Fruit & Veggie Spotlight
We kicked off April with International Carrot Day on April 4 and celebrated this versatile vegetable all month long! Carrots boast plenty of health benefits for kids due to their high vitamin, fiber and antioxidant content. They are not only brimming with essential...
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