Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Kitchen Garden

    WHAT’S NEW?

    Jul 28, 2020 4 minutes

    CHILDREN LOSING OUT

    A recent study carried out by Northumbria University’s Healthy Living Lab has found that since schools closed in March, about 50% of children who received free school meal vouchers have reported that their intake of fruit and vegetables has decreased significantly. Some 55% said that they had eaten no fresh vegetables over a three-day period and 45% said they had eaten no fruit during that period. Somewhat worryingly, many reported a large increase in consumption of sugary drinks and snacks. The data is based on a questionnaire given to 60 nine-to-12-year-olds in London and the North East.

    PRETTY IN PINK

    Last year, Cobra launched a new partnership

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Kitchen Garden

    Kitchen Garden3 min read
    Under Cover
    As heat- and sun-loving plants, aubergines need to be grown under cover for most of the UK. It is too late to sow aubergine seeds now, but May is an ideal time to buy in a few grafted plants (and it saves you months of growing on heat from seed!). Gr
    Kitchen Garden4 min read
    Banish The Bunnies
    Now I like rabbits but having had them raid my plot in the past it does turn me into a Mr, or rather, Mrs McGregor determined to keep Peter Rabbit off my veggies. Surveys have shown the wild rabbit population in the UK fell by 43% between the 1990s a
    Kitchen Garden4 min read
    TRY AMARANTH! The Dual-purpose Veg
    Most UK gardeners have encountered amaranth as an ornamental, more commonly known as ‘love-lies-bleeding’. Its multicoloured leaves and unusual woolly tassel-shaped flowers are great for adding colour and texture to the garden. But most of us are mis

    Related Books & Audiobooks