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Rescue...

A PUMPKIN

We might be used to seeing them

smiling (albeit grotesquely), but

Halloween can be a frightful time

for pumpkins, with an estimated

15 million carved but not eaten. The

facts are scary: only half of those

polled in 2016 saw Halloween

pumpkins as food, and seven in

10 carved pumpkins were chucked

• enough to make a bowl of pumpkin
  soup for everyone in the UK!
  Truth is, pumpkins bred for carving
  can be watery, but you can enjoy
  their tastier if knobblier cousins.
  Surplus specialists Oddbox saved
  over 7,000 pumpkins from landfill
  last year – they were rejected by
  supermarkets – and will be including
  them in veg boxes throughout
  October (from £10.99 including
  delivery to London, Brighton and
  the South East; oddbox.co.uk). The
  social enterprise has stopped more
  than 5 million kilos of fruit and veg
  being wasted since its launch in 2017.
  For all the perfect pumpkin recipe
  inspiration you need, see p58 PUMPKIN STATISTICS

: 2016

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Taste...

THE WEST COUNTRY

...with the launch of two new ventures. Opening this autumn, roadside

food market Teals (teals.co.uk) is positioned just off the A303’s North/

South Cadbury junction near Yeovil in Somerset and promises to

showcase the best of the region for local shoppers and day trippers

alike, with added eco-friendly credentials (renewable energy,

a surplus food plan and electric car-charging points).

The deli, butchers, bottle shop and cheesemongers will

feature locally sourced produce alongside artisan treats

from further afield. A restaurant will offer meals made

from the same local larder, plus orchard views, outside

courtyard seating and food to go – a winning combination.

Won’t be down that way? Wells Food Festival goes online

this year (with help from Charlie Bigham’s, maker

of upmarket ready meals). Visit wellsfoodfestival.

bighams.com on the 10-11 October to discover 150 local

producers to order from, plus demos, competitions, live

streamed music, drawing classes and more.