The joy of heritage veggies

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The hottest stall at the St Kilda Farmers’ Market? Organic heritage vegetables.
It’s the one where people squeeze in shoulder-to-shoulder and queue three deep.
Think unfeasibly long striped snaking cucumbers. Voluptuously rippled, erm, aubergine Aubergines. White and aubergine striped aubergines…
At a time when organic has become commodotised and baby vegetables seem a little tired these are vegetables with that very old-fashioned concept of a unique selling proposition. And they look at taste great too. Ideal candidates for Kalyn’s Weekend Herb Blogging#22.
No chicken blogging this week, But love the idea of heritage chickens and bantams.
Next market: April Fool’s Day.

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Ed Charles is a journalist and digital consultant who spend the better part of the part two decades in Australia. He trained with IPC in London and has written for major international and national business and lifestyle titles. Establishing this blog in 2005, he was one of the first of a handful of food bloggers in Australia. He's spoken at the Melbourne Writers Festival and Emerging Writers Festival and has broadcasted regularly on food and digital media issues. He is currently writing a history of mankind told through food.

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