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Author: Ronnie Smith

Tesco to scrap ‘best before’ dates from fruit and vegetable lines

In the Guardian today it has been reported that Tesco is going to scrap best before dates from fruits and vegetable lines.  This is being put in plance in an effort to reduce food waste. Have you ever looked at the best before date on a fruit and thought “No chance….this is rock hard, it’s…

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Pawpaw Hunting With Mike Vlasaty At Ohio Pawpaw Festival

This is a video of UK Fruitfest founder, Ronnie Smith, heading on an adventure to find Pawpaw with the world’s strongerst Fruitarian Mike Vlasaty. The search begins in Chicago before heading to the Ohio Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio. Watch the video to learn more. The Fruit Picker used by Mike can be viewed on…

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Of fruits and frugivores: How fruits colour themselves to attract animals

The Hindu has published an article showing the connection between how colourful fruits are in an area and the visual capacity of the frugivores consuming that fruit. The article is here: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/of-fruits-and-frugivores-how-fruits-colour-themselves-to-attract-animals/article25096833.ece It start’s off: “The colour of the fruit depends primarily on the visual capacity of the local seed dispersing animals Ever wondered why…

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Orange Turns Purple: Australian Scientists Solve Fruit Mystery

A recent story reported by the BBC tells the story of a mystery orange that turned purple.   You can read the original version here- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-45648299 The article states: “Australian health authorities say they have solved a mystery that prompted much speculation earlier this month. It began when a Brisbane woman, Neti Moffitt, asked for an investigation…

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How To Put On A Fruit Festival – Interview with John Kohler and Ronnie Smith

  This video includes an interview with UK Fruitfest founder, Ronnie Smith, about the process of putting on a Fruit Festival.  If you are interested in putting on such an event this video should be very helpful. The interview with Ronnie starts at 21:10.  Already, this video has led to someone getting in touch with…

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“Let’s All Go Raw” Song By Joe Best At UK Fruitfest 2018

Joe Best hosted an awesome open mic night at UK Fruitfest this year.  As part of this he played his own song “Let’s All Go Raw”.  Feel free to share the song and find more from Joe at his “Raw Awakening” Youtube channel.

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The Best Raw Vegan Pizza Ever!

The Best Raw Vegan Pizza Ever! Once upon a time, I created a raw vegan pizza for a raw dinner party I was hosting.  I had tried to copy part of a recipe by my friend Chris Kendall but decided to throw in a few ideas of my idea.  Turned out that was a mistake!…

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Fruitarians Featured In The News Worldwide

Fruitarians Featured In The News Worldwide You may have seen that a Fruitarian couple have been featured a lot online recently. Simon and Tina, from Fit Shortie Eats on Youtube,  and also @fit_shortie_eats on Instagram have been written about in the Daily Mail online, the Sun, The India Times, The Metro as well as other…

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Film Of UK Fruitfest 2018 From “Awkwardly Kim”

One of our attendees from 2018, Kimberley Collins, has made a great short film of the event.  It is hosted on her Youtube channel which you can check out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnvDVrTepMOExgRjoM3PCBw Have a watch of the film below.  It includes footage from FullyRaw Kristina, Ted Carr and Melissa from Raw Food Romance.  

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Get Paid To Eat Avocado

A recent article published on the Boston Globe website is claiming that there is a new study in which participants will be paid to eat an avocado every day for 6 months. You can read that article here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2018/08/30/holy-guacamole-tufts-study-you-can-get-paid-eat-avocados/40xYLGf66YNKtRhpyVKZgP/story.html The study seeks to discover what is the effect on body weight of a person consuming one…

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