What’s in season? fruits and vegetables in October

Eating seasonal, cooking for the climate

What’s in season? This page shows you the full overview of seasonal fruits and vegetables in October. You’ll also get some recipe inspiration for these seasonal ingredients. Last but not least, we explain the climate impact of eating seasonally.

October is the transition month between summer and the coming winter: for a lot of vegetables October is the last moment you can enjoy them. But don’t be sad, there are some great winter vegetables like pumpkin and beetroot that are already available. Scroll down to check a very tasty recipe!

Need a handy calendar for October’s seasonal fruits and vegetables?

Our seasonal calendar shows what’s in season for each month. Here you see the page with all the seasonal fruits and vegetables in October. It also comes with 4 recipes per month.

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What are September’s fruits and vegetables?

Last chance

Almost out of season

Brokkoli

Aubergine

Grüne Bohnen

Spinat

Paprika

Flat beans

Kohlrabi

Rucola

Rapini

Spring onion

Lettuce

Corn

Pak choi

Zucchini

Blackberry

Tomato

Cucumber

Prime Time

When they’re harvested and at their best!

Grünkohl

Brussel Sprouts

Black salsify

Blumenkohl

Savoy cabbage

Pointed cabbage

Fenchel

Lauch

Stangensellerie

Knollensellerie

Potato

Rotkohl

Endivie

Beetroot

Carrot

Chinese cabbage

White cabbage

Parsnip

Pumpkin

Apple

Birne

Starting now

Coming into season

Swede

Miner’s lettuce

Chicory

The following sources were used for the creation of the seasonal calendar:

Natuur&Milieu, Milieu Centraal, Velt, BZFE, British Seasonal Chart.

Start cooking with seasonal vegetables from October!

Our seasonal calendar shows:

• Products that are almost out of season categorize as Letzte Gelegenheit.
• Produkte die schon geerntet wurden aber als Lagerware for several months.
• Hochsaison is when products are harvested and are at their best.
• Starting now shows you the new arrivals.

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Recipe inspiration for the seasonal fruits and vegetables of October

Knowing what’s in season is only half the job. Of course you also want to know what to actually make with these seasonal vegetables. In our seasonal calendar, we show four recipes for each month. This is one of our favorites for October:

Pumpkin and Beetroot Curry

This veggie-packed curry takes a bit of cutting work for the pumpkin (except if you got hold of pre-cut pumpkin pieces) but otherwise it’s a very easy one-pot recipe. The beetroot gives a lovely colour and together with the lemon juice this is a fresh and satisfying low-carb curry.

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Get 48 seasonal vegetable recipes with our calendar

Scan the QR code on each month to get 4 delicious recipes:

• Make use of various in-season produce
• No meat
• Are filled with natural ingredients and herbs, no mixes or processed stuff
• Exciting flavors, no standard salads or boring meals

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or shop at local stores in the Netherlands: Oogst in Leiden, Ekoto in Etten-Leur, De Poelboerderij in Wormer, De Gieterij in Wageningen and many more…

Why is it important to eat fruits and vegetables in-season?

We all know vegetables and fruits are most delicious when they’re fresh.
But these days you can get anything at any time you want from the supermarket.

We’ve all gotten used to having a rainbow of produce being available always. Almost the only thing that we still have is ‘pumpkin season’ for Halloween 🎃

Who even knew anymore that spring-onions are not really at their best in spring? They’re always in store. So it’s not strange that you might not realize this has quite the impact on our climate.

When something does not naturally grow in season, it costs a lot extra to produce it,

• in a greenhouse 🏭,
• to freeze it to prolong shelf-life ❄️,
• or to transport it from somewhere else 🚚.

In other words: convenience is costing us in energy and polution.

 

Just a simple example to visualize it, with spinach:

Luckily, it’s easy to make a change. By cooking and eating what’s in season and locally available, you can make a difference.

By choosing to make concious choices when shopping instead of going for convenience, you can already make a difference.

And as added benefit, eating in-season will also help you:

• appreciate variation in veggies and fruits more. Better enjoy those now!
• be more in-tune with nature – berries are best in spring and summer, kales come when it’s cold
• make it easier to support locally harvested from local farmers
• often automatically reduce your shopping costs

Learn more in our blog post

Auch eine Reise von tausend Kilometern beginnt mit einem ersten Schritt

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