21.9.2011
This National Nut Day 2011 we will celebrate by welcoming to the UK two smallholder nut farmers from remote villages in Mchinji, Malawi, close to the border with Zambia. Rosemary Kadzitche and Judith Harry will be making their first trips to the UK to talk to meetings and attend events, explaining the work and the background to the nuts that go into our packs!
25.10.2010
Great news for Liberation Foods, the Fairtrade Nut company behind the UK’s National Nut Day - it’s Harry’s Nuts! Brand of salted and roasted nuts went on sale in nearly 800 Tesco stores, see www.chooseliberation.com/harry
12.07.2010
National Nut Day Launch. Kate Gaskell, Managing Director, Liberation Foods CIC says: “We are approaching like-minded organisations and high profile nut lovers to work with us to make sure the message is heard loud and clear for the good of British nut eaters and nut farmers and gatherers across Africa, India and Latin America.”
Nuts are the ultimate food: nutritious and delicious. Harrry Hill is a big fan - so much so that he helped Liberation launch Harry’s Nuts!, the Fairtrade salted peanuts and cashews. Try this recipe for Harry’s Nuts! Cookies...
Harry’s Nuts! Cookies:
What to use:
350g plain flour
half tsp bicarbonate of soda
200g butter
350g Fairtrade brown sugar
2 large eggs
Fairtrade vanilla essence - around 2 teaspoons
Two 120g packs of Harry's Nuts! Fairtrade salted peanuts
What to do:
Set the oven to 190 degrees C
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla. Fold in the flour and bicarbonate of soda and finally stir in the peanuts. Drop rounded tablespoons of the mixture on to a lined baking sheet about 6 cm apart. Make sure the spoonfuls aren't too big because the biscuits spread a lot. Put them in the pre-heated oven and bake for eight to ten minutes until golden brown.
And then share them with your friends and family!
Go nuts with us on the UK's second ever National Nut Day - October 22nd 2011.
We are celebrating nuts as the nutritious, delicious and environmental heroes of the food world. Nuts give you protein, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats. They make your hair shine and your skin glow. Many reasons for us all to celebrate National Nut Day 2011!
National Nut Day is traditionally celebrated on October 22nd in the USA.. It was launched in the UK by Liberation Foods, the 100% Fairtrade nut company co-owned by farming organisations in some of the world’s poorer countries.
We have the support of some fantastic organisations to help us including the Sustainable Restaurant Association, Sustain, The Vegetarian Society and The Vegan Society.