It’s time to hold your horses – literally – as the biggest vegetable-related day of the year is fast approaching.

The British Carrot Growers’ Association (BCGA) is celebrating the reason for its existence on British Carrot Day, Friday, 3 October, in praise of “this often-overlooked hero of the veg rack”.

The root of the day is a “celebration of all things carrot”, encouraging people to “buy, get creative and cook” with them – and of course, eat them, something horses will need no persuasion to get involved in.

Will Hunter is one of six farms, all BCGA members, who are funding the day.

“It’s such a specialised sector there aren’t many of us,” Will said. “So we try to meet up a few times a year and talk about everything and anything to do with carrots, such as new machinery, varieties an

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