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2008 Watercress Festival  

National watercress week and watercress festival
We would like say a big thank you to everyone who attended this year’s annual Watercress Festival (Sunday 11th May). Held in the beautiful Georgian town of Alresford, Hampshire, the festival kick-started National Watercress Week which celebrates the official start of the British watercress season. Over 10,000 visitors filled the streets to enjoy Antony Worrall Thompson cookery demos, parades, live music, art and craft stalls, a fabulous food market and the first ever World Watercress Eating Competition!
Mulligatawny and watercress soup

celebrating 200 years of watercress
2008 is a special year for watercress as it marks the 200th year since William Bradbury opened the very first UK watercress farm in 1808 at Springhead, Northfleet in Kent.  To mark our bi-centenary, The Watercress Alliance has produced a commemorative anniversary book, packed with over 30 delicious recipes, watercress history, facts and folklore. It also includes five exclusive recipes and a foreword from watercress fan and celebrity chef, Antony Worrall Thompson. For more information and to order your copy click here.
Watercress anniversary recipes  

Anniversary watercress recipes
Celebrate our 200th anniversary by cooking up a delicious, healthy watercress dish. Watercress, the UK’s most historic leaf, contains more vitamin C than oranges, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach and is packed with useful anti-oxidants which leave you looking and feeling great. To celebrate this luscious leaf we have created some new mouth-watering recipes including modern twists on traditional classics, exciting and original modern meals and an exclusive dish from Britain’s favourite chef – Antony Worrall Thompson.
Find out more about how watercress acts as a cancer preventing ingredient

New cancer research study announced
2008 sees the launch of a new cancer research project funded by The Watercress Alliance. Conducted by The University of Southampton, the study aims to investigate the anti-cancer properties of watercress in relation to breast cancer.  In 2007 scientists at the University of Ulster revealed that eating watercress daily can significantly reduce DNA damage to blood cells, which is considered to be an important trigger in the development of cancer.
Win one of 200 copies of our watercress recipe book.

im-cress-ive watercress competition
This month we are giving away 200 copies of our 200th anniversary book featuring recipes from Antony Worrall Thompson, watercress history, facts and folklore.