Adding The Healthier Touch

But what are festivities without snacks fit for the occasion? At Christmas, Charles frequently takes along a supply of snacks—a hamper loaded with organics food from his Highgrove estate farming venture. Chef McGrady says that Prince Charles always enjoyed the plums from Highgrove poached. Charles, being the Duke of Cornwall, had encouraged the farmers in his Duchy to switch to organic farming decades ago. He also planted organics at his estate in Highgrove which he then used to start Duchy Originals, his own range of organic food items. It proved to be a good investment as, in 2013, sales from the first product made—oaten biscuit using oats harvested from his estate—reached $70 million.