On Saturday 16th Sep we’ll celebrate our 27th birthday. Customers old and new, you’ve got us here! So come and celebrate it with us. Music, free food from Tibetan Kitchen, a quiz, and birthday cake at noon, just outside the shop, from 11 til about 3. See you there!
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Veg News 17th August
The spotlight this week is on Newfields Organic Produce up in Fadmoor, just outside of York. The farm has been growing organically since 1990 and supplying Unicorn for much of this time. Taking over from the wonderful Rosemary Wass in 2020, John and his wife Rachel now run the growing operation which focuses on field-scale… Read More »
Veg News 10th August
The unseasonably wet weather has been causing havoc for our growers these past few weeks, limiting the growth of certain crops and waterlogging fields. John @newfields_organic_produce told us that they are finally getting out to weed today with the nicer weather, not being able to get any machinery out must have been so infuriating at… Read More »
Several of the veg team made the trip to Lincolnshire last week to visit Strawberry Fields Farm near Boston. Pam and her family have been supplying us with veg for so many years now, no one is quite sure when the relationship began, but a conservative guess suggests 15 years at the very least. Supplier… Read More »
Veg news 18th July
Martin Soble of Carey Organics has been growing at Whitethorn Farm in Herefordshire for nearly 20 years. The farm was purchased as a set of bare conventional fields and Martin and his team have spent the past two decades building up the biodiversity of the site using minimal intervention and a sympathetic approach to the… Read More »
Veg News 11th July
There’s no easier time of year to enjoy a diet full of produce grown close to home, with the offer available from the UK in general, and the North West especially, hitting the peak of its season as we enter mid July. There is a brilliant range of new potatoes on offer in the shop… Read More »
