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 »
Uncategorized
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 »
Veg news 4th of July.
Keeping it short and sweet this week; in more ways than one! Our fresh fruit offer is really in its element at the minute, in particular on the UK side with a whole host of beautiful berry varieties expected in this week. We’ve got our first smattering of UK cherries arriving this Thursday courtesy of… Read More »
Veg news 20th June
Is summer over already?? Hopefully not, but while we wait for the sun to come back, our veg display ought to brighten your day: our shelves are positively bursting with the very best in UK and European produce. First on the list is our first hit of UK broccoli from Ormskirk, Lancashire. After a patchy… Read More »
Veg news 6th June.
There’s lots to be excited about in this week’s veg news, with a veritable smorgasbord of spanking new UK produce gracing our shelves over the next fortnight. Strawberry Fields’ celery bunches are a real highlight this week. Limited quantities to start but we expect a full supply from next week onwards. Bunched carrots from Foskett… Read More »
