Spring Greens in Autumn? A Farm's Quest For An Organic Future.

We had a call from George Gagg, the farm manager at The Lettuce Company earlier this year to inform us of their wish to move to some organic produce. The Lettuce Company are part of a pretty subst...

An Investment in Local Farms - Driven By You

Our growth in the last couple of years has been something we have spoken about briefly. The most pleasing thing with growth is that it gives us the chance to push projects we believe in. The bac...

A Packaging Conundrum - Trying to lessen our impact.

The thorny issue of packaging is something that we are continually looking at with regard to our Fruit + Veg Boxes. How can we be as environmentally conscious as possible, but still maintain perf...

Meet The Producers - Brogdale Collection.

Last week we introduced our good friends at the Brogdale Fruit Collection, and how to contribute to the wonderful work they do by purchasing some heritage fruit. We thought we’d expand a little bi...

The Much Maligned Marrow

If the humble marrow had the money you’d assume they’d hire a lawyer and take their little brother with the fancy continental name, the courgette, to court for libel and slander. The case for the ...

The Oversized Aubergine and The Slightly Blemished Apricot

Although the title of this blog post sounds like a children's book (In fact, I'm about to copyright it so if I see it in Waterstones, prepare to hear from my lawyers), I assure you it'll make sens...

Four Easy Steps to Get More From Your Veg Box

  Since lockdown, we’ve had an influx of new customers and it’s wonderful to see so many more of you enjoying eating some of the freshest veg available, all from just down the road. We jus...

Food Miles In Practice - A Cauliflower Story

    8am Wednesday morning, our driver Chris was sat in his van watching Trevor Bradley pull his tractor out of the fields. On the back was this week’s cauliflowers, harvested a mere 10 minutes ea...

Meet the Producers - Laurence J Betts

 Founded in 1930, Laurence J Betts is a family farm based out of West Malling (Only 6 miles from us!). The family have a long and storied history at the Church Farm site which has had periods of R...