Hello Folks,
This
week our Veg Boxes feature a great deal from Organic Pantry so we
asked them if they could tell us more about themselves… Here’s
what they say about how they grow:
“Soil
health and generating organic matter is at the heart of all of our
farming decisions, throughout the season we grow approx 40 different
varieties of vegetables and a some cox apples. The farm uses a 5 year
crop rotation, starting with potatoes, then vegetables, barley, peas
then then grass clover that we mulch back into the soil. We also have
4 poly tunnels that we use for early crops in early spring, like
lettuce and winter salad. As things warm up we focus on a variety of
tomatoes, salad leaf, radishes, chilli peppers and climbing pencil
beans.”
As always, a big thank you from the Good Food Fund to our donating customers. We are especially happy that we can support projects here in Govanhill. This week your donations bought bananas, apples and clementines to the Govanhill Community Canteen. They are taking 100 people in two buses to the Safari Park. Let’s hope the sun shines for them!
We’ll be delivering meat boxes alongside our veg boxes this week. You can find more information about our monthly specials here, as well as their delivery schedule. If you’d like to add one to your order, drop us an email at subscribers@glasgowlocavore.org.
Check out storage guidance here for helpful tips and tricks on how to prolong the life of your fresh produce. If you’re wondering where your veg comes from, have a look at these maps. You can also join your fellow subscribers over in the Facebook group and check out our Veggiepedia!
In the veg boxes this week:
Subject to last minute changes
| Small veg box | Farm | Organic Certifier |
| New Potatoes – Charlotte | Jersey Quality Produce | SA |
| Bunch Onions – Red | Strawberry Fields | SA |
| Classic Vine Tomatoes | Organic Pantry | SA |
| White Mushroom | Orchard Organics | SA |
| Standard veg box | Farm | Organic Certifier |
| New Potatoes – Charlotte | Jersey Quality Produce | SA |
| Spring Onions – Red | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Lettuce Green Batavia | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Asparagus (150g) | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Classic Vine Tomatoes or Cabbage Primo | Organic Pantry | SA |
| White Mushroom | Orchard Organics | SA |
| Large veg box | Farm | Organic Certifier |
| New Potatoes – Charlotte | Jersey Quality Produce | SA |
| Spring Onions – Red | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Asparagus | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Aubergine | C.W HASLUM (Tewkesbury) | SA |
| Cucumber | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Classic Vine Tomatoes | Organic Pantry | SA |
| White Mushroom | Orchard Organics | SA |
| Salad Mix (Chard & Lettuce Leaves) | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Extra Large veg box | Farm | Organic Certifier |
| New Potatoes – Charlotte | Jersey Quality Produce | SA |
| Spring Onions – Red | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Asparagus (150g) | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Aubergine UK | C.W HASLUM (Tewkesbury) | SA |
| Cucumber | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Spinach Baby Leaves | T. J. SIMPSON (Ormskirk) | SA |
| Classic Vine Tomatoes | Organic Pantry | SA |
| Mushroom – Portobello | Orchard Organics | SA |
| White Mushroom | Orchard Organics | SA |
| Salad Mix (Chard & Lettuce Leaves) | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| – | Fruit | Origin | Organic Certifier |
| #1 | Apricots | Thaymin, Murcia | Caae |
| #2 | Rhubarb | Macleod Organics | SA |
| #3 | Apples Red Pippin | Organic Pantry | SA |
| #4 | Strawberries UK | Carey Organics | SA |
| #5 | Kiwi Hayward | Italy | Ccpb |
| Small supplementary veg | Origin | Organic Certifier |
| Courgette | Spain | Ccpb |
| Fennel | Spain | Caae |
| Lemons Verna | Spain | Caae |
| Standard supplementary veg | Origin | Organic Certifier |
| Courgette | Spain | Ccpb |
| Fennel | Spain | Caae |
| Lemons Verna | Spain | Caae |
| Red Pepper | Spain | Caae |
| Sage | Strawberry Fields | SA |
Enjoy!
The Locavore Team