Hello Folks,

The howling winds! The dark and stormy nights! The chorus of sweetly wailing ghosts that glide along the pavement! The gentle glow of carved pumpkins on doorsteps! The monsters in the dark! What a night to be warm, and safe, and eating lovely veg. We have terrifyingly tasty stuff for you this week. You can carve your festival squashes, scooping out the flesh to roast and soup-ify. The rainbow carrots will look amazing shaved in a salad, maybe with the blood-red beetroot.

Just as if you’d knocked on the door of a very generous goblin, your fruit bags are loaded with treats. They’re bumper bags to make up for a couple of weeks of problems with them (likely caused by a ghost- can spreadsheets be haunted?) We hope you enjoy the pears in particular- I love some pears mixed into an apple pie or crumble, or eaten with a good cheddar. Watch out for the green satsumas- they’re delicious but quite the trip if you aren’t expecting them.

I hope you all have a brilliant week, full of fun and good food. But stay safe out there, cause after all, anything can happen on Halloween.

Introducing Your Veg Box Team

This week we’re honoured to introduce you to Sally!

“Hello everyone, my name is Sally & I am the new Veg Box & Wholesale Manager here at Locavore. So far it has been a pleasure getting to know some of you on social media (that’s often me on Instagram stories), & I hope to get to know more and more of you.

My role is all about bringing everything together & developing the business. I am really keen to hear your feedback, suggestions, likes & dislikes. I also love seeing what you all do with your Locavore goodies so please keep the photos & recipes coming in.

I am passionate about great food & nature so Locavore suits me down to the ground. I have been a chef for the last 12 years and I’m enjoying the change of pace & but I do miss tasting/eating all day. Apparently I have to nominate a favourite vegetable which is very difficult as I love them all (except swede). I am going to go for cauliflower. I love its versatility & that you basically get two veg in one as the leaves are like cabbage.

My favourite foods are anything spicy & butter. It’s great to meet you all!”

New Order Change Deadlines

We’re changing our deadlines starting next week, to make them simpler and more fair for everyone involved. Previously, we had deadlines that differed according to when you recived your order, which led to a lot of confusion. We’re moving now to a blanket deadline of (drumroll please):

9 O’CLOCK ON MONDAY MORNINGS

So if you need to pause your deliveries, add something to your opt-out list, or add eggs to your subscription, make sure to email those in by the end of the weekend before your order. As long as your request is in by then, and it’s something we offer as a part of the service, it will be fulfilled. You can also call us up the week before your order. Of course, if an unpredictable situation comes up after the deadline that means you need to change or cancel an order, let us know as soon as possible, and we’ll try to help if we can.

Monthly Specials

This week, we’ve got meat boxes which have a range of cuts to feed a family. Let us know if you’d like to try one next month.

Next week, it’s our cheese boxes, with cheeses from across the UK. And if you don’t eat dairy, why not try a hand-picked vegan box? They’re a great way to try new products and see if they’re a good fit for you. This month’s are set to be a real treat! 

Customer Survey- Win a monthly special box!

On Friday, we released this year’s customer satisfaction survey. We value your feedback as we’re planning what to grow for the year ahead. Most importantly, we’ll grow ourselves- we’re always looking to know what you’re enjoying, and what could use some work. This is your chance to let us know how we’re doing.

Plus, this year we’re raffling off a sweet treat box and some pasta, pulse and grain boxes. Fill out the survey for your name to be put in the hat. Winners will be announced on Friday, 1^st November, so there’s not long left to enter!

The Good Food Fund

We would like to pass on a thank you from Crookston Community Group who is the newest partner of the Good Food Fund. They provide over 500 meals per week for people in their local area. They run a food share drop-in centre on a Wednesday where members of the local community can collect food parcels. Their Food share on wheels takes parcels every day of the week to people who are unable to reach the centre. During the school holidays Crookston Community Group run a lunch club to substitute the free meals that children receive in schools. Thank you for your donations that enable us to send fresh produce to projects like this one.

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
Robinta Potatoes	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Onions	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Beetroot	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Kale	Left Field, Locavore	Soil Association
Chestnut Mushrooms	Orchard Organics, Armargh	Soil Association

Standard veg box	Farm	Organic Certifier
Robinta Potatoes	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Onions	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Beetroot	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Rainbow Carrots	Royal Oak, Scarsbridge	Soil Association
Claytonia	Left Field, Locavore	Soil Association
Chestnut Mushrooms	Orchard Organics, Armargh	Soil Association
Festival Squash	Bedlam Farms, Cambridgeshire	Soil Association
Broccoli	Pollybell Farms, Lincolnshire	Soil Association

Large veg box	Farm	Organic Certifier
Robinta Potatoes	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Onions	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Beetroot	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Rainbow Carrots	Royal Oak, Scarsbridge	Soil Association
Claytonia	Left Field, Locavore	Soil Association
Chestnut Mushrooms	Orchard Organics, Armargh	Soil Association
Festival Squash	Bedlam Farms, Cambridgeshire	Soil Association
Broccoli	Pollybell Farms, Lincolnshire

Extra Large veg box	Farm	Organic Certifier
Potatoes- Robinta	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Onions	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Beetroot	Chapel Farm	Soil Association
Rainbow Carrots	Royal Oak, Scarsbridge	Soil Association
Claytonia	Left Field, Locavore	Soil Association
Chestnut Mushrooms	Orchard Organics, Armargh	Soil Association
Swiss Chard	Strawberry Fields, Lincolnshire	Soil Association
Broccoli	Pollybell Farms, Lincolnshire	Soil Association
Festival Squash	Bedlam Farms, Cambridgeshire	Soil Association
Red Cabbage	Chapel Farm	Soil Association

Small fruit bag	Farm / Origin	Organic Certifier
Cox Apples	Oakwood, East Sussex	Soil Association
Satusumas	Italy	CCPB
Comice Pears	France	Ecocert

Medium fruit bag	Farm / Origin	Organic Certifier
Cox Apples	Oakwood, East Sussex	Soil Association
Satusumas	Italy	CCPB
Comice Pears	France	Ecocert
Bananas	Dominican Republic	BCS

Large fruit bag	Farm / Origin	Organic Certifier
Cox Apples	Oakwood, East Sussex	Soil Association
Satusumas	Italy	CCPB
Comice Pears	France	Ecocert
Bananas	Dominican Republic	BCS
Kiwis	Italy	CCPB

Extra large fruit bag	Farm / Origin	Organic Certifier
Cox Apples	Oakwood, East Sussex	Soil Association
Satusumas	Italy	CCPB
Comice Pears	France	Ecocert
Bananas	Dominican Republic	BCS
Kiwis	Italy	CCPB

Small supplementary veg	Origin	Organic Certifier
Green Peppers	France	Ecocert
Mini Sweet potatoes	Italy	Demeter
Spinach	France	Ecocert

Standard supplementary veg	Origin	Organic Certifier
Green Peppers	France	Ecocert
Mini Sweet potatoes	Italy	Demeter
Romanesco Cauliflower	France	Ecocert
Spinach	France	Ecocert

Enjoy!

The Locavore Team