As you may well know one of our initiatives is the Good Food Fund, a fund supported solely by your donations. We use this money to buy fresh organic vegetables for people who are living in food poverty in the local area. We buy these items at cost price and pass them on without making…
Veg Box Newsletter 05/05/17
Morning Folks, Hope you’re all out enjoying the sunshine! This dry spell has meant that our outdoor crops at Left Field are having to be watered for the first time this year. Under cover, our growers have been busying away potting up chillies, aubergines and tomatoes, and sowing courgettes, cucumbers and herbs. At The Croft,…
Veg Box Newsletter 28/04/17
Hello Folks, As our entry in to this years hunger gap accelerates this week we are seeing big changes in our veg boxes and on what is on offer in the shop. If you’ve not been with us for a year or more you might be unfamiliar with the hunger gap, so let me explain…
Veg Box Newsletter 21/04/17
Morning Folks, In market garden news, our growers are continuing with preparations for the new growing season. At Left Field, Louis, Hannah and Natalie have been sowing French beans and red Russian kale, as well as planting out lettuce seedlings. In our Rouken Glen greenhouse, they’ve been clearing the beds and constructing supports for tomato…
Veg Box Newsletter 14/04/17
Hi Folks, Happy Friday and Easter weekend! It’s been a productive week here with our Louis, Hannah, Natalie and volunteers busy at Left Field and Rouken Glen with planting courgettes, pulling out the scrags of last years overwintered crops and building even more shelves in the tunnel for seed propagation. We’ve also started investigating installing…
Munch of the Month | April
We are well into April now and it’s time for another Munch of the Month photo competition! To celebrate the delicious creations you have been making with your veg box ingredients we will be giving one of our veg box subscribers a hamper filled with ethical goods from the shop. As always, to enter, we’d…