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Today’s cooler weather is likely a welcome break for our growers after the scorcher of a weekend. While many of us were doing our best to enjoy the sunshine and stay cool with hydrating foods and drinks, Dan from Kindling Market Garden in Stockport was busy harvesting and delivering courgettes to keep up with their… Read More »

The UK berry season has started with a flourish this year! Our first shipment of produce arrived yesterday morning from Martin and Rachel Soble at Whitethorn Farm in Herefordshire. Whitethorn Farm has been growing organically on the banks of the River Wye for 20 years, and this years fruit is exceptional. This week’s berry lineup… Read More »

Our herb shelves are blooming with a wide variety of UK aromatics at the moment. You’ll be spoilt for choice. Our biggest range is coming from Pam at Strawberry Fields who established new beds on her farm in the Lincolnshire Fens this Spring. Depth and complexity is brought to our meals with Oregano, Lovage, Tarragon,… Read More »

Time to shine a light on the rest of our fruit stand this week, which is brimming with beautiful and delicious French and Spanish stone fruit, a sure sign that summer has well and truly arrived. The fruit stand really starts to pop at this time of year, and stone fruits are a real highlight in the shop… Read More »

This week we are spotlighting beautiful French Charentais melons from our much-loved and long-time supplier Univert, a co-operative which brings together 60 fruit and vegetable producers in Southern France and Corsica. Our veg euro buyer Claire is eating these on repeat this week—always a good indication that the Charentais are reaching their peak! Top tip… Read More »

As more and more fresh, new season UK lines keep rolling in, it’s getting harder to cram as many as we want to shout about into our weekly veg news slot! Broad beans are a true delight at the moment, locally grown and delivered fresh three times a week from Kindling Market Garden in Stockport.… Read More »