The spotlight this week is on Newfields Organic Produce up in Fadmoor, just outside of York. The farm has been growing organically since 1990 and supplying Unicorn for much of this time. Taking over from the wonderful Rosemary Wass in 2020, John and his wife Rachel now run the growing operation which focuses on field-scale… Read More »
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Veg news 4th April.
The glorious weather of the past few days has finally got us in the mood for salad! Thankfully we’ve got lots of it: Farmstart’s loose salad leaves and generously sized rocket bags are looking great, as is Libby Flintoff’s spinach beet; just look at those leaves! We’ll be getting rocket from Libby later in the… Read More »
Veg news 28th March.
Believe it or not, it’s spring! And while it might not exactly feel like it on this side of the channel, brighter weather on the continent means lots and lots of new produce for our plates. We had our first delivery of asparagus last week from Spain, and it’s looking positively gorgeous. A quintessential springtime… Read More »
Veg News 8th March
Our very first batch of broad bean plants from Glebelands are here and taking pride of place in the entrance to the shop by the seeds, with cavolo, russian kale and spinach expected to join them very soon. We’re aware that the next week is going to be unceremoniously wintry, but they’ll do just fine… Read More »
Veg News 28th of February.
Spring is officially on the horizon! Glebelands will be delivering our first lot of daffodils and broad bean seedlings this week, marking a subtle but significant shift from winter into spring. Incidentally we’re already stocking seed potatoes courtesy of New Fields, currently Marfona and Charlotte with many more varieties on the way. But as we… Read More »
Veg news 14th February.
As was mentioned last week, ongoing supply issues on the continent mean we do expect gaps on certain Euro lines over the coming weeks, in particular peppers and cherry vine tomatoes. However it’s not all bad news: we’ve got Sicilian and Spanish strawberry punnets expected in time for the weekend, Spanish loose strawberries, and an… Read More »