organic veg box

Riverford’s new recipe boxes

Riverford Recipe Box

Years ago, I used to ‘do’ veg boxes. Every week, a weird selection of vegetables would land on my back doorstep. I’d peer into the box early every Wednesday morning to see more kale to add to the mountain of kale from the week before. Nobody really likes kale, except the people who run veg [...]

Food politics

Abel & Cole’s organic fruit and veg box

Abel & Cole

There’s been something of a backlash against the organic food movement in recent months, brought on by a new found frugality in the face of the deepening economic crisis. People see organic food as just too expensive, a luxury they simply can’t afford. The taste and quality argument is easy to win – organically grown [...]

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