Organic growers for over 30 years, growing and delivering our own vegetables to the Reading and Oxford areas. Four vegetable and three fruit selections available. Winners of the Soil Association Local Box Scheme 1999 and finalist in the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2007 for Farmer of the Year.
We produce top quality organic vegetables with an exceptionally low carbon footprint, our food miles are less than one per unit with a carbon output for production and delivery of just 160g. Over 70 different types of vegetables over the whole year are available
We got a vegetable bag from Tolhurst organic for over 2 years when livign in Oxfordshire. They are a vegetable box scheme that is very good value (often it would work out cheaper than non-organic supermarket vegetables). They also had a very strong set of ethical and environmental principles. The down side of this for the conventional consumer such as myself is taht they don't deliver to your door, instead delivering to your neighbourhood rep. We used to have a 10m bike ride each way to pick it up. NOo too much of a problem as long as you weren't busy on the specific day and you lived close by. For a working couple though it could be a pain - a lot of our fellow collectors where we lived in were retired. However the only reason we stopped using them was due to moving and not getting a response when we left messages asking where our nearest rep was in central Reading. Therefore I would recommend them for thos ewho have a bit more time and want a less expensive veg box scheme
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RachelE (02.07.08)
