organic fruit/veg boxes... give me some websites!

[starlover]

just comparing. or trying to
got abel and cole.
i know there is one called riverside but can't find the website

any others?

oh i just found it
because it's riverford not riverside! duhh!

The soil association (www.whyorganic.org) has listings by region of box schemes, farm shops and so on.

ooh thanks jambutty

We use riverford now. When in Londoon we used??? Farm around????? They had lots of riverford products anyway.

jimjams i am comparing riverford with abel and cole and they scare me

i have no idea what swiss chard or green batavia are!!!!

riverford send a list of what's in the box, together with one recipe suggestion each week. It helps a bit.

Riverford have been really good in our experience.

hmmm decisions decisions!

Another vote for Riverford. Lovely cider too!!

ooh, well i was leaning towards abel and cole because they're cheaper (i think)... but recommendations for riverford...
and cider... that's a clincher

I use Abel and Cole and have found them very good. I have no experience of Riverford though.

We used Abel and Cole during two different periods - 1st time to get their weekly veg boxes. Did like it but decided I wanted to chose my own veg so stopped, then used them later for organic milk - this was very handy to not have to lug milk home but I found that my children didn´t like the creamy bits that came to the top (despite me telling them that this is what real milk is like!). I can´t fault their service, always quick and helpful and very friendly. We did it all via the website, which is well designed and easy to navigate. Also easy to start and stop.
HTH

love my riverford boxes!!!

Riverford here too, have friends who use greener greens if you want another one for comparison

What's the difference using these companies or buying organic from supermarket?

supermarket organic is usually from overseas, organic from local suppliers is local therefore seasonal - better for you, your community...

in Lincs we use woodlands farm they also do superb lamb and beef too

riverford generally ok but be warned:-

1. produce MUST go in fridge otherwise it goes off fast. milk goes off reaaly fast.

2. they are rubbish at refunds etc

3. you get real food gluts. right now i have 3 marrows and loads of beetroot staring at me.

but they sell cotons chocolate which is LOVELY.

well i always keep my veg in fridge anyway, so that's not a problem.

i am leaning towards abel and cole because they seem to put more "normal" things in their boxes! no mention of swiss chard or green batavia from them!!! lol

Green batavia is just a variety of lettuce and chard tastes quite like spinach so don't let that put you off! I keep alot of my riverford stuff in the garage and it lasts well.

swiss chard is awesome stuff, in NZ they call it silver beet and it is so nutrient dense, makes spinach look like a takeaway
Lightly steam, butter and nutmeg
ummm yummm

I've just registered with 'whyorganic' to search for organic boxes in my area but I can't seem to see all the pages. Has anyone else had problems?