Veg in a Box

Children and vegetables are not two words that generally go together very well, the struggle to get children to try anything new can sometimes feel like it’s a battle not worth having.

But wrap those vegetables up in a blanket of mud, put them in a cardboard box and have them delivered to your door with your milk and eggs by a man who in their eyes is definitely a farmer and those veggies become a whole different thing. They are almost an adventure in themselves, have you seen a mud covered celeriac!

So make 2013 the year you change the way you eat and order an organic veg box from The Organic Pantry in Newton Kyme. This family run farm grows over 50 different varieties of vegetable over a year and also sources locally from other organic farms.  The standard box contains six types of seasonal vegetables and 5 types of fruit but there are eleven different types of box available. Once you have chosen your box you can add as many other items as you like such as milk, butter, eggs, pasta or even coffee, tea and chocolate. The list is endless but a trip to the shop or half an hour on the website will give you an idea of the extensive range of products available.

These aren’t vegetables that have passed through a multitude of hands to get to your door, they haven’t been cleaned  and polished with who knows what, they haven’t been trimmed and wrapped with chemical filled wrapping, they have been harvested, put in a box and delivered to your door. You get notification each week of what is going to be in next week’s box so that you can plan what to do with that less everyday veggie or you can tweak the contents to suit your menu. Sometimes finding something to do with a mud covered celeriac is exciting, other times you might just want a carrot.

The organic butter arrives beautifully wrapped in brown paper, like in those super stylish cookery programmes, but the most important thing, beyond the health benefits of not consuming any chemical nasties , is the taste and you will not be disappointed. These fruit and vegetables are so full of flavour you will notice the difference.

Delivered at a frequency that suits you, weekly, fortnightly, monthly or just every so often, you are getting really good quality fruit and veg and supporting your local farmers.

The Organic Pantry