In order that you can be sure that all of your box comes from Kent, here are our suppliers. You'll also see that we only buy direct from the grower. We do not use distributors. This is because distributed veg tends to come from London, and has usually been in cold storage for a number of days. Our veg comes direct from the field, and is therefore fresh as a daisy - an edible one of course! We also stay away from intensive, large scale farmers who produce for the supermarkets. We tend to find that the intensive method uses too many chemicals for us.

Our Major Suppliers are:

Ripple farm Organics

Martin and his business partner Simon run the farm of about 14 acres on a sustainable basis; it is registered as organic with the Soil Association. They are based at Crundle, near Wye.

 

We have used Ripple from the start and the quality of their produce is second to none and we have now grown to be a significant customer of theirs. When asked Martin said that the thing he was most proud of on the farm was his manure heap. Mighty fine it looked as well. His biggest pest problem are hares and pigeons, not the bugs you might imagine.

For more information have a look at http://www.ripplefarmorganics.co.uk/

R.G. Ovenden

Dickie Ovenden runs a great farm near Sandwich. He owns several parcels of land and has been farming there for some time.... He also acts as co-ordinator for several smaller growers in the area, who tend to grow specialist crops, and we collect all their produce from him. It is all picked to order, nothing left in cold storage for more than a day. Whilst not organic, Dickie does not use sprays on his crops. He describes his growing as 'natural'. We can vouch for that. We have visited his fields and are pleased to report plenty of hedges and weed growth. You'll even get the odd slug or nibble on his crops just to show that the soil is not devoid of life and poisioned.

Dickie supplies some fruit & veg to Howletts zoo park. Not the seconds mind. The gorillas throw the food back if it isn't fresh. We are proud to announce that the food you eat has been tested on animlas!

Park Farm Hawkhurst

All of our meat comes through Park Farm at Hawkhurst. It is all free range, and the animals are grass fed quality stock. No spectrum antibiotics are used and the farm is part of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme. They have their own butchers and the animals are sent to a local abbatoir. The meat is hung before butchery to develop the flavour and give a tender meat.

Monkshill Farm

Monkshill Farm is situated on the north Kent coast overlooking the estuary and the beautiful countryside between Faversham and Whitstable. The Royal School for Deaf Children Margate and Westgate College for Deaf People purchased the 65 acre site in 1995. They have have worked hard over the years to develop it into a successful working farm with a strong educational focus.



We source all of our chicken from the farm, as well as geese at Christmas.