Whilst at a food festival in Wales, We stumbled across a Riverford Organic Farm stand. I got chatting with their rep and he told me all about the Riverford Organic Farm Veg Boxes. A lovely box of organic veg is sent to your door each week. There are many different types and sizes of box to suit your family needs, they can include meat, fruit and dairy as well as your standard veg. We decided to try the smallest veg box that they do, which has 6 different types of seasonal veggies, perfect for 2 adults and a tiny one who doesn't eat a huge amount. The delivery day for our area is a Wednesday and we also nominated a safe place for our box to be left in case I couldn't answer the door.
When Wednesday came around I waited in anticipation of our box, I am always excited to see what we are going to get. If you can't wait for a surprise you can check on-line from the Friday before to see what you are getting. I was putting Ailsa down for a nap when delivery was made and couldn't get to the door. I was pleased to discover our box had been placed in our secure location and was safe and well.
The Veg was well presented in this cardboard box- the box itsself is recyclable and the person who delivers your order will collect it the following week so it can be reused. It folds down flat and I kept it out the way by our front door ready to be collected the following week.
Our box consisted of New Potatoes, Carrots, Romano Peppers, Onions, Pak choi, Green Batavia Lettuce and wet Garlic. The veg was fresh and in great condition, no bruising or bad bits. The veg was dirty and needed to be washed before used but I do that anyway. From the meals we have cooked the veg had lots of yummy flavour and was a great mix of seasonal produce. The box contents lasted us the full week as we added meat and fish to our meals.
This week we decided to get a Less Roots box which is still a small box of mixed seasonal veg but without potatoes as we wanted to give it a try and we don't eat a huge amount of potatoes normally. It is really easy to change which box you would like and it is easy to pause your delivery if you are away on holiday or if you would like to cancel. The small veg box costs £10.35 a week and the less roots box £11.15. I would definitely say for fresh organic veg delivered straight to your door it is definitely worth it. The quality is brilliant and the flexibility of the boxes is fab. We will most likely continue to get the boxes for the foreseeable future and hopefully try some new veg that otherwise would not normally be on the menu.
*Disclaimer- The Riverford Organic Farms veg boxes were purchased by myself. All opinions are my own.
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