Welcome to VegNews, the weekly veg bulletin from Cultivate, bringing you the latest news from the Cultivate farm and from our other local suppliers. Our focus this week will stray from vegetables to egg production. You may notice the price … Read More
Land News The fun to be had whilst weeding and watering endless rows of parched veg might seem limited, but bring an army of Cultivate volunteers on board and things quickly change! We have been so lucky as to have … Read More
Think, as you basked in sunshine this past week and sipped on Pimms whilst watching Murray take the Wimbledon cup, growers around Oxfordshire toiled under the midday sun, frantically trying to get enough water to their treasured crops, lest they … Read More
Our online poll about whether we should sell local non-organic fruit or English organic fruit in the summer gathered almost 70 responses (background info: as far as possible we normally sell produce that is local and organic, but there is … Read More
A few weeks ago was a milestone for the VegVan when we bought in our first organic produce from abroad. It was a week of snow and freezing temperatures and local producers couldn’t harvest their green veg as usual. Much … Read More
How we go about stocking up the VegVan has changed a lot over the last few weeks as we’ve seen production from our field slow down considerably. Back in August 80-90% of the fresh produce on the van was grown … Read More
The VegVan: Mobile Greengrocery for the 21st Century A fruit and vegetable van isn’t a new idea. Like market gardens, mobile greengrocers were once common across the UK. As recently as 1850 in London there were more than 500 sellers … Read More
We’re excited about the fennels this week – you won’t fail to notice that they’re very frondy. Don’t chuck the tops! Chopped fennel fronds are great cooked with fish in the oven (wrap up in foil), put into yoghurt dips, … Read More
Lots of new appearances this week, including the first of our fennel and leeks, some little baby sweetcorn and … beautiful russet and worcester pearmain apples from Waterperry Gardens. Quantities of all new stock limited – more coming on next … Read More
This week we are really getting going with our broccoli and cauliflower. They looks beautiful and taste even better, and best of all, we’re proud of them for surviving the dreadful weather and the onslaught of early slugs. But they’ve … Read More