Have you seen the series of videos from Riverford called What’s What in The Box ? They’re very good. Sometimes it’s one of the cooks from the field kitchen or the head chef, or one of the growers or Guy himself. There’s always something useful you can learn about what’s in the organic vegetable boxes by watching the videos and they seem very natural and well put together. I hope they manage to keep up producing a new one every week for us, because in some ways it’s the topical nature of the information that is so useful. Just when a new vegetable starts turning up in the organic boxes, and you might think you already know all about it and what you can do with them, a new tip gets included that just might help save some time or enable the cook in your house to make the absolute best out of the lovely top quality and healthly looking organic vegetables that come from Riverford.

Organic Vegetable Boxes (video)

In their monthly food awards, the Observer newspaper gave the Riverford Field Kitchen the title “Best Ethical Restaurant. Last week Jane Baxter and Sam Miller, who run the Riverford Field Kitchen, were presented with this prestigious award, a fine achievement given some notable contenders.

Guy Watson of Riverford writes in Farm news:

I like to think that we won because, as well as serving the most fantastic and affordable food, mostly grown on the farm, we are the real thing; for 25 years we have been doing what we do, in the belief that great food and sane farming can withstand the ebb and flow of food fashions. Having spent the last few days in London I took the opportunity to look at a few markets, greengrocers and box schemes. It was disappointing to see how many were responding to the recession by trading down to selling uncertified “as good as organic” produce, often with packaging and vans still implying fully organic produce. Everything we sell is certified organic; we keep it affordable by growing ourselves and working closely with our co-op.

Congratulations to Riverford Organic Vegetables, who also happen to be our own suppliers of top quality organic boxes all through the winter spring gap.