Online Ordering for 10th – 14th Nov (Week 46)
Strawberry Fields Spring Greens n’ Winter Kales
Everything from Strawberry Fields is looking top-notch at the minute. We’ve just added their Winter Wonderland kale – available both bagged or loose – and their spring greens are back too. A staple on the list, and always popular with you lot!
Slice into ribbons and sauté with butter and garlic for a v simple and flavourful side dish.
Hello Organic Northerners,
As mentioned last week, we’ll be heading to Westminster on Tuesday 25th November for the launch of the UK Fruit and Vegetable Coalition! On the same day – just a short walk away – the Bridging the Gap report by Sustain will also be launched, and we’d love your help encouraging your local MPs to attend both events.
This event is a great opportunity to introduce MPs to all the great work that’s happening in the Bridging the Gap pilotsand to strengthen existing links with supportive constituency MPs on the issues of healthy sustainable food for all.
One of the pilots we’ve proudly been involved with over the past six months is Liverpool Queens of Greens – a project enabling people in low income communities to access organic fruit and vegetables through a mobile grocer that stops at 40 locations and serves over 700 people each week.
Like last week, we’ve included an email template in the grey box below. Just add a few details about your local pilot and send it to your MP. You can look up your MP’s contact details here and please make sure to cc bridgingthegap@sustainweb.org so your MP’s response is shared with them too.
Dear [name of MP] MP,
No matter who we are and how much money we have, we should all be able to eat food that is good for us, good for our planet, and pays the people who grow it a fair price.
Over three years a Sustain-led programme called Bridging the Gap has run nine pilots across the UK reaching over 73,000 children in schools and 2,500 households in urban communities with locally sourced organic or agroecological fruit and veg.
“In [insert location] we have been running one of these nine pilots, which has been [insert pilot activity details and impact locally]”
Join us on Tuesday 25th November (2.30-5pm) for Bridging the Gap’s report launch in Westminster at Surveyor’s House where we will share what we have learned from our pilots and our policy recommendations. You will hear directly from the people who have been involved: those who grow food, traders who work with their communities and cooks who serve up delicious food in school lunches. There will also be an opportunity to take part in a collaborative discussion on how these policies should be implemented. Please RSVP here .
Kind regards,
[Your full name]
[Your full postal address]
[Your phone number]
And lastly before we get onto the fruit and veg, just a coupla updates for the coming weeks…
Christmas Dates Reminder
SO…our last warehouse day will be the 22nd December with deliveries and pallets being delivered as late as the 23rd.
The week prior to this we’ll run an additional warehouse day on the Friday in order to spread some of the massive weight that we’ll be moving the week before Christmas.
We will then be closed until the 5th January. We will put out a pricelist on the Monday 29th December that will need completing by the 30th December if you want an order delivering for the first week back.
Authentic Bread Delivery
If you’ve ordered some Chrimbo bits from Authentic Bread, they’ll be heading your way from the week commencing 8th December – so keep an eye for those!
Last Call for Augernik!
This is your last week to grab anything from Augernik before they wrap up for the year. Billy’s got apples, chestnutsand walnuts going – so don’t miss out!
Fruit & veg updates:
- Starting in the UK, Royal Oak has Egyptian beetroot, washed purple sun carrots, washed rainbow carrots, sprout stalks and pink crown prince squash and Bedlam add even more squash to their offering including Bon Bon, celebration and delicata.
- Elsewhere, Flourish have added some brocolo fiolaro and Portuguese cabbage, while Terry Simpson adds spinach in bags and Newfields add some sprouts in both 5kg and 10kg bags.
- On the UK fruit front, Mole End has some Meridian cox apples for us to go at and Carey has added some Adam’s pearmain and rosemary russet apples.
- From France, Bio & Bio has added some green Batavia and red oakleaf lettuces, cherry plum tomatoes, cherry vine tomatoes, clems with leaves, quince and chestnuts.
- From Spain, Bioalgarrobo has added red peppers and fuerte avocados, Biovergel has added some clems for us to go at and Ecosur has some normal vine and cocktail vine tomatoes.
- From Holland, Zann has added black garlic in punnets, wonderful pomegranates, passionfruits, finger limes, cherimoya, violet pointy cabbages and graffiti aubergines.
- From Dynamis our top picks this week are sugarloaf chicory, chilli hot mix, bleu de hongrie pumpkins, green shiatsu squash, purple sweet spuds, yellow sorelli kiwi trays, papayas, passionfruits, physalis and dried peanuts.
- On the dairy front, High Weald have added a Christmas cheese to their offering which is the Sussex Marble with Cranberries and this is available in both wedges and 1/4 rounds. We also have some lightly salted butter from Calon Wen again.
- And lastly to line your pantry’s, we have some classic and rosemary flatbreads, chopped tomatoes, chickpeas and black bean soup from Mr Organic as well as a variety of coffee capsules from Source Climate Coffee.
Speak to you all again soon,
Ell, Sean, Cathryn, Mads, Alphin and the ON team x
Make your winters a lil bit warmer.
With Halloween behind us, we’re diving straight into the cosy stuff. Luscombe’s Mulled Winter Warmers are back – plus a delish new Apple & Ginger flavour. Serve ’em warm or cold, and chuck in some cinnamon or star anise for a festive kick. (Even better – we’ve got discounts on the whole range!)