Listening to the fireworks and thinking about butternut squash soup, I suddenly realised I’ve only eaten 3 courgettes this year.
That’s not because I don’t like them - I really do. There just don’t seem to have been any!
This time last year I had a freezer full of courgette soup (ask me if you’d like the [...]

Do you get a veg box?
Have you voted yet?
Now’s your chance!
Voting is now open for the 2007 UK Veg Box Awards.
So if you think your box scheme provider deserves a pat on the back, please take a minute to fill in the online nomination form:
Vote Now
Every vote counts and whether your veg box provider is [...]

Have you got a favourite “green” book - or recipe book?
Would you like to tell people why you like it?
We’ve just launched a book review section on the Vegbox-Recipes website and we need your help to get lots of great book reviews on it.
Maybe you’ve got a favourite recipe book that you just couldn’t do [...]

If you’re anywhere near Swindon and fancy looking round an organic farm this weekend, there are two open days not to be missed!
On Saturday, the National Trust is running its annual Coleshill Local Food Festival. (See the website for details of all the activities, including a mini beer festival and even bird box making with [...]

Calling all foodie shopaholics!
The time is nigh for the Soil Association’s annual Organic Food Festival.
It’s on September 1st and 2nd in Bristol and there are absolutely loads of exhibitors again this year.
But it’s not just food. There are going to be all sorts of companies there, from green energy to toiletries and gifts - and [...]

It’s interesting… In the last few weeks, people have been telling us their veg box scheme has started to charge for letting them opt out of any veggies they don’t like.
Most schemes used to offer this service for free (for up to 3 items), but we’ve found out that there’s a growing trend to charge [...]

Have you ever fancied visiting an organic farm?
Maybe you’d like to find out how they do it - without all the chemicals?
Or perhaps you’re intrigued about whether an organic farm is high tech, low tech or back-to-basics?
One of the best ways to find out how passionate organic farmers are is to go on a farm [...]

You’ve sourced the local, organic Christmas turkey? You’ve bought a tasteful range of Fair Trade, natural gifts or charity goats for friends and family? You’ve either sent recycled paper charity Christmas cards or given up on them entirely? What about the tree?
Real or plastic? Which would you choose?
It’s good to see so much public [...]

When it comes to the world of fruit and veg, are you a risk-taker or do you play it safe?
Do you eagerly seize the mystery vegetable in your veg box and set about working out how to use it? Or does it linger, guiltily, at the back of the fridge, until it sneaks its way [...]

We got tomatoes in our veg box this week.
They were grown at a local farm. Great for keeping down food miles.
But it’s November.
So how did they get us fresh tomatoes?
They either picked them green and left them to ripen for a month or grew them in heated greenhouses.
Neither option is ideal. If they were picked [...]