Comments on: About http://blog.riverford.co.uk News from Riverford Organic Vegetables Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mari Hunt http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1252 Mari Hunt Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:42:39 +0000 #comment-1252 Many thanks to Mark (Bournemouth) for organising the recent "chop and chat" evening, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Sarah was an inspiriation and we picked up lots of tips on how to prepare and serve our vegetables. My partner was so impressed with the potato, celeriac and apple mash that he went out and bought a potato ricer! The leek tart was my favoutite and I have already made one similar. Looking forward to the next demonstration! PS we bought the Riverford Cook Book there and it is brilliant, wish we had got it sooner! Many thanks to Mark (Bournemouth) for organising the recent “chop and chat” evening, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Sarah was an inspiriation and we picked up lots of tips on how to prepare and serve our vegetables. My partner was so impressed with the potato, celeriac and apple mash that he went out and bought a potato ricer! The leek tart was my favoutite and I have already made one similar. Looking forward to the next demonstration!
PS we bought the Riverford Cook Book there and it is brilliant, wish we had got it sooner!

]]> By: Mark Jenkins http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1234 Mark Jenkins Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:38:38 +0000 #comment-1234 Reuse vs Recycle... I always make sure any packaging included with the produce you deliver is recycled where possible - brown paper bags and plastic containers etc... However, as they say, reusing items is better than recycling them but there's only so many bags and containers I can find another use for and I wondered if you are able to take back clean bags and plastic containers for use another week as per the boxes themselves? Reuse vs Recycle…

I always make sure any packaging included with the produce you deliver is recycled where possible – brown paper bags and plastic containers etc…
However, as they say, reusing items is better than recycling them but there’s only so many bags and containers I can find another use for and I wondered if you are able to take back clean bags and plastic containers for use another week as per the boxes themselves?

]]> By: riverford http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1229 riverford Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:25:30 +0000 #comment-1229 with your order each week you should receive a newsletter with between 6 to 8 recipes attached to it (either in your box or, if you don't get a box, with your receipt). The recipe pages are sized to fit the folder and hole punched so they can be added to the folder without any fuss. with your order each week you should receive a newsletter with between 6 to 8 recipes attached to it (either in your box or, if you don’t get a box, with your receipt). The recipe pages are sized to fit the folder and hole punched so they can be added to the folder without any fuss.

]]> By: bellabeck http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1223 bellabeck Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:49:08 +0000 #comment-1223 I've got your A5 lever arch file but I don't understand how I should find the newsletter (with recipes) and if this does involve printing off the website then I am left with A4 recipes and an A5 folder?? I’ve got your A5 lever arch file but I don’t understand how I should find the newsletter (with recipes) and if this does involve printing off the website then I am left with A4 recipes and an A5 folder??

]]> By: Jane Bowden http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1136 Jane Bowden Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:43:13 +0000 #comment-1136 I too would be very interested to know how the French manage to achieve such tender meat. I don't find ragout and the like so hard to get right in England, but I'm constantly disappointed in pork, beef and lamb steak and won't cook it for guests in case it's tough. I too would be very interested to know how the French manage to achieve such tender meat. I don’t find ragout and the like so hard to get right in England, but I’m constantly disappointed in pork, beef and lamb steak and won’t cook it for guests in case it’s tough.

]]> By: dave http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1129 dave Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:24:11 +0000 #comment-1129 what happens to the un-used fruit and veg is it recycled on farm what happens to the un-used fruit and veg is it recycled on farm

]]> By: riverford http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1114 riverford Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:24:22 +0000 #comment-1114 Interesting you should mention bags for milk which is something we've done a study on to find out whether it's a better option environmentally and the practical implications of bags. Practially it'll be quite difficult but that's not to say impossible! It would be good to hear from others who have either bought or would like to buy milk in bags. Interesting you should mention bags for milk which is something we’ve done a study on to find out whether it’s a better option environmentally and the practical implications of bags. Practially it’ll be quite difficult but that’s not to say impossible! It would be good to hear from others who have either bought or would like to buy milk in bags.

]]> By: riverford http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1113 riverford Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:31:01 +0000 #comment-1113 Hi Amy, we do a monthly price check of our vegboxes against supermarket organic veg and are consistently cheaper than the supermarkets. It's great to hear the results of your experiment where Riverford vegboxes were cheaper than non-organic veg in the supermarket. Our bananas are usually Fairtrade but there has been a problem with crown rot, particular to this time of year when the spores are virulent, which has affected crops. When this happens we source from suppliers we know and trust and they are always organic mostly certified as Fairtrade. Last week we had a mix of organic and Fairtrade organic. Hi Amy,

we do a monthly price check of our vegboxes against supermarket organic veg and are consistently cheaper than the supermarkets. It’s great to hear the results of your experiment where Riverford vegboxes were cheaper than non-organic veg in the supermarket.

Our bananas are usually Fairtrade but there has been a problem with crown rot, particular to this time of year when the spores are virulent, which has affected crops. When this happens we source from suppliers we know and trust and they are always organic mostly certified as Fairtrade. Last week we had a mix of organic and Fairtrade organic.

]]> By: amy http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1112 amy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:09:07 +0000 #comment-1112 Hi, I was wondering about the bananas too. Last week they had ffyfe 'organic' stickers on them but I couldn't see anything ' fairtrade' anywhere. Are they fairtrade? Also we unfortunately missed the deadline this week due to internet problems so I went to shop in Sainsburys and did a little experiment. I took the list of veg that would have been in the box (had we not missed the deadline) and bought the equivalent in the supermarket. I was careful to more or less match the quantities we normally get but I chose Non-Organic veg. Unbelieveably, the bill came to more than the riverford order AND it wasn't organic. Amazing! I shall make sure I won't miss the deadline in future. I do have a gripe though- Please could you consider packaging the milk in bigger cartons (or even plastic bags like some of the supermarkets do) because its silly having to order 5 cartons of milk and also, we can't recycle those types of carton locally so they all go to landfill. Hi, I was wondering about the bananas too. Last week they had ffyfe ‘organic’ stickers on them but I couldn’t see anything ‘ fairtrade’ anywhere. Are they fairtrade?

Also we unfortunately missed the deadline this week due to internet problems so I went to shop in Sainsburys and did a little experiment. I took the list of veg that would have been in the box (had we not missed the deadline) and bought the equivalent in the supermarket. I was careful to more or less match the quantities we normally get but I chose Non-Organic veg. Unbelieveably, the bill came to more than the riverford order AND it wasn’t organic. Amazing! I shall make sure I won’t miss the deadline in future.

I do have a gripe though- Please could you consider packaging the milk in bigger cartons (or even plastic bags like some of the supermarkets do) because its silly having to order 5 cartons of milk and also, we can’t recycle those types of carton locally so they all go to landfill.

]]> By: Jo King http://blog.riverford.co.uk/about/#comment-1104 Jo King Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:32:26 +0000 #comment-1104 I've been a customer for nearly five years and love the fact that as a vegetarian I hardly ever have to go to the supermarket! Especially as the list of Riverford products gets longer! I wanted to mention though, that I think the Riverford cotton shopping bag would be more attractive and functional if the straps were a little wider. I’ve been a customer for nearly five years and love the fact that as a vegetarian I hardly ever have to go to the supermarket! Especially as the list of Riverford products gets longer! I wanted to mention though, that I think the Riverford cotton shopping bag would be more attractive and functional if the straps were a little wider.

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