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There have been several people mentioning where they get really good organic/free range meat so I thought it would be useful to have a list as a sticky that people could refer to. You could also add organic veggies and other 'green' products, eg supplier of essential oils. Please give as much info as poss on delivery areas, location of farm/shop/farmers' market, and opening hours.

 

It would be useful I think if people could read your views on quality, delivery etc - sort of DIY Which report.

 

I'll leave it as individual postings, but ask if you can try really hard not to go off topic (I can say that because I do sometimes :oops: ) so that people can easily scan through all the postings.

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SHEEPDROVE ORGANIC FARM

 

Chicken, Turkey, Lamb, Mutton, Beef, Pork

 

Bristol - shop and mail order

 

Very pleased with my order - came on day expected, ordering simple, meat all nice and cold when it arrived. Whole chicken when roast was superb - great taste and texture. Sausages and burgers also good although I would sprinkle seasoning on the burgers while cooking next time.

 

http://www.sheepdrove.com/default.asp

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Good idea Jane.

 

We bought our Christmas goose from

 

Seldom Seen Farm

Billesdon Leicester

LE7 9FA

 

Phone: 01162 596742

Fax: 01162 596626

 

 

Products are available by:

Catalogue

Farm Shop

Mail Order

 

Other information:

Pick Your Own

Resturant

Meat: Fresh Lamb

Game: Pheasant

Poultry: Fresh Goose

Horticultural Produce: Fresh Vegetables

Horticultural Produce: Fresh Fuit

Bakery, Cereals and Grains: Cakes

Preserves, Sauces and Seasonings: Honey

Preserves, Sauces and Seasonings: Jams & Preserves

Preserves, Sauces and Seasonings: Marmalades

 

I can highly recommend the goose - it was delicious!

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RIVER COTTAGE PIG IN A BOX

 

Bacon, sausages, gammon, brawn, pate etc

 

There is virtually a waiting list for these but we really enjoyed ours. The link below takes you straight to the info and ordering section. The quality was just amazing and you can tell Hugh FW is a cook because the sausages and other prepared products were wonderful.

 

http://www.rivercottage.net/rcv2/food/meat_box.jsp?shop=food&food=meat_box

 

Downside - it isn't cheap, although I considered it good value for what it was in quality, and if you have hungry teenagers it can all disappear very quickly. It is a treat I will definitely have again. You do need to order well in advance - possibly several weeks - so be warned.

 

I was able to specify a time slot for delivery and it came right on time. The individual items were packaged very nicely. I thought as I unpacked, what a lovely wedding present (post honeymoon) it would make for a couple. The products were cold enough when they arrived, with just the special insulation, but I'm thinking of suggesting to RC that they consider disposable ice packs like Sheepdrove used. The Sheepdrove contents were noticably colder.

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Ok - a few recommendations here (sorry for the long list)

 

1) I use Abel and Cole for my organic delivery. We don't seem to have a good local box scheme so I've found this to be a good alternative. They deliver direct to the door and can deliver almost anywhere in the country I think - check the website www.abel-cole.co.uk

The advantage for me as a working mum is that they deliver direct to the door, I can customise preferences, add basic grocery and cleaning items, and joy-of-joys purchase fresh, MSC-approved fish from Cornwall. The range and quality of the products are really good, and you can even specify 'dislikes' (in my case melons which I am violently allergic to) and they will replace it with something else. I order a 'family' box every fortnight for £20 which includes 9 types of vegetables and 4 types of fruit. With supplements from my (very small) garden this keeps the three of us going easily for the fortnight.

 

2) Child/baby products (nappies, clothing, toys etc) I have always ordered from Green Baby - www.greenbaby.co.uk

A good range of products - the cotton clothing is generously-sized and very hard-wearing. Oliver wore his button-through GreenBaby 3-6 month vests long after he turned 1, and they seemed to get softer the more I washed them! Delivery takes a couple of days but is always well-packaged.

 

3) Natural Collection - www.naturalcollection.com

A really wide variety of organic and fairly-traded items from clothes, to gardenware, to cosmetics, to household cleaners and much more. Good for gifts at Xmas and birthdays too. I've used them for years. Again delivery can sometimes be up to a week, but always well-packaged and meeting expectations.

I order their Bambule hygiene spray on a regular basis and the citrus-based Fresh and Clean cleaner, which is just that!

 

4) Sheepdrove Organic Farm - just to endorse what others have said. Really nice quality meat and arrives nicely cold and well-packaged, when it says it will.

 

5) Also try Green Choices - www.greenchoices.org which is essentially a guide to 'greener living' - no products for sale, just advice about where to go for things.

 

6) Lastly - try www.little-earth.co.uk

A directory of all sorts of ecological and environmentally aware activities. We're planning a holiday through the 'holidays' section - a horse-drawn caravan in Ireland for a week! Not till next year, but will update you on how it goes!

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I've copied this over from another thread.

 

kazaddress

Location: Farnborough, M3

 

Hi. not sure if you may be intereted.. but the farm which i get my organic veg delivery from www.riverford.co.uk (costs £10 a week).. also do a organic meat box too (around £40 a fortnight for a large mixed box).

 

I can posts links if your interested!

_________________

PhD student and animal lover

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lol.

 

sorry only just noticed this thread!

 

:)

 

this is the meat box http://www.riverfordfarmshop.co.uk/

 

 

 

my organic food from www.riverfood.co.uk costs me £15 a week and includes

 

1 vegetable box

1 fruit box

5 litres of milk

eggs (not for much longer)

 

 

its cut my weekly shopping bill down to £25 a week for me and my OH

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The www.theorganicfarmersmarket.co.uk Delivery Has arrived.

They deliver all over the UK, and their produce includes fruit, veg, fish, meat, gluten free foods, pies, cakes, pet food, salads, hummus, cooking sauces, drinks, vegetarian foods, fresh herbs etc

 

I’m not quite sure if I’m happy thvalue for money or not. The produce in the fruit and veg box looks large, clean and healthy.. but its does not feel like very much (for the £2 extra more then www.riverford.co.uk), This is what I got for my £14.50

 

  • 3 large onions,

  • 3 leaks,

  • 1 bag potatoes,

  • 1 suede,

  • 1 bag carrots,

  • 1 bag kale,

  • 1 bag mixed salad leaves,

  • 1 lemon,

  • 3 bananas,

  • 2 oranges,

  • 2 apples

.

 

Hmm. Well the honey smoked bacon looks lovely as does the 2 pies (1 gluten free and 1 normal), The hummus and pesto is in jars which is Disappointing, as i was hoping it would be fresh not long life! They delivered the wrong pesto (I requested coriander and walnut). They also delivered the wrong milk too. 3 litres of semi-skimmed rather then skimmed (which wont be much use to me on my weigh"Ooops, word censored!"chers no count diet).

 

When i ordered the food in the first place the credit card page crashed 3 times... after the third day of trying i ended up phoning them up, so that they processed the order (which was a bit of a palava)

 

I also bought a gluten free cake, a flap jack and a bottle of strawberry lemonade as a treat for my birthday. Total cost for this weeks shop was £35.01 (not bad for the 2 of us!) Next week it’s the http://www.organically-speaking.com delivery. I will let you know how it goes!

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have a peek at riverford!

 

their large box and their fruit box would probably be perfect for you!

this week they would have a bag each of...

 

£13.50

tomatoes

swiss chard

brussel sprouts

red cabbage

carrots

cauliflower

leeks

mushrooms

milva potatoes

shallots

sweet mama squash

green mustard

 

£7.50

elstar apples,

bananas,

clementines,

oranges,

pears

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Just to let you know... http://www.devonrose.com are now doing organic meat boxes. (click on the flag then scroll down)

 

The guy who runs it (Richard) is a lovely chap, and has good farming practeses.

 

boxes can be delivered weekly, fortnightly or 4 weekly. and there are 3 sizes basic = £32. family = £48 and Large = £60ish

 

Im getting the family one delivered monthly.. so that works out at about £6 per week each. (not bad)

 

also you can state what you dont want delivered.. and they also cater for special diets (so i will only get gluten free sausages.. and I dont like big peices of pork).

 

(their apple smoked bacon is to die for)

 

This weeks family box:

Belly Pork Slices 500g

Chicken Breasts 600g

Cooked & Sliced Pork 250g

Devon County Lamb Chump Chops 450g

Chorizo Styled Sausages 450g

Shoulder of Devon County Lamb 1.5kg

Smoked Middle Bacon 250g

Unsmoked Bacon Steaks 450g

Spare Rib Pork Joint 1.5kg

Bacon Bits 500g

 

Last weeks family box:

Rump Steak 500g

Dry Cured Unsmoked Back Bacon 250g

Devon Faggots 500g

Devon Tender Minced Beef 500g

Devon County Lamb Chump Chops 600g

Honey Roast Sliced Ham 250g

Dry Cured Smoked Streaky 250g

Dry Cured Gammon Steaks 500g

Boneless Leg Of Pork 1.5kg

Chilli Spiced Sausages 450g

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If anyone is interested have a look on my site,

our meat though not organic, its close, free range outdoor reared meat from animals that we believe have a happy and rewarding life,, pork, chicken, and turkey beef soon, all from rare or traditional breeds, ensuring their survival for our future generations.

We have received high recommendations for our meat, and promise you excellent service good value and fabulous tasting meat, reared in the traditional way with no additives.

www.freewebs.com/norfolkrarebreedscentre/

thank you for taking tghe time to look

paula

breeder & proud keeper of rare and traditional pigs, cattle and poultry and mum to two boys.

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I've just discovered an organic bag service, based just outside Edinburgh, for those of us up here!

 

www.thewholeshebag.com

 

They do veggie bags, fruit bags and mixed bags, milk, eggs, marmalade and organic compost, and rooster manure.

 

Their delivery area seems to cover quite a lot of east central Scotland.

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Not sure if we have any Dorset people on here but if we do ....Aubergine on Portland (where i work) :wink: sells a fantastic range of local produce

including:

 

Organic pork

Organic Aberdeen angus beef

Wild venison and venison and boar sausages(my fav)

Organic chicken

Organic Lamb

Wild rabbit (bit dodgy selling this on portland due to local legend,apparently rabbits burrowed under housing and quarries causing collapse) so they call it "under ground mutton" mus'nt mention the word rabbits :roll:

Organic cows cheese,goats cheese, and a fab organic veg box scheme i could go on......please don't hesitate to contact us we are happy to mail order :D

 

Hannah and the G-pigs in the (orange eglu)

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Sadly not as yet we are only 2 months old and already we are thinking of expanding!!....so this maybe to come...but please don't hesitate to ask if we have anything you are looking for...and pop in for a visit of course :D

 

Mail order is possible too

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Up until very recently I've been buying most of my fruit & veg from a local organic farm in Gravesend, who's produce is excellent., and I'd recommentdthem whole-heartedly to anyone in the area. Unfortunately though I live out of their delivery area, so have been driving out there every thursday to collect my box. Since the children went back to school they've both acquired after school activities on a thursday, so with great reluctance I've been forced to cancel my veg box from them.

Imagine my delight then to find that my milkman has started delivering organic fruit & veg, along with my milk :D

It does come from Somerset, so not as local as I'd like, but it's delivered to me on an environmentally friendly electric milk float by my very friendly milkman. My first box has just been delivered and so far I'm impressed.

If anyone gets milk delivered by a Dairy Crest milkman it might be worth checking this out http://www.milkdeliveries.co.uk/doorstep/swaddles.htm :D:D

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... if you live near Christchurch in Dorset, I'd recommend this farm shop ...

 

http://www.owlsbarn.com/index.html

 

... which is in Sopley, off the road between Christchurch and Ringwood.

 

They have the most amazing sausages and there is even a chicken coup in the car park to keep the kids happy while you buy lots of good meat and veg. Most of it is organic too, and they do brilliant venison, being so close to the New Forest.

 

Highly recommended. :wink:

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