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Where our organic produce comes from
All produce supplied by Abbey Farm Organics is certified organic.
We also distribute Abbey Farm Wild Bird
Food which is non-organic.
Organic vegetables and salads
During the year, we expect to grow about 60% of the vegetables and salads we use at Abbey Farm. This percentage will be higher in the
summer and early autumn, when we expect to be self-sufficient, but
lower in the spring when only a small range of vegetables grow
well in this region. Most of the vegetables we buy in come from
a nearby farm (Donald Morton's at Bagthorpe, near Bircham, Norfolk)
or other local growers. The majority of the rest comes from certified organic growers from the Continent. It is very rare
for us to source vegetables from outside Europe.
Organic fruit
We have our own strawberry, rhubarb, gooseberry, raspberry, blackcurrant
and redcurrant. We buy in other fruit as locally as possible, so purchase apples, pears and plums from East Anglian growers when available. Most other fruit comes from the Continent, particularly Italy, Netherlands, Spain and France. Our wholesaler supplies us with fair trade bananas from Dominican Republic or Peru.
Organic mushrooms and eggs
Our mushrooms come from Cambridgeshire and our eggs are from Fakenham, Norfolk. The eggs are free range and certified by the Soil Association
Concerned about food miles and the origin of your produce?
Our box scheme allows you to choose to exclude all imports from your delivery. At certain times of the year, in particular March-June, this would noticeably reduce the variety in a vegetable box.
You can also choose to exclude imports except for the staples (potatoes, carrots and onions). This means you will still get these three vegetables during the short period of the year when they are only available as imports. Our recent experience has been that the period during which we have to import these products is getting shorter.
We are happy to discuss any concerns you have about the origin of produce we use.
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