When are delivery days?
Deliveries are on Thursday afternoons in Abergavenny, Gilwern, Crickhowell and Pontrilas. Cardiff veg box home delivery is on Friday afternoon. Llangattock to Brecon home delivery is on Saturday mornings. You don't need to be in, we will leave it in a safe place.
Where do you deliver?
New home delivery to Cardiff, along with our existing route of Abergavenny to Brecon, and everywhere in between. There is a delivery map at the bottom of the home page. If you're not sure if we deliver to you, send us a message with your postcode in via the 'contact us button above and we'll see what we can do.
Collections Points
Each box is individually labeled with your name and box size on, please double check you have the right box.
Cwmbran: Saturdays from 10am at Zero Waste Torfaen, Redbrook Way, Southville, Cwmbran NP44 3QT (Please bring a reusable bag to transfer you veggies into)
Cardiff Rhiwbina: Fridays 10am-1pm Rhiwbina farmers market, Ye olde Butcher's Arms, Heol y Felin, Rhiwbina, CF14 6NB (please bring a reusable bag)
Pontrilas (£2 fee) : delivered Thursday from 2pm at GVs cafe, Pontrilas, Hereford HR2 0BA
Abergavenny: Fridays from Abergavenny Garden Centre, Church Lane, Llanfoist, Abergavenny, NP7 9LF
Crickhowell: Saturdays 9-5 at Natural Weigh, Shop 3, The Corn Exchange, 54 High St, Crickhowell NP8 1BH (Please bring a reusable bag to transfer your veggies into)
Monmouthshire Primary Schools We currently have 3 primary schools as Thursday collection points, for staff and parents only.
Can I Choose the Items In My Veg Box?
What is in a veg box varies and changes every week depending on what is in season and what Organic items are available locally. We change the items every week, meaning you get to be adventurous, and try things you wouldn't have otherwise usually chosen and you get to eat a seasonal, local, Organic diet. You can tell us about any veggies you don't like or are allergic to and we will substitute them.
How Many Veg Items Will I get?
Each week it will vary slightly, but you can generally expect 7 items for Small and 8 items for Medium and 10 for Large. It may be more or less depending on their value. Asparagus, for example, is 4 times the value of swede, so this way you don't miss out. The volume of vegetables also changes in each box size. An example for potatoes would be: small 1kg, medium 1.2kg, large 2kg.
Can I skip a week when I'm away?
Absolutely, just log into your account and select the dates you are away or not needing a box and we won't deliver or charge you. There is a button called "edit pauses" on your dashboard, don't forget to click save after making changes
How should I store my vegetables?
The fridge is the best place, in the crisper drawer. We highly recommend that you put any greens (chard, asparagus, kale, etc.) into a plastic bag or tupperware to improve their shelf life. Even baby carrots and beetroot would prefer to be sealed, as fridges, although the best temperature, tend to dry out veggies that are not wrapped.
What Veggies should I expect?
The veggie forecast is available on your veg box dashboard a couple of days before delivery, when you get your order confirmation email it will direct you to your dashboard where you can see what to expect (this may vary slightly as we harvest).
Are all the Vegetables Local and Organic?
All the vegetables in the veg box are certified Organic, or “Organic in conversion” if they are from our farm in Ceredigion. (Organic in conversion means the land has spent at least 1 year under organic management but needs another year until it is fully organic). Most of the items are either from our farm in Wales or other local Organic farms. Sometimes we source UK Organic items when they aren't available locally, such as mushrooms, in order to give you some variety.
A helpful list of what to do with each packaging item
Delivery boxes Please return these, they can be left out on the morning of your delivery.
Elastic Bands we can reuse these, leave them in your box.
Clear salad bags we cannot reuse for hygiene reasons. Drop them off to your local supermarket for stretchy plastic recycling.
Salad bags with green "degradable" writing some of the local Organic farms we work with use these. Currently the correct way to dispose of these is with your council general waste, they cannot be recycled.
Brown paper bags recycle or compost at home.
Solidarity fund- pay it forward
We are trialing the facilitation of a solidarity fund based on the green bottle scale of economic justice by Alexis J Cunningfolk. Check out the green button below to see where you fall. The price you see on our website is the price we need to be able to pay ourselves a fair wage. If you fall on the left hand side of the scale, you may wish to add a pay it forward option to your vegbox to support those in the right hand column. You can choose any amount in whole £s. If you fall in the right hand column then do get in touch with us via email and we can work with you to match up what resources you have, with what we have available generously gifted by other veg box customers, so that all in our community can access nutritious local food.
What does Organic mean?
Organic essentially means "without reliance on synthetic chemicals". In order to be able to use the word Organic, a farm must be registered and inspected by an Organic control body. We use the Welsh Organic scheme, but there are others like Organic farmers and Growers, and the Soil association. Organic is a system of farming and food production. Organic farmers aim to produce high-quality food, using methods that benefit our whole food system, from people to planet, plant health to animal welfare.