Farm Shop shopping

Idiophreak

Have you looked at getting veggie boxes delivered, or would this not suit?

RustyFlange

Hi thanks for the replies and also to AB for moving the thread.

Not sure what the veggie boxes include, or even how much they are. I only moved here in march so still trying to find my way round so to speak.

pretty_mumma

Try this site. Ive used them before and always found them helpful and supply really nice fruit and veg.

http://www.riverford.co.uk/find/index.php?

Sam xx

rubytwilight

You can go to http://www.freerangereview.com/ and enter your postcode in find local food section and will bring up suppliers in your area

sharnad

I like the widdrington inn farm shop its a few miles from blyth but its a proper nice farm shop that has allsorts and a cafe the fruit and veg and meat is really nice and the baked goods are fab

I cant think of any farms that do sell fruit and veg I get a lot from a friend who has an allotment in Ashington

There are plenty of farms that sell eggs and I know of one on the way to widdrington that sells eggs and potatoes

Penelope_Penguin

Hi there :beer: Big Barn will give you pointers to suppliers near you.

I'll add this to the existing Farm Shop thread to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

leiela

How do you guys go about finding farm shops??

I figure there has to be some near me somewhere but as they don't seem to advertise to well im strugging, any idea's on how to locate them?

greenbee

Word of mouth generally, but there are websites that can help...

www.farmshops.co.uk
www.bigbarn.co.uk
https://www.farmshopping.net

thriftlady_2

Bigbarn is a really useful site for locating farmshops;) They do very though so don't assume they're all good value. A good farmshop will be able to tell you where all its produce is from. Don't assume it is all local.

leiela

Thanks for the reply's

i took a look and found this site

http://www.northernharvest.co.uk/index.htm

Pricing thier indervidual items against Asda, they seem to be cheaper on many items, the same on others only a few things i spotted where more expensive, but tbh i don't mind that so much i'd rather give money to local farmers and small company's rather than huge chains like asda.

It looks to be that if i by everything seperately i'd maybe save a few pound, but I was looking at the "mixed box's" and they look pretty good only problem is im not sure how much of each item im likely to get to see if its good value or not?? do you think it would work out better value getting those??

what do you think?? think its work ordering a couple of boxes to give it a whirl?? Or should i ring the helpline number see if they can help??