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Adventure First Aid
Adventure First Aid is a Devon based company that provides First Aid training all over the UK and overseas. Adventure First Aid often uses the Conference & Meeting facilities at The Barton, Shillingford Abbot as their training venue.


BBC UK Food - Recipes
We use many recipes provided by the BBC UK Food Website.


Bernaville Nurseries
Bernaville Nurseries is a family run, independent business dedicated to providing excellent quality and service. The traditional nursery has evolved into a comprehensive garden centre, but is still fully committed to growing a wide selection of exceptional quality plants. As the seasons evolve and more exciting plants emerge from the tunnels, you will find fresh inspiration to tackle your outside space! They also stock some Shillingford Organics produce.


Devon Food Links
A local food initiative, Devon Food Links has been working since 1998 to promote the benefits of local food in our county. See their excellent online food and drink guide for more information on local drink producers.


Emma's Bread
Exeter born and raised Emma Parkin, a passionate foodie, supplies bread to the box scheme customers at Shillingford Organics, local delis, farm and healthfood shops. Pizzas and parties can also be catered for on request. Her specialities are natural leavened rye breads alongside a range of granary, white and spelt loaves, which are made with organic flour and baked in the Commercial Kitchens at Barton Farm. All loaves are suitable for vegetarians and vegans, some are wheat free, but do contain gluten so are not suitable for coeliacs.


Healthy Start
Shillingford Organics has joined the Healthy Start Scheme. With Healthy Start, you can get free vouchers every week which you swap for milk, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. Healthy Start replaces the Welfare Food Scheme. Click on the link, follow the steps and check if you qualify.


Love Local Food
Are you passionate about food, interested in where your food comes from and concerned about your carbon footprint? Love Local Food is a new social enterprise initiated by Emma’s Bread, Shillingford Organics, West Town Farm, OrganicARTS and others. We are a group of local producers, educators and passionate food lovers who propose to bring a new and simple way of shopping to Exeter and surrounding areas.


OrganicARTS West Town Farm
OrganicARTS is a charity working with West Town Farm, Ide, to raise awareness of rural issues through art and educational activities. Visitors to the farm can buy Beef and Pork from our organically reared animals. We have frozen meat in the freezer, but also have fresh meat from time to time and will keep you updated with the details of our Fresh Meat Days.


Own - Devon's Online Supermarket
An on-line supermarket in the same style as the big supermarkets, but only offering food and drink grown, produced or supplied by Devon based businesses & producers - Food from the British Isles, not the British aisles!


Slow Food
Slow Food is an international organisation whose aim is to protect the pleaseures of the table from the homogenisation of modern fast food and life. Through a variety of of initiatives, it promotes gastronomic culture, developes taste education, conserves agricultural biodiversity and protects traditional foods at risk of extinction. It now boasts over 80 000 members in over 100 countries.


Soil Association
The Soil Association is the UK's leading campaigning and certification organisation for organic food and farming.


South West Food & Drink
South West Food & Drink is the "umbrella" trade organisation dedicated to the development of the food and drink industry throughout South West England.


Taste of the West
Raising awareness of food and drink from the South West of England and providing small businesses with a variety of skills such as food technology, marketing, public relations, tourism, catering and information technology.


Taverner's Farm
Taverner's Farm is home to Pedigree South Devon cows, referred to as Orange Elephants because of their large size, long faces and rusty coloured coats. Taverner's Farm is the only farm still milking South Devons, producing rich milk which is used to make Orange Elephant Ice Cream.


The UK Organic Search Engine
A Lot of Organics - Bringing you organic food, fair trade, vegan, special diets, ethical, eco-friendly and other organic products.


VEGBOXSCHEMES
Vegboxschemes is a new website that allows vegetable box scheme customers to add recommendations for their scheme supplier. If you wish to add comments enter our postcode EX2 9QQ and follow the instructions. You can also view other customer's recommendations.


www.vegbox-recipes.co.uk
... or check out seasonal vegetable recipes by clicking on the link below: Vegetable Box Recipes ... or check out how to store vegetables by clicking on the link below: How to Store Vegetables ( free download - Guide to Seasonal Food )

25/07/2008
This weeks organic vegetable box contains:

Last Updated
23rd July 2008
1	Potatoes (Milva)
2	Carrots
3	Green Onions
4	Lettuce
5	Spinach
6	Snap Peas
7	Courgettes or Summer Squash
9	Tomatoes
10	Beetroot or Cucumber
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Mini boxes will have a selection of the above vegetables but not all. Make up crops may vary from the list !
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NB: Due to availabilty box contents may vary
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Shillingord Recipes or veg-box recipes