???Local produce???

[John Marwood]

Mr Boombastic?

 

[db]

Mr Boombastic?

Totally fantastic?

 

[Gramaisc]

A van has been parked on Sandon Road recently, with sign-writing that implies this sort of service. I think that it says something like "Mr B", and has a mobile number, but I can't track down anything online. I'll try to write down some details if I see it again.

There is a website address on the back of the van - http://www.mrbfruitandveg.co.uk/ - and the phone number is on there.

 

[Theorum]

I'm really keen to keep this tread going, as I believe this is something we'll all going to need to get in on.

Staffordshire is a very bountiful county when it comes to local produce in the sense of root vegetables.

Potatoes - Wliya = £5.50 p/25 Kg (start of season September).

you can still buy these late potatoes and expect to last for a month if kept in favourable conditions.

 

[John Marwood]

I'm really keen to keep this tread going, as I believe this is something we'll all going to need to get in on.

Staffordshire is a very bountiful county when it comes to local produce in the sense of root vegetables.

Potatoes - Wliya = £5.50 p/25 Kg (start of season September).

you can still buy these late potatoes and expect to last for a month if kept in favourable conditions.

Cost + Convenience
________________________ = Waitrose
Organic x Healthy

 

[zebidee]

There is a website address on the back of the van - http://www.mrbfruitandveg.co.uk/ - and the phone number is on there.

I met one of the Mr B's people a few weeks ago, she seemed very keen and friendly. The fruit/veg is sourced from Birmingham markets and it isn't organic from what I remember; make of that what you will. The eggs, milk and bakery stuff is local apparently. There's a price list on the website now. Seems mostly comparable with supermakets?

 

[Wormella]

What we found was we spent less money in Supermarkets since we worked out what we were going to cook from the veg we have delivered, and it made it easier to write lists

 

[John Marwood]

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If you want to be kind to your health and your wealth dont eat meat

Meat will rise rapidly in price because animal feed will rise rapidly in price. Eating less meat also means less chance of cancer

If you want to eat local produce try raised beds - even now in the middle of winter you can pick fresh carrots

If you live in a flat then this maybe tricky

A farm in Ellenhall makes prize winning cheeses - A house nearby sells fresh eggs

If you can grow onions you might be onto a winner...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8335986/Eat-less-red-meat-Government-scientists-warn.html

 

[United57]

Horse meat anyone?

 

[Rikki]

If you want to eat local produce try raised beds - even now in the middle of winter you can pick fresh carrots

generally that is true although this year most of my carrots I left in had gone all mushy which I assume was down to the cold weather, all my sprouts and other winter veg I would expect to be fine left in went the same was aswell. My parsnips all survived though and I was pulling ones in january that were well over a kg each.