We’re super excited to appear on BBC Countryfile’s visit to the Camel Trail in our beautiful corner of north Cornwall.

The programme features Camel CSA’s climate-friendly veg growing practices and the work our landowners The Gaia Trust are doing to restore nature at Treraven Farm, near Wadebridge, along with lots of other wonderful things that are happening along the Trail.

Watch the full programme here on BBC iPlayer, very conveniently we’re on close to the start!

It’s simply the best time of year to eat tasty homegrown tomatoes. We love them so many ways – raw in salads or roasted in sauces and soups, ideally with our own freshly-picked basil.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*salad leaf mix
*parsley
*calabrese or sprouting broccoli or pakchoi
*potatoes
*green pepper or aubergine (Camel CSA) or *courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Also in the standard boxes:
*green onions
*radishes
*peas (Camel CSA) or *French beans (Mark Norman)


* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

All the protected summer crops in our four large polytunnels are doing really well – notably green peppers. basil, tomatoes, aubergines, cucumbers, and melons.

As a special bonus for all their hard work, our Thursday volunteer team enjoyed sharing the first of the ripe juicy melons for ‘crib‘ – their mid-morning break.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*salad leaf mix
*beetroot or *turnips
*potatoes
*green pepper or *courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*calabrese (Camel CSA) or sprouting broccoli (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*basil
*red Russian kale
*French beans (Mark Norman)


* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

We regularly donate extra produce to the café at Concern Wadebridge – The John Betjeman Centre. Angie, the centre’s cook, was delighted to be handed a box of surplus sprouting broccoli this week. The kitchen also received the contents of two veg bags gifted by Camel CSA members who are on holiday.

All our surplus produce is given away, or made into delicious homemade preserves to go in the veg boxes. Green waste is turned into compost to enrich the soil in the no-dig vegetable beds

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*salad leaf mix
*potatoes
*sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA) or calabrese (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Trerair)

Also in the standard boxes:
*basil
*green onions
*aubergine (Camel CSA) or *French beans (Mark Norman, Bodmin)


* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

Community volunteers are vital to our success – they support our paid growers and get the opportunity to learn about cultivating 50 varieties of vegetables. Have you ever considered joining our team? Find out more at camel-csa.org.uk/volunteer.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*spring onions
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*potatoes ‘Colleen’
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*French beans (Mark Norman) or broad beans (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*basil
*calabrese or *beetroot
Devon strawberries (Continental Wholesale Fruits)


* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

The cucumbers are cropping madly this week as they top another marvellous selection of our seasonal summer produce in this week’s veg boxes.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*cucumbers
*chard
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*potatoes ‘Colleen’
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
beetroot (*Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*basil
*tomatoes or *calabrese
broad beans (Trerair Farm)


* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise 

At long last it feels like summer! There’s a sizzling selection of seasonal fruit and vegetables in our veg boxes this week. It includes a jar of our very own blackcurrant jam made by volunteer Jane Indge, and the very first of the tomatoes.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*cucumbers
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*potatoes ‘Colleen’
*jar of homemade blackcurrant jam
*calabrese or sprouting broccoli (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
pointed cabbage (Trerair Farm)

Also in the standard boxes:
*basil
*tomatoes or *elephant garlic
strawberries (The Cornish Fruir Bearer)


* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise 

We’re continuing to harvest our wonderful crop of early potatoes. Big thanks to Michelle and Jo for volunteering to dig them up for this week’s veg boxes.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*broad beans
*rhubarb chard
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*new potatoes ‘Colleen’
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
calabrese (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
*blueberries (The Cornish Fruit Bearer)

Also in the standard boxes:
*peas in pod / *broad beans
*cucumbers
*sprouted mung beans

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise 

A good reason to be happy – we’ve started harvesting the first of the peas for our weekly veg boxes. They’re around three weeks later than usual, but that’s the same for other seasonal growers in Cornwall. As we all well know!

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*peas in pod or *broad beans
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*new potatoes ‘Colleen’
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*blueberries (The Cornish Fruit Bearer)
hispi cabbage (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*cucumber
*calabrese
*dried British-grown brown lentils (Hodmedod’s)

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise 

What a treat! These succulent local blueberries are in our veg boxes this week. They’re so fresh and taste so different from the bland imported supermarket offerings.

They’re cultivated just a couple of miles down the road from us on a family farm near St Mabyn in north Cornwall, using no chemical sprays or pesticides. BIG thanks to Mark Beare of The Cornish Fruit Bearer.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*blueberries (The Cornish Fruit Bearer)
*broad beans
*salad leaves
*green elephant garlic
*new potatoes ‘Colleen’
*calabrese (Camel CSA) or purple sprouting broccoli (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*peas in pod or turnips
*cucumber
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

What a good selection of vegetables in our boxes this week, despite the late start to the growing season. After such a challenging winter, we’re buying in far more box contents than usual at this time of year. Our own crops continue to come on slowly in the unusually cool June temperatures.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*broad beans
*whole lettuce
*new potatoes ‘Colleen’
*carrots (Organic North)
Cornish strawberries (Gluvian Growers, St Columb)
*dried British chickpeas or lentils (Hodmedod’s)

Also in the standard boxes:
*chard or turnips
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
*purple sprouting broccoli (Organic North)

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise 

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