Season’s greetings from Camel CSA

Season’s greetings to all our awesome members, volunteers and supporters from Camel CSA’s growers Mark, Bridget and Jane M + regular Friday volunteers Charlotte, Fiona, Jane I, Janet and Venetia.

Look what’s in our bumper Christmas veg boxes thanks to our picking and packing team.

In all the Christmas veg boxes:- *Crown Prince squash, *Parisian carrots, *chillies, *parsley, *bay leaves, *garlic, *parsnips, *leeks + Brussels sprout stalk (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick) + Wilja potatoes  (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery) + our own green tomato chutney and a jar of Cornish honey from the James family in Bodmin.

Standard Christmas boxes also have:- *mixed salad leaves, *spring onions + red cabbage (Restharrow)

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

It’s time to… prepare Crown Prince squash for Camel CSA’s Christmas veg boxes

Grand winter selection in our weekly veg boxes

In all the boxes this week:-
*cabbage ‘Tundra’
*sprouted mung beans
*onions
turnips / beetroot (*Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*kale – curly
*spring onions
parsnips (Restharrow)

Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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Superfood kale in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Our picking team got a soaking in the wind and rain as they harvested kale for the veg boxes this week.

In all the veg boxes:-
*kale –  ‘Red Russian‘ or  ‘Cottager’s
*garlic
*swede
*onions
cauliflower (*Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*mixed salad leaves
*spinach or chard
*Brussels sprouts

Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

Need some cooking inspiration?

Have a look at our A-Z page of vegetable recipes on our website – nearly 400 for you to try.

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Uchiki Kuri squash in Camel CSA’s Cornish veg boxes

We’ve now reached the time of year when we start buying in veg again from other local growers. The proportion varies from week to week, depending on what’s available on our two sites.

Mark Norman leads Camel CSA’s growing team and also supplies us with veg grown to organic principles from his own smallholding in Bodmin. The Hore family at Restharrow Farm on the Camel Estuary supply us with additional brassicas and root vegetables up to the end of spring. They don’t grow organically, but we have full confidence in their traditional growing methods.

Surprisingly, there are no wholesale suppliers of organic vegetables grown in Cornwall. When we asked our members they told us they’d rather we bought in veg cultivated locally by people we know than organic veg grown outside the county (or even the UK) and transported long distances.

In all the veg boxes:-
*squash ‘Uchiki Kuri’ (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*kale – curly
*onions
*leeks (Mark)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
parsnips (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*peppers – green
*cabbage ‘Tundra’
*turnips

Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

Need some cooking inspiration?

Have a look at our A-Z page of vegetable recipes on our website – nearly 400 for you to try.

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Best-ever annual Apple Day at Camel CSA

Red cabbages in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Grower Mark has to use a saw to harvest our gigantic red cabbages as the stems are so thick!

In all the veg boxes:-
*red cabbage
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*chillies
*aubergine
*red onions
*russet apples (Haywood Farm Cider, St Mabyn)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*mixed salad leaves
*chard
*peppers – red and green

All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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Gourmet Bonbon squash in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Such autumn bounty in this week’s veg boxes. Bonbon squash has thick orange flesh with a sweet ‘bonbon’ flavour and creamy texture full of vitamin A. Yum!

In all the veg boxes:-
*’Bonbon’ squash
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*peppers – red and green
*garlic
*red onions
*red Russian kale
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*mixed salad leaves
*runner beans
*beetroot

All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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