What’s in our weekly veg boxes?

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*mixed salad leaves
*parsley
*sprouted fenugreek seeds
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
asparagus bunch (St Enodoc Asparagus)
maincrop potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*broad beans or spring cabbage or radishes or chard
*tin of black carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)
*onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

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

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First of the new potatoes in our weekly veg boxes

It may be the ‘hungry gap‘ for seasonal produce in the UK but our Cornish veg boxes are still full of spring goodies. We have the first of our early potatoes this week plus more St Enodoc Asparagus.

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*new potatoes ‘Rocket’
*mixed salad leaves
*spring cabbage
asparagus bunch (St Enodoc Asparagus)
dried split peas (Hodmedod’s)
maincrop potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*broad beans
*Swiss chard
*onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

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

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New-season broad beans in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

To die for! It must be spring as we have the first pick of our broad beans this week plus more St Enodoc asparagus.

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*broad beans
*radish bunch
*mixed salad leaves
asparagus spears (St Enodoc Asparagus)
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*Swiss chard
*alfalfa sprouts
*spring cabbage or cauliflower or sprouting broccoli

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

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St Enodoc asparagus in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

What we’ve all been waiting for – the first of the Cornish asparagus! It comes freshly-picked from fields overlooking the Camel estuary at St Enodoc Asparagus in Trebetherick.

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*radish bunch
*mixed salad leaves
*purple sprouting broccoli or cauliflower
asparagus spears (St Enodoc Asparagus)
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*sprouted fenugreek seeds
*spinach bunch
*parsley

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

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More of those delicious radishes in our veg boxes

Our growers are racing to get thousands of seeds sown, seedlings pricked out and veg planted out in the polytunnels and in outdoor beds on both our sites. In the meantime they’re managing to find ways of filling our weekly veg boxes during the ‘hungry gap‘. This week’s leeks are from Mark Norman, our lead grower, who has his own smallholding just outside Bodmin.

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*bunch of radishes
*sprouted fenugreek seeds
*purple sprouting broccoli or cauliflower
*Parisian carrots
*leeks (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*mixed salad leaves
*spinach bunch
extra onions (Restharrow)

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

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Fresh Cornish produce in this week’s veg boxes

What’s in all the boxes this week: –
*mixed salad leaves
*sprouted mung beans
*radishes
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
leeks (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*purple sprouting broccoli
*spinach leaves
swede (Trerair)

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

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How Camel CSA is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic

Camel CSA coronavirus contingency plan

Camel CSA has taken immediate action to minimise the risks to our members, staff growers and volunteers from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. We’re continuing to produce a regular supply of seasonal local food for our veg box members.

We are currently experiencing very high demand and Camel CSA’s subscription list is full. If you’d like to join the waiting list for trial membership please go to our sign-up page.

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Crispy crunchy radishes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

We have the first of the new season radishes in the boxes this week, cultivated by our lead grower Mark Norman on his own smallholding on the outskirts of Bodmin.

What’s in all the boxes this week: –
*mixed winter salad leaves
*sprouted mung beans
*radishes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*purple sprouting broccoli
red cabbage (Restharrow)
extra onions (Restharrow)

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

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Purple sprouting broccoli in our Cornish veg boxes

What’s in all the boxes this week: –
*purple sprouting broccoli
*kale – curly or Red Russian
*Parisian carrots
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*flat-leaved parsley
*mixed winter salad leaves
jar of *crab apple and *chilli jelly or *green tomato chutney

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

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Red Russian kale in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

Our picking and packing team endured terribly wet and muddy conditions when they harvested the brassicas this week.

What’s in all the boxes this week: –
*kale – curly or Red Russian
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
red haricot beans – British grown (Hodmedod’s)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*purple sprouting broccoli
*mixed winter salad leaves
red cabbage (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles

Produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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