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!

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 

It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for! The first earlies are ready to harvest and our growers and volunteers are digging them up. Early potatoes so fresh and flavoursome – what a wonderful treat.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*new potatoes ‘Colleen’
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*broad beans
*parsley
*‘wet’ green garlic or our own chilli jelly
*Isle of Wight tomatoes (Riverford Wholesale)
strawberries (Gluvian Growers, St Columb)

Also in the standard boxes:
*radishes or extra strawberries
*extra Isle of Wight tomatoes or extra strawberries
*bean sprouts

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

At long last! Our growers and volunteers are picking the first of the colourful outdoor lettuces for the veg boxes. So far this year we’ve had to rely on green salad leaves grown solely in the polytunnels.

We’re gradually catching up and getting back on schedule now the weather’s warming up.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*parsley
*asparagus (Riverford Wholesale)
*celery (Riverford)
strawberries (Gluvian Growers, St Columb)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*broad beans
*‘wet’ green garlic
*sprouted fenugreek seeds

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

We’re feeling such an incredible sense of relief. A wonderful team of volunteers made the most of still, warm weather at the weekend to replace two polytunnel covers that were torn off in the winter storms.

Camel CSA has lost a lot of valuable growing space and time during this extremely difficult start to the season, so we’re very grateful to be getting back to normal business on our site at Treraven Farm.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*chard
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*parsley plant in a pot
Tamar valley strawberries (Continental Wholesale Fruits, Pensilva)
cauliflower (Gluvian Growers, St Columb)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*radishes
*spring onions
leeks (Trerair)

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

We’re seeking a part-time, self-employed lead grower to join our friendly and hard-working team at Camel Community Supported Agriculture in Wadebridge, Cornwall. 

Our community growing scheme at Treraven Farm has been growing vegetables agroecologically for the past 15 years. We supply weekly veg boxes throughout the year to a membership of up to 70 local households. 

The growing team produces indoor and outdoor crops to ensure constant quality and quantity all year round, while providing a weekly veg share that is varied as much as possible throughout the seasons. 

The lead grower is responsible for crop management including seed selection, sowing, propagation, transplanting, crop rotation, composting, weed control, irrigation and pest and disease management on the farm, as well as managing the growing team and supporting volunteers to produce a variety of vegetables. 

We are looking for an experienced commercial grower who understands and is committed to CSA values. There may be days where the work may be done alone, so motivation is vital for this physical job. Much of the work is outdoors in all weathers. 

Working as an effective team, good communication and responsiveness are all important. 

Please apply in writing including a cover letter and CV to secretary@camel-csa.org.uk.

The full job description can be viewed and downloaded below.

We always get very inventive at this time of year. We need to find ways to bridge the hungry gap as we wait for this season’s newly-planted crops to mature.

The new-season UK asparagus in our vegetable boxes comes via Organic North, the wonderful cooperative wholesalers in Manchester. It was grown on Bedlam Farms in the Fens. We also have some enormous celeriac roots from Chapel Organics at North Berwick in Scotland.

Just a little further afield than usual!

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*spring cabbage
*asparagus (Organic North)
*celeriac (Organic North)
leeks (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Gluvian Growers, St Columb)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*seasonal salad leaf mix
*spring onions / chives
*sprouted fenugreek seeds

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

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