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citrus season celeriac blood oranges beetroot brassicas
welcome to 2011
Slow-cooked casseroles, comforting roots and winter greens. Our f ields are full of veg to fuel your new year cooking - add a measured helping of our organic meat for a thrifty, f illing feast. seasonal heroes meat + 10 veg (a sensible approach to meat, now available at all farms) purple sprouting broccoli jerusalem artichokes beetroot celeriac blood oranges lower price organic milk at 99p ‘grow your own’ boxes coming soon
Our food is seasonal, so there might be a short wait for some things to become available.
f ind out more at www.riverford.co.uk
Peter Richardson harvesting purple sprouting broccoli at Home Farm
beetroot coming in from the fields
pulling leeks at Wash Farm
Nigel Venni checking savoys at Sacrewell Farm
purple sprouting broccoli after the rain
small £12.35
Typically 8 varieties with potatoes, carrots and onions every week. A good choice if you’re new to box life - and one of our most popular boxes.
mini £9.85
7 or 8 varieties in smallish portions to keep your meals interesting. You’ll get potatoes, carrots and onions most, but not every week.
mini fruit + veg £11.85
3-4+ people per week
1-2 people per week
we’re happy for you to swap between boxes whenever you like
2-3 people per week
a box for everyone
medium £15.45
Typically 10 varieties with potatoes, carrots and onions every week. A great family standby.
A smaller version of our popular fruit + vegbox, typically 5 easyeating veg (never potatoes) and 2 fruit varieties.
our vegboxes are around 20% cheaper than supermarkets
favourites £13.95
Typically 8 varieties of popular veg. Expect tomatoes, broccoli, peppers and mushrooms along with potatoes, carrots and onions.
fruit + veg £16.35
A big hit with small and large families alike, typically 7 easy-eating veg (never potatoes) and 3 fruit varieties.
seasons £12.95
Avoiding potatoes? You won’t find any here - just 8-10 varieties of fresh seasonal veg.
or something lighter fruit £10.75
large £17.95
Typically 12 varieties with potatoes, carrots and onions every week. Ideal if you’re feeding a hungry family or love a bit more diversity.
roots + greens £12.25 Typically 7 varieties in generous portions. An excellent value seasonal larder-filler for traditional cooks (try a fortnightly delivery if you’re feeling ultra thrifty).
Typically 5 fruit varities. Order on its own or as an ‘add-on’ to a vegbox if you’re a healthy snacker.
salad £10.95
Typically 7 varieties for easy-to-prepare light meals. Expect salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber and other seasonal salads
find out more at www.riverford.co.uk
seasonal veg from our farms Cheer up the new year with wholesome homegrown roots and brassicas. beetroot
£1.75/1kg Nigel Venni at Sacrewell and John Walton at Stockley are two of our champion beetroot growers. They drill the crop in summer and store the beets to last through winter, ready to add welcome colour and earthy flavour to soups and mixed roasted veg. Beetroot is also good in a gratin: slice thinly and layer in a buttered dish with cream, milk, parmesan, garlic and seasoning, then bake until bubbling.
jerusalem artichokes £2.25/1kg These knobbly little roots are a farmer’s dream: easy to grow, with no significant pests or diseases. They do well at Wash Farm - in fact our biggest challenge is keeping them under control. They have a nutty, sweet, unctuous flavour - ideal added to casseroles and soups, roasted in olive oil or sliced thinly and eaten raw in salads.
celeriac
£1.75 Another cosmetically-challenged seasonal root, grown by our farming
co-op in Devon. It endures winter well and has a delicate, fragrant flavour. It will keep in the bottom of your fridge for several weeks and adds depth to stews, mash and gratins.
purple sprouting broccoli £2.49/350g Until 30 years ago, purple sprouting was the standard, widely available broccoli, before the meteoric rise of green (calabrese) broccoli. It has a stronger flavour and grows well in the colder months of the year. Peter Richardson’s crop at Home Farm is particularly good (as long as the pigeons don’t get there first) and Duncan Janaway grows a significant amount in the south. As with calabrese, it’s good boiled, steamed or stir fried - but don’t let the flower go mushy before the stem is tender. Try bunching it loosely with a rubber band and boiling in an inch of water in a tall pan, asparagus-style. The leaf is tasty, too - leave on the spear for cooking or use as an alternative green, wilted into stews, soups and curries.
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a citrus stor y How Gines in Spain is working to grow the most f lavoursome oranges for your fruitbowl. And an invitation for you to pluck your own from his trees. Most citrus fruit ripens in the winter, requiring cold nights to develop skin colour and flavour. Oranges maintain an appearance of freshness in cold store for months, but by the time the fruit has been picked, graded and shipped it has often been off the tree for too long and the flavour can be really disappointing; speed is key.
The Spanish citrus season started in November and goes through until May. Right now most of our oranges, lemons, clementines and satsumas are from a small group of farmers working in the hills behind Almeria. The group is headed up by Gines Garcia who, like us, is intensely proud of his farm, the biodiversity it supports
and the produce he sells. He has become a beacon for other local farmers who have converted to organic and have joined forces to market their produce. Gines is determined to sell only the best flavoured fruit and to get it from the tree to your doorstep as quickly as possible; as the season goes on, his fruit is noticeably developing a sweeter flavour. The current orange variety is Navel, then Navel Late in March. We’ll finish the season in May with Valencia, the sweetest and juiciest of all. Gines is so proud of his oranges that he has offered an open invitation to Riverford customers to visit his farm. If you are visiting Andalucia and would like to pluck your own lime or orange from the tree, call or email us and we will put you in touch.
warm beetroot salad with blood orange + caraway serves 4 about 300g beetroot, trimmed but not peeled 1 tsp olive oil 2 tsp caraway seeds 1 garlic clove, crushed 5 tbsp blood orange juice 1 tsp sugar 3 blood oranges, peeled + sliced Place the beets in a baking dish, add 5mm water and cover with foil. Roast at 200° until tender (about 45 mins). Skin the beets, trim the ends and slice into wedges. Heat the oil in a pan, add the caraway and garlic and fry for a few minutes, adding the orange juice and sugar before the garlic browns. Mix well and bring to the boil. Tip in the beetroot and stir until thoroughly coated with the hot dressing. Season and stir in the orange slices. Serve immediately.
blood oranges
£2.65/1kg Don’t miss our blood oranges - the flavour is outstanding but they have a short season. Grown in the foothills of Mount Etna in Sicily, the depth of their distinctive colour depends on light, temperature and variety. Ours are Moro and Tarocco, a speckled, half-blood orange. Gines plans to grow some of his own next year. Try in salads, cocktails and dressings to show off their colour.
everything we grow + sell is organic www.riverford.co.uk
meat + 10 veg A healthy, thrifty and ethical way to eat in 2011. about our meat Working with farmers over the long term mean that we know where our livestock comes from, we know the breed, how the animal was raised and then how it was killed and hung. The meat is then carefully butchered and packed by hand by our own skilled team of butchers. And it’s all certified by the Soil Association. Most of us eat more meat than is good for us and
the planet. But meat is part of our cuisine and central to the mixed agricultural systems in much of the UK. ‘Meat and 10 veg’ is our philosophy on how to eat meat ethically: let it be better quality, eaten less often, in smaller quantities and with complete confidence that the animal has been treated respectfully. And above all, let the veg be the star of the show. If we are going to eat
meat, this is also an economically sensible way to do it. A steak supper for six is likely to be painful on the wallet; a beef stir fry packed with vegetables is not. We’ve come up with a meal planner to feed a family of four for a fortnight, using one small meatbox (£49.95) and two weekly medium vegboxes (£15.45 each), working out at around £1.40 per serving. You can find the recipes online.
meat now available at all farms www.riverford.co.uk
week 1 beef burgers with salsa, salad + coleslaw red russian kale risotto pork with white beans + braised cabbage mushroom + leek pasta bacon, leek + potato gratin roast lamb with all the trimmings leftover lamb + veg broth.
week 2 broccoli + black bean stir fry beef + lentil cottage pie leek risotto sausages + roasted veg couscous beef curry with spiced fried aubergine roast chicken with all the trimmings ribollita-style stew
organic meat is better for animals the highest welfare standards backed up by law (much higher than free range) for you no pesticide residues, strict control on additives, far fewer antibiotics, arguably better flavour and nutritional value for the environment more biodiversity (particularly in the soil), about a third less CO2 emissions than conventional farming
bacon, leek + potato gratin serves 6 2 leeks, sliced 1 knob of butter 100g cooked + chopped bacon 300ml double cream 100ml milk 2 garlic cloves, crushed to a paste with a pinch of salt 800g potatoes, peeled + cut into 2-3mm thick slices 1-2 tbsp freshly grated parmesan sea salt + black pepper Sweat the leeks in butter for 10 mins, then add the bacon and garlic. Add the cream and milk and bring to the boil. Season and mix in the potatoes. Transfer to a gratin dish. Cover with foil and bake at 180째C for about 50 mins, until potatoes are tender. Remove the foil, sprinkle with parmesan and bake for another 10 mins, until golden brown.
organic meat
Slowly reared to the highest welfare standards, giving the very best f lavour on your plate.
choose your own Pick whatever you like from our full range. Minimum order £25 - here’s an example of what that could get you... pork belly joint £5.95/700g think tasty slow-cooked weekend suppers
chicken thighs + drumsticks £4.99/500g cook in a sticky marinade for simple finger food
minced beef £3.99/450g for cottage pie, chilli and homemade burgers
stewing lamb £4.49/500g good for slow cooking and soups
streaky bacon £3.95/300g for the best weekend breakfasts
pork sausages £3.99/450g in casseroles or with good old mash and gravy
everything we grow + sell is organic
meet the farmer Tom Browne supplies us with our larger bacon pigs from his outdoor herd of 100 sows at Smallbrook Farm near Exeter. Tom was brought up in a farming family and reckons farming is in his blood. His land is particularly suitable for outdoor stock. He says that being outdoors is fulfilling for both him and his pigs, which spend most of their time chasing each other around in the mud and nuzzling through the grass and clover. The pigs are a mix of Durroc, Large White, Hampshire and Landrace breeds, ideal for bacon, sausages and gammon.
or for the best value choose a box Save around 10% with a box with fixed contents ideal for stocking up your freezer. small meatbox £49.95 a selection of weeknight and weekend cuts to suit couples large meatbox* £66.95 a mixture of family friendly cuts, good for a young family of 2 adults and 2 children winter warmer box £35.95 a selection of cuts for slow-cooking, great value paired with a roots + greens vegbox *Used to be the medium meatbox
chicken box £64.95 a mixture of popular chicken cuts such as breast, diced leg, thighs, drumsticks and a whole chicken half lamb box £75.99 if you’re fed up with turkey and beef from Christmas, this lamb box will feed 4 people for a month on 6 different cuts including chops, steaks, mince and legs nothing but meat box £49.95 a gluten free box, typically containing 5 different cuts, including a chicken and something for your Sunday roast
www.riverford.co.uk
hear ty breakfasts
Fuel your day with porridge, eggs and other organic breakfast staples. pimhill porridge
£2.45/850g These are the best porridge oats we have tried and come from Pimhill’s mixed dairy and arable farm in Shropshire. Pimhill converted to organic back in 1949 and their farm is run by the same family 60 years later.
pimhill muesli £3.85/1kg A traditional soft muesli packed with oats, wheat flakes, fruit and nuts. Good in flapjacks - or even cooked as porridge.
soil association eggs from £1.95 All from producers who put the chicken before the egg. Soil Association certified eggs may cost a few pence more, but we think it’s money well invested. The birds live in smaller flock sizes, enjoy a natural diet and have plenty of access to fresh grass. We are incredibly proud of the flavour of the eggs we sell.
non-organic. The milk tastes so much better too.
bread
from £1.69 Everything from favourites like soft crust white and malted bloomers to speciality sourdough (which improves in flavour as the week goes on) and rye. We work with local bakers who bake through the night so we can get it fresh to your doorstep the same day. Bread is not yet available at all farms, but we’re working on it! If we don’t deliver to you just yet and you have a great local baker nearby, email their details to brilliantbaker@riverford.co.uk.
milk now only 99p From the Riverford Dairy or the Tweddle family at Acorn Dairy (for Home Farm customers). The cows enjoy a natural diet of forage, live a longer, happier life than intensively reared animals and organic milk has higher levels of Omega 3 than
Richard Bertinet, BBC Food Champion of the Year, and one of our local bakers
organic milk now only 99p at www.riverford.co.uk
planning to grow your own this year? Look out for our ‘boxes to grow’ coming this spring, available at all farms. We’ll deliver high quality seedling plants in a box, along with a detailed planting guide to get you started. veg (small or large) a mix of seedlings, potted herbs, seeds and potatoes ready for planting herbs (1 size) a mix of seedlings and potted herbs flowers (1 size) a selection of flowers to grow your own cutting garden Limited delivery dates - don’t miss out! Veg available for delivery between 11th-16th April; herb and flowers between 18th-23rd April. Find out more online now.
feeling green-fingered? visit www.riverford.co.uk
prices We grow and deliver from your local Riverford farm. There are a few small differences in our range and prices at each farm (this f lexibility helps us pay our growers a fair price) - please check www.riverford.co.uk for details.
veg + fruit boxes mini vegbox mini fruit + veg small vegbox medium vegbox large vegbox fruit + veg box roots + greens seasons vegbox favourites box salad box fruit box fruit box for work
meatboxes small meatbox large meatbox winter warmer chicken box half lamb box nothing but meat box
plants
from £9.85 £11.85 £12.35 £15.45 £17.95 £16.35 £12.25 £12.95 £13.95 £10.95 £10.75 £22.95 from £49.95 £66.95 £35.95 £64.95 £75.99 £49.95 from
box to grow - small veg box to grow - large veg box to grow - herbs box to grow - flowers
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jerusalem artichokes 1kg aubergines 2 pack beetroot 1 kg
£2.25 £2.49 £1.75
vegetables
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brussels sprouts 1kg savoy cabbage calabrese broccoli 500g cauliflower carrots 1kg carrots 2kg celeriac 1 piece courgettes 750g courgettes 3 pack leeks 750g mushrooms 200g mushrooms - portobello 200g shallots 500g onions red 500g onions 1kg onions 500g parsnips 1 kg parsnips 2 kg mixed peppers 3 pack min. 2 colours red pepper 2 pieces ramiro peppers 2 pack baking potatoes 5kg baking potatoes 6 pack baking potatoes 3 pack potatoes 1kg potatoes 2kg white potatoes 5kg butternut squash uk swede 1kg
salad herbs + spices salad bag avocado 2 pack avocado 4 pack
£2.75 £1.45 £1.95 £1.59 £1.55 £2.95 £1.75 £2.35 £2.49 £2.65 £1.49 £1.75 £2.25 £1.45 £1.95 £1.25 £2.45 £3.65 £2.95 £1.95 £2.25 £4.95 £2.45 £1.45 £1.45 £2.45 £4.50 £1.95 £1.49 from £6.45 £2.49 £4.49
celery cucumber dried garlic - 3 bulbs ginger 100g lettuce -1 piece mixed salad leaves 150g alfalfa sprouted seeds 100g mixed sprouted seeds 227g tomatoes 750g cherry tomatoes 250g cherry tomatoes 450g tomatoes 480g watercress 100g
£1.95 £1.75 £1.45 £1.25 £1.85 £2.65 £1.45 £1.45 £3.25 £1.69 £2.85 £2.45 £1.95
fruit bag apples - 1.5kg uk apples - 750g uk bananas 1kg clementines 1kg grapefruit x 2 lemons 2 pack lemons 6 pack oranges 1kg pears 750g uk pears 1.5kg uk seville oranges blood orange 1kg seedless grapes 400g kiwi 6 pack
£6.45 £3.95 £2.45 £1.95 £2.65 £1.95 £0.99 £1.99 £2.45 £2.55 £4.25 £4.49 £2.65 £3.25 £2.25
fruit
dairy, milk, eggs
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milk semi 1l now only £0.99 milk semi 2l £1.89 milk skimmed 1l now only £0.99 milk skimmed 2l £1.89 milk whole 1l now only £0.99 milk whole 2l £1.89 eggs mixed - half dozen £1.95 riverford clotted cream 250g £2.75 stamfrey farm clotted cream 113g £1.95 double cream 250ml £1.59 acorn double cream 284ml £1.40 acorn single cream 284ml £1.10
riverford butter 250g acorn butter 250g greens cheddar 350g cropwell bishop stilton 250g e greens double gloucester 350g cheese - st eadburgha 170g min acorn brie 230g buffalo mozzarella 5 x 25g parmesan 200g yoghurt - fat free 475g yoghurt - whole milk 475g
chilled
£1.95 £1.80 £3.95 £4.45 £3.45 £4.45 £4.95 £2.99 £5.49 £1.55 £1.59 from
cooked sliced ham 250g smoked ham - thinly sliced 150g pastrami 150g sliced roast beef 150g soup of the month 600ml soup - vegetable + pesto 600ml soup - chicken and vegetable 600ml beanie burger - mushroom 2x100g beanie burger - nut 2x100g beanie burger - spicy 2x100g tofu natural 250g
£6.65 £4.65 £4.65 £4.65 £2.99 £2.99 £3.19 £2.35 £2.35 £2.35 £2.35
town mill - malted bloomer 800g town mill - pure rye 800g town mill - small sourdough 400g town mill - small spelt 400g town mill - white batch (soft crust) 400g town mill - workers white 800g town mill - wholemeal bloomer 800g town mill - 3 seeded bloomer 800g town mill - cheese and walnut 400g town mill - country cob 400g town mill - tomato + olive focaccia 500g
£2.19 £2.79 £2.19 £2.79 £1.69 £2.19 £2.19 £2.79 £2.59 £1.89 £2.75
bread - norton
bread - wash
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freshly baked bread - available in some areas, check the website for more details £1.69
kitchen pantry
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pesto rosso 180g £2.99 pesto genovese 180g £2.99 sundried tomatoes 280g £3.65 olive oil - italian extra virgin 500ml £4.45 olive oil - italian extra virgin dolce 500ml £4.45 olive oil - italian extra virgin dolce 2 litre £12.99 pasta - various from £1.69 chutney - banana 340g £2.99 riverford ploughmans pickle 340g £2.99 riverford cucumber pickle 340g £2.99 doverhouse chutney 340g £2.99 mayonnaise 250g £2.99 sweet chilli sauce 240ml £2.65 pimhill oatcakes 150g £2.59 jam - raspberry 340g £2.99 rude health muesli 1kg £5.49 pimhill muesli 1kg £3.85 pimhillporridge oats 850g £2.45 chocolate - dark 100g £2.09 chocolate - milk 100g £2.09 chocolate - white 100g £2.09 chocolate - giant milk buttons 180g £2.29
soft drinks
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floresta coffee single estate - beans 250g coffee single estate - ground 250g
£3.95 £3.95
heron valley apple juice naturally sharper75cl apple juice naturally sweeter 75cl apple + ginger juice75cl apple + orange 75cl
£3.05 £3.05 £3.05 £3.05
luscombe st clements 74cl sicilian lemonade 74cl gingerbeer hot 32cl gingerbeer cool 32cl oakwood cox apple juice 1l fiesta apple juice 1l
£2.65 £2.65 bottle case (24) £1.55 £33.49 £1.55 £33.49 £3.25 £3.25
wine
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white mas de la ville chardonnay la jara prosecco frizzante vega lucia blanco airen la jara pinot grigio bianco marigny-neuf sauvignon blanc gavi docg
bottle case (6) £8.45 £45.65 £9.19 £49.65 £6.15 £33.25 £9.19 £49.65 £11.49 £62.05 £12.79 £69.09
rosé vega lucia garnacha mas de la ville gard rosé marigny-neuf pinot noir rosé
£6.15 £33.25 £8.45 £45.65 £11.49 £62.05
red quinto arrio rioja ott tinto de navarra mognon contadino marigny-neuf pinot noir mas de la ville merlot
£7.15 £7.15 £8.95 £11.49 £8.45
mixed - all red mixed - red + white mixed - all white mixed - white + rosé
beer + cider ale - samuel smiths 55cl lager - samuel smiths 12x55cl cider medium - sheppys 12x50cl
kitchen kit
£38.65 £38.65 £48.35 £62.05 £45.65 £46.95 £42.35 £50.89 £47.65
from bottle case (12) £2.45 £26.45 £2.45 £26.45 £2.45 £26.45
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bag riverford long handled cotton shopper £2.05 eco cool safe - large £95.95 eco cool safe - medium £85.15 eco cool safe - small £76.25 garden fleece - second hand 30 sq m (min) £5.25 riverford farm cook book riverford cool bag £2.69 eco-cool blanket £3.95
to look out for in 2011
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