Box schemes North

Box schemes in the North of England

The North of England is renowned for its meat production particularly sheep, who graze across vast areas of open farmland. However, the area is also home to a huge number of family-run fruit and veg farms, with organic traditions dating back generations. Asparagus, rhubarb, potatoes and peas are just a few of the region's many specialisms.

Find an organic box scheme near you.

Key:

Veg Only - Mixed Boxes - Fruit Only - Meat Box - Fruit & Veg

• Carlisle - Eva's Organics

  Eva's Organics grow and supply organic fruit and vegetables with weekly home deliveries around North and West Cumbria, West Northumberland and South Dumfriesshire.

  

• Greater Manchester - Reddy Lane Market Garden

  Based near Altrincham, Reddy Lane Market Garden sells their homegrown organic veg, and other UK grown organic veg and eggs. Priced between £11-15. They also offer fruit, dairy and other sundries, including their own veg and flower transplants for you to plant out. They offer deliveries around the Greater Manchester area, including Altrincham, Hale, Chorlton, Levenshulme & Burnage.

  

• Liverpool - Organic Direct

  Organic Direct vary their boxes according to what is seasonally available. For a minimum order of £10, a delivery contains a selection of about half a dozen or so veg varieties.

  

• Manchester - Moss Lane Farm

  Small and medium fruit and veg boxes delivered weekly local to Manchester - email mosslanefarm@gmail.com for details.

  

• Cockermouth - Low Stanger Farm

  Low Stanger is a small lowland farm just south of Cockermouth who have been running their box scheme since 1998. Their box scheme is seasonal, and contains only vegetables and fruit that they grow themselves. Large boxes contain 8 different things, small boxes contain 5.

  

• Manchester - Foodlife

  Foodlife Doorstep Deliveries is an organic, family-run fruit & veg box scheme that’s been running since 1995, now with a loyal customer base. Foodlife now delivers every week in and around the Manchester area - we also sell organic eggs, dairy, dry goods and cleaning products.

  

• Manchester - Veg Box People

  Serving Greater Manchester, the Veg Box People deliver to collection points in Greater Manchester and Macclesfield, weekly or fortnightly. Sizes of starter, small, medium or large veg bags are available, with options of additional potatoes or fruit bags.

  

• Warrington - Red House Farm

  Red House Farm supply organic veg and eggs from their 155-acre farm on the outskirts of Greater Manchester. They also have a popular veg bag subscription service with free delivery in the WA13, WA14 & WA15 postcode areas.

  

• Bakewell - Farmacy Co-op (not-for-profit)

  Based in Bakewell in the Peak District. They currently sell large boxes of organic fruit and veg that can be collected or delivered locally every other Monday afternoon - they purchase all their produce from Organic North Wholesalers in Manchester.

  

• Newcastle - North East Organic Growers

  North East Organic Growers are a worker's co-operative based in the village of Bomarsund, just north of Newcastle. They've been growing certified organic veg on a ten acre site since 1995. It's grown using ecologically sound and sustainable methods to support a healthier environment.

  

• Northumberland - Christmas Farm

  A small family farm, in the heart of the Northumberland countryside. We have been making weekly deliveries of rare breed organically reared meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables, to customers across a wide area of Northumberland and Tyneside since 2005.

  

• Northumberland - Hexhamshire Organics

  Hexhamshire's husband and wife team operate a weekly fruit, veg and pork box scheme, delivering to the Newcastle, Coast, South East Northumberland and Tyne Valley areas.

  

• Hull - Arthur's Organics

  Arthur Street Trading Co. Ltd is workers' co-operative in Hull, providing a weekly home delivery service for organic veg boxes, organic fruit, organic groceries, and household goods in Hull and surrounding villages since 1999.

  

• Sheffield - Beanies Wholefoods

  Based in Sheffield, we deliver organic boxes across Sheffield and the Peak District. We offer 10 size of fruit or veg box, plus can add extras, including organic milk, bread, whole foods, chilled and household items.

  

• Sheffield - Sheffield Organic Growers

  Delivering to the South, West and East of Sheffield, Sheffield Organic Growers offer deliveries on Thursday to home or at one of their pick up points around the city.

  

• East Yorkshire - Green Growers

  Based in Driffield, East Yorkshire, Green Growers offer flexible weekly food deliveries in a number of different box sizes.

  

• Leeds - Swillington Organic

  Implemented in September 2019, Swillington Farm now runs as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture Program). A partnership between customer & producer, orders work on a subscriptions basis - subscribe online for a share of the farm's meat, eggs & vegetables, and visit the farm to collect your order.

  

• Sheffield - Regather Co-operative

  Veg box co-operative and online shop based in Sheffield, delivering veg, fruit, bread, milk, eggs and more across the city on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

  

• Tadcaster - The Organic Pantry

  St Helens is a family run 300-acre organic farm in North Yorkshire that has been farmed for over 100 years. They offer a bespoke box scheme, with consistent, high-quality fresh produce, delivered across the North of England, Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Northumberland

  

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