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We swapped King Edwards for Sorrento this year, which is almost identical, with the same white-pink flesh, only it grows a little bigger. It can also stick the hot weather, and it’s a really good roaster.
The cost of organic fruit and veg from Peru covers stringent labour laws and social benefits to workers, as well as tricky terrain requiring jobs to be done by hand.
I am determined that Riverford will never stoop to the bullying and abuse that supermarket buyers routinely practiced on me before I started the veg box scheme.
When I started converting to organic in 2006, I decided it would only work for us if we started with crops that weren’t readily available in the UK, writes Riverford's organic asparagus grower Clive Martin.
Liz Pocklington rediscovers her old love for a fresh, zesty Chardonny on a visit to organic winemakers and Riverford suppliers James and Catherine Kinglake in the beautiful Limoux region of southern France.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
Find out more about Wicked Leeks and our publisher, organic veg box company Riverford.