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See above the bobby dazzler bouquets fresh in from Zann – some beautiful Dutch tulips to cheer us all up. Short of skipping off to the Keukenhof Gardens ourselves, we think seeing these bright little beauties are successfully giving us the Spring vibes we all needed.
These reddish lycopene-laden oranges from Gospa have been a real hit – we just can’t knock a big sweet orange from these guys, never mind when they’re flushed pink! Lovely. They’re the Ruby Valencias if you’re after some.
Also this week we’ve had loose kilo boxes of exceptionally good herbs in from Vasco Pinto in Portugal – the mint and lemon balm both made our warehouse smell really bloody nice this week… and their white asparagus coming through is a very welcome sign we’re spearheading quickly in to the new season.
A top week of produce all round.
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Good afternoon Organic Northers,
As you’ll no doubt be well aware, there’s never a shortage of veg goss for me to be banging on about on here each week. However, there’s so much specific product info to relay to you guys this week that I’m gonna try and ‘haud ma wheest’ on that front for a change and get right to it…so…
- Flourish (Cambridgeshire) return to the list this week, which I know will make a good number of our chefs smile : ) They’re straight in with a big range to offer that includes some new lines like white-veined mizuna, peppercress, kale shoots and bronze fennel. We expect these guys to now be mainstays on the list each week throughout the summer.
- Haslum also return to the list this week with their first cucumbers and courgettes of the year. These are limited so big numbers won’t be able to be processed but we’re chuffed as ever to see one of our oldest growers returning for another year at it.
- We’re thin on the ground of Ekolo juices just now but we’ve a new delivery due next week.
- As covered by our Josie below, both Equinox and Mr Organic are running offers for the duration of April.
- For increasing labour costs, Orchard (our longstanding Irish mushroom supplier) will soon be upping their prices across the board.
- Geima have a late version of tarocco orange called ‘meli’ available this week and we’re assured that these will be firmer and without the mould problems we had with their last batch.
- Our Ajay has been over to Steenberg’s to meet the founders of the company. They are so passionate and committed to their business and we think it really comes across in this wee vid Aj made during his visit…
https://www.organicnorth.co.uk/steenbergs/ - Our Brighton Blue cheese from High Weald has just won Best Organic Cheese at the annual British and Irish Cheese Awards on the weekend. Indeed, all of the four cheeses that these guys put forward to the awards were medalled (Seven Sisters, Sussex Marble and Saint Giles too) – some feat eh!
- To squeeze in a little good news story, our driver Nick’s fave delivery drop, Brunswick Organic Nursery up near York is up for Best Small Farm Shop in the Farm Shop & Deli Awards and we couldn’t be more pleased for them. Here’s a link from BBC Radio York for an intro to the great work they do. Best of luck guys!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ksg247
(26:20 mins in)
The rest of the veg news:
- As mentioned above, the big news on the domestic front this week is that both Flourish and Haslum return to the list with an array or new and returning lines.
- Elsewhere Tresemple have some cauliflowers and purple sprouting broccoli, Mahollam some carrots, beetroot and spuds, Royal Oak some small spuds and savoy cabbages and St Helen’s return with kale and spuds.
- Looking abroad, from Spain, Gospa have some lane late oranges, Bioandalusi some verna lemons, Ecosur have lots of French beans and Flor de Donana return with their much-loved berries. Our driver Andy was holidaying over near Flor last week bird-watching with his fambo and said the area was magnificent… as was the bird-watching!
- From Portugal Vasco have added asparagus, red cabbage, red chicory, rocket and thyme. The only addition from Italy this week are the aforementioned oranges above from Geima.
- From France the pick of the new Dynamis adds this week are the corne de boeuf green peppers, San Marzano Mini toms and chives.
- From Holland, Fairtrasa have 9kg turmeric and Zann have added bartlett pears and blueberries.
- From the bottom of the list, Crone’s vinegar returns as do Nemi’s loose leaf green tea and High Weald’s Little Sussex cheeses. Plus Classico have some baked beans new on.
As I sign off to get busy with your orders, a warm welcome to our new customers this week including Kynd restaurant at Hampton-In-Arden, Daughters Bakery in Sheffield and Anitha who is a local personal customer that we had the pleasure to meet yesterday morning. Anitha is planning to open her own local retail outlet and as with all budding new retailers, we’ll be looking to help her get started in any way we can : )
Speak to you all again soon,
Sean, Mads, Josie, Cathryn, Ella and all of us at team ON x
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So there’s a month-long promo starting today from not one, but two of our great suppliers – huzzah!
Mr Organic has 15% off the pasta sauce, baked beans and soup lines.
Then Equinox has 15% off their whole range all through April too.
So if you’ve bean fizzing at the thought of missing out on this deal, grab some of their mighty booch, sauces and and soups while the offer’s on 🙂
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