October 2013 - Tolhurst Organic

Festival Food Recipes

Festival Food Recipes

Festival Food Recipes

Squashes & Pumpkins like Never Before! Festival Special

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October 28, 2013

Dramatic weather forecast, dramatic morning sunshine, dramatic…

What’s with the Squash & Pumpkin Festival at Hardwick

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October 19, 2013

After a hard and poor 2012 harvest, this year has been rewarding…

Festival Food Recipes

Tolly of Tolhurst Organic celebrated as “organic pioneer” by the Soil Association

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October 16, 2013

As a pioneer who has significantly contributed to organic food…

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Strawberries: Crisis in PricesMay 5, 2020 - 3:55 pm
Over 85% of the UK strawberry crop is now grown in a tunnel “table top” system. This is a system of hydroponics where no soil is used. The plants are grown in plastic troughs full of insulation and fed automatically through a water flow to which chemical fertilisers are added. Also, pesticides as needed are […]
How Our Food HelpsApril 21, 2020 - 12:09 pm
Since January 2020 Tolhurst Organic has donated 2 tonnes of surplus potatoes & onions to FareShare. This contributes towards an equivalent of 4,760 meals! Connect Aid’s Food Share Project in Shropshire is just one of many community organisations continuing to work hard to ensure people in need still have access to food during the […]
The “hungry gap” cooking ideasApril 3, 2020 - 3:04 pm
In the vegetable growers’ world this is the time in spring when little or no produce is left from the previous season and the new crops are yet to be planted. Without imports from hotter climates, it would be a really difficult time of the year to enjoy food and keep fit and healthy. Luckily, […]
What’s to come in your weekly Veg BagApril 3, 2020 - 1:49 pm
Welcome to all our new and return customers! It is ironic that we are so sought after now, during a crisis. And double ironic, that this is at a time when our own produce is dwindling surely into the annual “hungry gap“. Four months ago, or even 6 weeks ago, should this surge in demand […]