January 2015 - Tolhurst Organic

Is fast food influencing your child's success?

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January 21, 2015

A new nationwide survey suggests that the amount of fast food…

Tolly's rambles: 21 years later...

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January 17, 2015

The other day, we found a record from 18 January 1994, showing…

Clover Preserves

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January 16, 2015

And so, Clover Preserves of Tolhurst Organic are born! All made…

Veg Box Price Change from 1 February 2015

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January 15, 2015

After our annual price review, it has been decided to add an…

Why you should nominate Iain Tolhurst (Tolly) for Best Food Producer

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January 13, 2015

Well, isn’t he a nice, fella, our grower Tolly? He has been…

Bring on the new customers!

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January 9, 2015

Healthy eating is the number one NY resolution in the UK, above…

The solution under our feet: how regenerative organic agriculture can save the planet

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January 9, 2015

Humus is the organic component of soil. The humus-sphere is made…

Can organic agriculture feed the world's hungry?

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January 6, 2015

As research on world population growth and climate change moves…

2015 International Year of Soils

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January 5, 2015

Last year, the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization…

First world problems: disliking food

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January 3, 2015

...when it comes down to the reality of getting a box of vegetables…

Latest News

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 […]