About Us
Tolhurst Organic Produce lies just outside the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames in south Oxfordshire. Nestled between the Chilterns and the river Thames, the farm of 17 acres is situated in the picturesque Hardwick Estate, with 17 acres in two fields and 2 acres in the 500 year old walled garden.
Iain Tolhurst, along with his business partner Lin, have held the organic symbol for over 30 years, thus making Tolhurst Organic Produce one of the longest running organic vegetable farms in England. The farm doesn't only hold the "Soil Association" symbol but was the first to attain the "Stockfree Organic" symbol in 2004, and has had no grazing animals and no animal inputs to any part of the farm for the last 10 years.
Box Scheme
Vegetable bags ready for delivery
We supply in-season organic vegetables and fruit delivered to your neighbourhood weekly, via a neighbourhood rep' scheme. Almost all vegetables are harvested the day of delivery to guarantee their freshness. The bags will vary from week to week according to the season and availability of produce. Unfortunately you cannot choose the contents of your bag - if we were to pack to individual requirements it would double the cost, so this approach keeps our box scheme affordable and accessible to all.
We offer fruit too...
The delivery round covers Reading,Wallingford and Oxford areas every Wednesday or Thursday. Our produce is dropped off to points run by neighbourhood reps. These orders are placed with the reps, and produce collected from them. As well as helping to keep prices down, this way of delivery minimises food miles to almost zero.
...and flowers
To allow some flexibility with contents we have an extras list available so that you may order extra items, such as quantities of potatoes, carrots, onions, salad packs and less usual things such as organic flowers.
We pride ourselves on being able to grow as many of the vegetables as possible ourselves and can in an average year manage to produce at least 85% of the value on our own land. We believe that food should be as local as possible, and therefore we avoid importing vegetables, and try as far as possible only to buy from other organic farms in the area. We are founder members of Thames Organic Growers, a group formed to encourage the production of local food for local people, so where possible we trade within our group members.
To place an order you must be assigned to a rep, see 'About Reps'.