Ripple Farm Organics
ORGANIC & LOCAL

LATEST NEWS - MARCH 2010

Markets in March

WYE Farmers Market, Sat 6 March and Sat 20 March, 9-12

WHITSTABLE Farmers Market Sat March 13 and Sat March 27, 9.30-2

CANTERBURY Whitefriars Food Market Friday 12 March and Friday 26 March 9.30-4.30

LONDON- Stoke Newington Farmers Market Every Saturday - 10am-2.30

The Winter weather continues to challenge us but we can start to look forward to a new growing season as we take delivery of our seed potatoes, and order other vegetable seeds. We harvest the root crops when the weather allows, usually well coated in a protective layer of mud!

Ripple Farm Organics Home Farm is a small horticultural farm of 14 acres situated in the Stour Valley, Kent at Crundale between Ashford and Canterbury. Our fields slope up to the bottom slopes of the North Downs, giving us light, chalky soils. These free draining soils, blessed by the warmer climate of the Southeast, produce vegetables of great taste and quality. As well as our Home Farm, we also rent a Victorian Walled Garden at Olantigh near Wye and fields below Wye Crown, including an old 'Spartan' orchard.

Ripple Farm has been certified Organic since 1989 and holds an Organic Symbol from the Soil Association. The farm itself is essentially a market garden producing a wide range of vegetables, salad, herbs and some soft fruit. With this produce, Ripple Farm Organics runs a local box scheme and supports Wye and Whitstable Farmers' Markets in Kent and Stoke Newington farmers Market, London. We also supply specialist organic/wholefood shops in London, Growing Communities Box Scheme, London and a variety of shops, cafes and Pubs in Kent.

The following principles are followed in the farm's day-to-day work:-

		Sustainable growing methods in harmony with nature
		Producing fresh, nutritious food
		Providing a direct link from consumers to Farmers
		Reducing Food Miles
		Recycling and reducing packaging
		Providing sustainable, local employment

The farm is run by Martin Mackey, who has academic qualifications in Sustainable Agriculture and many years of practical experience in organic growing.