Ripple Farm Box Scheme

Wonderful healthy vegetables - all in a box.

Ripple Farms Organics box scheme aims to provide its customers with a seasonal range of fresh, locally grown vegetables, salad and, occasionally fruit, each week. Approximately 95% of the produce is grown by ourselves near Canterbury, Kent with the remaining 5% sourced as locally as possible. Boxes are delivered to designated drop off points within a 20-mile radius and door-to-door in Wye and surrounding villages. Customers can also collect direct from the farm.

We produce a monthly newsletter for our customers to let them know what's in the box and recipe suggestions and encourage feedback about what they do and don't like. We also hold an open day every year so customers can see for themselves where all their lovely vegetables come from.

What's in the Box?

The box generally contains 7/9 different seasonal items. The contents are chosen each week to give a balance of root crops, greens and salad although the weather places certain limitations on our choice. Seasonal produce means our customers look forward to their early summer strawberries and late summer tomatoes but don't expect them year round.

The farm includes polytunnels for growing tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, basil in the summer months and salad and herbs during the winter.

Year round staples are potatoes, carrots and onions. Mixed salad bags feature for most of the year with lettuce frequent through the summer.

We realize that not every-one likes everything and we allow 2 dislikes per box. We can replace them with a staple of your choice subject to availability.

Box sizes & Prices

We pack three different box sizes and also offer the choice of a fortnightly box if preferred:

Small £7
Medium £9
Large £12

Reduce price by £1 if you collect your box from the farm.

Our policy is to price our produce as near as we can to supermarket prices. Frequently we are cheaper and prices are regularly checked.

Packaging

We ask that you return your box each week for re-use to minimise packaging. We use paper bags and cardboard punnets for some items and poly bags for salad, lettuce and some greens. Other than that all items are packed loose in your box. (We are researching alternatives to plastic bags).

Methods of Payment

Payment is monthly, in advance, by cheque sent direct to the farm, or by Standing Order or BACS. A statement of Account will be put in your box at the end of each month detailing any credit or debit on your account. Customers who collect direct from the farm may pay weekly on collection.

When & Where?

Boxes are delivered on a Thursday (times vary, contact us for details) and pre-ordered boxes can be collected from the farm from 3pm each Thursday

Doorstep Deliveries to :

		Boughton Aluph			Brabourne Lees
		Brook			Canterbury Bicycle Delivery (£1 extra)
		Hastingleigh			Wye

Collection Points from:

		Aldington			Ashford
		Bridge			Canterbury
		Chilham			Faversham
		Folkestone (Sandgate side)			Hythe
		Lyminge			Mersham, Rachels Deli
		Saltwood			Sheldwich
		Tankerton			Whitstable

If you are interested in starting a new drop-off please contact us to find out if your location fits with our existing delivery round. For economic reasons we need to deliver a minimum of six to ten boxes to any given drop-off point. However, we encourage larger drops by offering a discount to the householder based on the number of boxes delivered (applies when 7 or more boxes delivered that week).

We do not ask our drop-off co-ordinators to deal with any monies or messages - this is all done direct to the farm.

Want to find out more?

If you need more information, then please 'phone 01227 730898 (answer phone). Please contact us if you wish to arrange a trial box (charged at the above prices).

Order Form

To order your first box online, please complete the following form and we will contact you to confirm a delivery date.