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 the Wye Farmers Market; supplies specialist organic shops in London on a weekly basis; supplies other box schemes and the wholesale trade.

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 as a partnership between Martin Mackey and Simon Bowden, who both have academic qualifications in Sustainable Agriculture and many years of practical experience.

The Box Scheme
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. We grow 95 % of our produce on the farm near Canterbury, Kent and deliver to designated drop off points within a 20-mile radius. Customers can also collect direct from the farm.

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 4 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, a winter box may also contain leeks, swede, purple sprouting broccoli, parsley and a mixed salad bag whilst a summer box may also contain chard, tomatoes, lettuce, courgettes and a cucumber.