Oranges direct from the farmer.

[aero280 Profile]

Has anyone tried anything like this?

https://www.crowdfarming.com/en/food/oranges

[scullion Profile]

i think bb did that.
i looked into it but we eat rather more oranges than could be sent per month - it would work out too expensive for us.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

I looked at that but I have the reverse problem I would never use a box, even if I started juicing them again,

Also, I'm very resistant to signing up to any more subscription services, it just becomes a project management issue

[Busybee Profile]

Yes I have used them. It was mainly pre brexit and worked out very good value for us, we got both oranges and clementines.

I have only had one box post brexit which took rather a long time to arrive and as the fruit is organic it was a bit past it’s best. However, I believe that they have sorted the transport issues.

Cost wise it works out about the same as supermarket/ greengrocers at 50p ish an orange, for a largish navel orange. You can buy smaller boxes, or my sister and parents used to split a box. A full sized box was ok for us. Was good for us as a trip to the supermarket is a thirty mile round trip.

Really ought to get back into the habit of using them again.

BB

Edited to add, I didn’t use it as a subscription service, just ordered a box when we needed one.