As a gift to my daughter, I got her a subscription to one of those box schemes.
It works like this: you pay, they deliver a box of food every two weeks.
The reason I did this is that I'm a single dad (wife died) with a vegan 17 year old daughter.
And I thought it would be nice for her to get loads of fresh veg delivered.
I eat meat, fish, dairy - everything.
The boxes were great. We've had 3 since New Year. Loads of nice fresh veg with recipe suggestions.
But.
The packaging is so much that I had to take cardboard boxes, bags etc to the disposal myself. In my car.
The cost of these admittedly fresh and tasty vegetables is what you'd pay for at a top restaurant.
They buy cheap and sell at ludicrous profit.
Personally, it took away money and choice for me and my daughter.
I'd much prefer to give her £10 and say "go and get what you want for this week" from the local farmers' market.
The farmers tell you about their produce. It's grown locally. Minimal packaging.
I can buy top quality meat. My daughter can buy great, seasonal, locally grown fruit and veg.
tl;dr don't buy into these food box delivery schemes. pic not related
Where do you live that your farmer's markets are cheaper than grocery stores?
>>7519170
Up a mountain in Northern England.
Very remote.
I can't find the subscribe button
Worked for a farm that did boxes in season and saw lots of others do the same. Basically it boils down to this:
what does the farmer need to get rid of this week?
Also if there's a bad year or a good year for a certain crop, you're liable to get a 20lbs of cabbage one week and nothing but greens the next, and so on.
on the plus side, most farms will pack you a nice box when they can and it's not that expensive. You are guaranteed better and fresher veg than the store
>>7519213
>Northern England
>remote
there is no place in England that is remote. You can drive across your entire country in half a day. I couldn't even get out of my state in the same drive.
>>7519264
>My country is bigger than your country.
Siberia is colder than Alaska.
An apple is not an orange.
Fucking child.
>>7519347
Buttmad limey angry that he can't into being rural.
>>7519213
>remote
>three houses in picture
>not a single tree due to farming
>>7519170
Most farmer's markets are cheaper in the UK as they're usually the traditional kind and not hipster markets.
>>7519264
I've always liked the saying, in Europe they think 100 miles is a long way, and in America they think 100 years is a long time.
Cute little maxim, time and space are relative matters.
>>7519091
thats really sweet of you