Frith is a Co-operative farm initiative that strives to develop a closer relationship between producers and consumers. Clever stuff eh? However, we are not.
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Frith is a new local farm to the Hull and Beverley area, we aim to provide local people with quality food and improve the way in which food is produced and distributed. Frith places a major focus on quality; combining chemical free, fresh produce with sustainable production and distribution methods. We are developing a diverse and productive farm; in the long term, we intend to expand the farm in
order to produce fruit, fermented foods and keep chickens and cows. There’s a lot going on here at Frith, but in short:
CSA Veg box subscription
Gourmet salad production
Community focused farm
Workshare places
Supply local independent outlets (Grain Wholefood and Vanessa’s Deli)
Events and Workshops
Volunteer days
Education Visits
CSA
A CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is very much like a box scheme. Basically, you pay a weekly/monthly/annual subscription to receive a share of the harvest, which will be a large variety of seasonal veggies, all produced on Frith Farm. However, being a CSA Frith is more than your average box scheme; members not only receive a share of the harvest they are also welcome to join in the farming process too. CSA thrives on community involvement, we will run regular volunteer days and 5 members a chance to work a 3.5 hour session per week for a veg box instead of paying. Members can visit the farm and an active social area will be maintained for members use. Although to be a member it is not necessary to be involved in the running of the farm. Some people want and deserve access to high quality local food but have too many other commitments to be involved in the production process, therefore a financial contribution is enough. As the farm will be directly accountable to the members we will strive to produce fresh, high quality nutrient dense food that is grown with a respect for natural habitat and without the use of any pesticides or chemical fertilisers. Supply local independent outlets (Grain Wholefoods and Vanessa’s Deli)
If you feel that you’re not ready to commit to the CSA Box scheme, you can find our produce at Grain Wholefoods in Hull and Vanessa’s Deli in Beverley. Why We Do It
To make Quality food more accessible
In our area there is little opportunity to access quality, fresh, local produce. Frith Farm is committed to quality food; we choose varieties for flavor as opposed to productivity and all produce is delivered the day it is harvested to ensure optimum freshness. Re-Connect people with the Land, their Food and Farmers
Frith CSA gives people a chance to become a farmer and with a direct market assured we can concentrate on producing high quality food and practice careful land stewardship. The members then get to eat the freshest, tastiest and most nutritious food they have ever experienced as all the produce is harvested the day you receive it. The community makes it economically viable
With the community supporting the growers with labor through the workshare and volunteer scheme, it helps local small scale farming a more affordable task. Positive Solution
CSA is such an alluring idea as it seems to be the solution to so many of the problems of the global food system. It’s based on mixed farms, local production and building community. We all know about the problems of our current food system but Frith is not about dwelling on such things, it’s about creating a positive solution and having fun whilst you’re doing it. Proud to be local
We care about our local area and the people in it, that is why we are creating a beautiful place for people to enjoy. Our produce is exclusively for the Hull and Beverley area and only supply local independent businesses. Our Chemical Free Farming Methods
No Chemicals
At Frith we never use pesticides or chemical fertilisers. Our cultivation method mimics that of a natural ecosystem; we simply lay organic matter (locally produced compost) on top of the soil then plant our crops into that. This is a far more sustainable way of keeping our soil fertile and healthy; it feeds soil organisms which in turn produce everything the plant needs to thrive and produces a lovely, deep, rich, crumbly soil with lots of life. Reduced Carbon footprint
We are always looking to reduce our carbon footprint; the compost we use is made from local organic matter and is high in carbon material such as wood chip, this decomposes over time, the carbon is then locked in the soil. Generally, large scale farms use a nitrogen fertilisers which is produced from the Haber Bosch process, this process uses a colossal amount of fuel, around 1% of the world’s energy supply, which equates to a lot of green house gas emissions. Instead of doing this we use nitrogen fixing plants, these plants work together with soil bacteria to absorb atmospheric nitrogen, nitrogen is held in the plant, the plant then breaks down to release the nitrogen into the soil. The “O” word
Legally we’re not allowed to use the “O” word because we’re not certified. Organic certification can potentially cost £750 per year and will involve extra admin work. Our aim is to provide affordable organic food, having the certification will increase the price of our produce; as we already firmly believe in organic principles, nothing will change, even if we were certified. We do not see the need of paying a 3rd party to come in and give us a stamp for doing what we would do anyway. If we were veggie tycoons planning to sell our produce internationally to big chains, then we might consider the certification. Our produce is exclusively for the Hull and
Beverley area, we offer full transparency to our members and invite everyone to the farm to learn about our methods in the hope of developing a trusting relationship with our members. The land
We have a farm business tenancy agreement with Molescroft farm near Beverley. It is 5.5 acres and costs £500 a year in rent. Before we moved on the land it had not been farmed for 10 years and was in an environmental stewardship scheme for the past 5 years. This means that it was leyed down to grass and no cultivation took place which resulted in a rich soil with a good structure. Although the soil is heavy clay it has an open structure which is good for growing the crops we want. Our no dig farming method is designed to get the most out of a rich clay soil. In our first year we test planted several different crops and all in all it was a great success as you can see from the pictures on the website and social media. Molescroft Farm is family owned, farming over 600 hectares in the heart of East Yorkshire, of which more than 10% is managed primarily for wildlife and the environment. In conjunction with this they host educational access to the farm from schools. They have been very supportive of Frith Farm, allowing us to use the land in the first place; they also help us with tractor work and have allowed us to tap into their water supply. History of CSA
CSA was first developed in Japan 1971, initiated by a group of women concerned about the use of pesticides, the increase in processed and imported food and the corresponding decrease in the local farm population. The group approached a local farmer and worked out the terms of their cooperative agreement; the teikei movement was born. Literally translated teikei means “partnership” or “cooperation”, but according to teikei members the more philosophical translation is “food with the farmer’s face on it.”
The teikei farms tend to be small scale but supply large groups of urban members. Typically, members are supplied with all of their food requirements along with soap and candles from a community supported cottage industry. Equally empowering to both community and farmers, CSA offers solutions to common problems facing farmers and communities worldwide. The concept spread through Europe, America and although a fairly recent phenomenon in Britain it is gaining in popularity.
🌱Lunch from the land returns
Connect with nature and the land, meet growers, stretch, open & feast at Frith Farm!
🧘♀️ 11-12:30 Join our local yoga teacher, Sonia from 1body1soul yoga, for a fun and relaxed session open to all.
👨🍳 Followed by a feast cooked up by
🍰 Cake and refreshments
💰 All funds raised will go to the upkeep of the farm
🎟️ Limited spaces. DM to book!
They’re finally ripening & ready 🍅
The first ‘real’ harvest of juicy tomatoes !
🌱LUNCH FROM THE LAND🌱
Come and join us in a celebration of the season so far
This Saturday 13th July, 11-3pm
🎉🌱🌞👨🍳👩🏻🌾🍽️🥗🫛🥒🫑🧄🧅🍰
With cooking up a light lunch and sharing recipes & inspiration for all you foodies & veg lovers !
We’ll be harvesting the freshest ingredients from field to fork , enjoying lunch, cake & refreshment too.
£10pp
Please DM or email to book.
Children welcome FOC
Beautiful evening harvest
The perfect cooler temperatures means the rainbow chard leaves stay lively 🌈🌱
Morning harvesting today 🌱
New potatoes & spring onions for this weeks veg boxes.
We’re open every Tuesday & Wednesday for those who’d like to come and buy local, seasonal direct from the farm.
Or order from our online shop for weekly deliver or farm collection
free
The epic garlic harvest is in full swing here ! 🧄🌱
A real success amongst the slug fest !
Oh how the sunshine helps 🌞
Fresh garlic now appearing in our veg boxes 😊
Onto preparing it now for drying and storing for upto a year !
A truly wonderful 🌱
People power at its best, sharing the work of the land, growing food, and growing folk too.
We’ve sown seeds, transplanted thousands of little seedlings, built trellis for runner beans, watered, mown the grass, and harvested the first garlic & new potatoes too !
Oh …. did I mention the weeding ?! 😁
We’ve also finally recovered our biggest polytunnel after wind damage last year ! (Sorry, no pics)
A happy new home for some very ready tomato plants 🍅
An achy body, yet a full, warm & grateful heart for this
If you’d like to be involved, learn and make a difference, come and see us, send us a message or email to find out more about volunteering opportunities.
This weeks delivery just dropped to 🌱
Mustard Mix & Micro green punnets. Perfect for sunshiny day salads
Shout out & big thanks to for the kind donation of a stack of pallets today ! 🙌🏼🫶🏼👌🏼
They’ll be put to good use to make some new and improved compost bins here at the farm.
Another week & another successful day 🌱
Our deliveries will soon be on there way to our brilliant customers in
With some amazing produce from supplementing our own produce from here at the farm.
Come to the farm and for veg every Tuesday & Wednesday.
Or order your box online via our web-shop with sizes & options to suit all.
The longer days … mean cool evenings and LOTS of transplanting still going on 🌱
Today belonged to the spring onions &
rainbow chard 🌈
So … If you fancy a little taste of the good life, the gates will be open most days for anyone who’d like to help out a little with the long list of tasks !!
Planting
Weeding
Sowing
Wheelbarrowing
Message or email if you’d like to pop and get your hands in the soil, reunite with Mother Nature and help change the fragile food system for the better
Hooray 🙌🏼🌱
The kale is in the ground & raring to grow.
Some productive days with fabulous volunteers this week.
Caterpillar tunnel has been covered, hotting up for aubergine plants 🍆
Strawberry transplants are finally in 🙌🏼
plus sowing of runner beans & sweetcorn 🌽
🪴P L A N T S A L E 2 0 2 4🪴
It’s here, they are ready for you !
Our lovingly nursed Pepper & Aubergine plants are available to buy now !
We have a small number of cherry tomato plants available too 🌱
We also have a few late fruiting Strawberry plants available (Malvina) giving fruit into August 🍓
ANY 4 for £10
Message us to order yours or add to your weekly veg box delivery.
Post post 🐣💛
🌱ALL GREEN VEG BOX 🌱
Limited availability for this week £10
🌱Celery
🌱Spinach
🌱Broccoli
🌱Mustard Mix leaves
🌱Parsley
🌱Chives
Perfect for detoxing after a chocolately day or two ! 😉
Or a great little taster of what we’re growing at this time of the year.
Message or email to order.
Delivery fees apply or farm collection is free !
seed sowing in full swing nursery today 🌱
With more light and warmer temperatures hopefully these tomatillo will germinate very soon and feature in veg boxes throughout the summer … Yep I said Summer ! 😂
Really looking forward to a fruitful season 🙏🏼
I’ve re learnt and truly appreciate that there is no such thing as ‘fast food’
Support growers and your .
Lower your food miles & plastic use too 👣
Order an organic veg box via our webshop and support small, local business
https://frithfarm.ooooby.org/boxes/veg-boxes
This weeks delivery to 🌱
Spinach bags & mustard mix leaves.
Get yourself a green boost this weekend to balance the amount of chocolate you might eat ! 😁
Big shout out to volunteers ashton & Polly 🙌🏼
Packing boxes at top speed to make sure all our amazing customers receive their orders
Big thank yous for the understanding and appreciation from everyone ! 🌱
Not quite a CATastrophe … but another week and another hurdle !
Our wholesale veg delivery has broken down and delayed our box deliveries.
We understand this may affect customers plans & can only apologise.
ALL deliveries will now be made tomorrow (Wednesday 27th March)
Those in
will not receive their delivery today.
Sorry for any inconvenience
Team Frith 🌱
Veg boxes finally ready. On route to deliver to our lovely customers. Ones again sorry for any inconvenience caused for the late delivery
**UPDATE**
Our veg box deliveries due today. Due to unforeseen circumstances and our delivery arriving super later than usual, deliveries may not be possible today.
We are striving to make this work and apolgise for any inconvenience to our wonderful customers.
If we are not able to deliver to you today, we will deliver tomorrow.
Planting out in the sunshine today ☀️🌱
Complete with a beautiful birdsong soundtrack to help us along.
Broad beans & spinach seedlings have been transplanted.
Some early potatoes have been planted too.
Such a hopeful time ☺️💛
Next Weeks availability
We’re open Tuesday & Wednesday for you to come and get your hands on some juicy organic veg
🌱Carrots
🌱Leeks
🌱Potatoes
🌱Swede
🌱Brussel Sprouts
🌱Red onion
🌱Sweet Potato
🌱Spinach
🌱Mustard mix
🌱Oranges
🌱Apples
This weeks stars of the veg show ⭐️🌱
All available to buy at the farm on Tuesdays & Wednesdays.
Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Lettuce
Kohlrabi
Spinach
Mustard mix
Potatoes
Carrots
Rainbow Chard
Gorgeous morning spent ☀️🌱
Both the volunteers & Billy 🐈 enjoying the sun today.
Our very own compost is looking good too so thought it was worth a photo of its own 😁
If you’d like to get involved & volunteer do message or email us at [email protected]
Is growing your own on your 2024 wish list ? Start simple with onion sets🧅🌱
We have some surplus for
250g £6
500g £10
Anyone interested can come to the farm Monday to Weds 10am to 4pm to pick up.
Or message us to add to your veg box delivery on Wednesday 24th January
jobs in the glory of sunshine today 🌱
Big thanks to all the working to prepare beds, tidy and repair tools plus building / repairing polytunnels !
HAPPY NEW YEAR from all 🌱
Some great news to begin 2024…
Weekly veg boxes will start two weeks earlier than originally planned 😁 on Wednesday 17th January.
Though much of the beds are covered and resting for the winter, there are still seasonal crops doing well in the field in storage
Place your orders via our webshop;
https://frithfarm.ooooby.org/boxes
Looking forward to seeing you beautiful veggie lovers very soon
Frith Farm, Hull Bridge Road
Beverley
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A little #Saturday stroll @frithfarming 🌱 Celery & Celeriac growing. The sweetcorn has slowed a little since the temperature has dropped but hopefully August will warm up 🙏🏼 and the corn can do their thing 🌽 runner beans ready, Shallots too ! Fennel and fronds looking lush with the parsley …. Last but no means least - #Tomatoes are finally ripening in the polytunnels. Feels like it’s been a long time coming but they are here !! 🍅😁 #chemicalfree #local #veg Order a box via a webshop frithfarm.ooooby.org OR come and buy direct from the farm #beverly #hull #hu17 #farm #regenerativeagriculture #nodig #nonasties #food #healthyfood #veggies #eco #community
😲Want see some Magic? 👁 Here ! Unbelievable strengh of a little Thread of a Web that the blue string got caught on ! Don't think your able to see it on video! But it caught my eye 👁 Nature always surprises #weboflife #magic #web #spider #tomatoes #strengh
Taste the difference.. 😋 We sell what we grow on site .. Walk through... Tomatoes Potatoes Garlic Chard Spinach Beetroot Strawberries Learn more about us on our website Type in Frith Farm Beverley #supportlocal #regenerative #sustainability #vegbox #veggie #seasonalproduce #seasonal #smallbussiness #community #localsupplier #local #beverleyinspiration #beverley #hull #growing #CSA #frithfarm #chemicalfree
If you want to volunteer and like the outdoors feel free to get intouch with us or come for a visit. We are on Hull bridge road Hu17 9rs Beverley
Winter crops & covering autumn beds Broccoli Swede, pakchoi, spinach, beetroot, carrots, brussle sprouts, cauliflower red & white canbage
Red russian kale, broccoli, pak choi, sweed and Chinese cabbage under cover. 11 more weeks for our members to enjoy lovely chemical free vegitables. Farm shop is open daily for anyone who want to pop down for fresh local vegetables
The Frith farm shop is opened. Come and get your locally grown chemical free produce.
Check out Today's harvest for our veg box scheme 😁 🌍🦶👣Pop in ! Support your local grower by getting your produce directly from the farm, reduce your carbon footprint & get nourished in the process 👣🦶🌍 #localvegbox #healthylifestyle #reducecarbonfootprint #seasonalvegetables
Come down to pick your freshly picked produce grown without chemical use
Courgettes now well rooted & producing in abundance
Good growth in the polytunnel Cucumbers soon to be ready & peppers in flower ☺
Fresh local produce grown @frithfarming in Beverley No nasty chemicals or pesticides Come buy directly from the Farm #beverleyinspiration #yorkshire #freshfood #localproduce
Candi beats, fennel, kohlrabi and turnips growing beautifully in our no did beds
Radishes ready for next weeks box.
Tomato transplant with the help of our volunteers
Its all happening on frith farm. The season is in full force now.Carrots,turnips and candy beats direct sown. Chard and courgette transplants to follow in a few days.
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