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Why grow organic vegetables?

The trustees who founded H.O.P.E. were aware that there was a limited supply of fresh organic vegetables in the Arbroath locality. If organic vegetables were grown these could be sold on a regular basis and this would help to finance the project as well as satisfying local demand. This also gives local people the opportunity to consume locally grown food as close to its natural state as possible and as fresh as possible.

The other reason for growing organic vegetables was to help promote healthy eating patterns. H.O.P.E.'s chairman, Cedric de Voil, is a retired GP with a particular interest in the role of good diet in maintaining health.

In 2000 an organic vegetable box scheme was started, delivering 20 boxes of vegetables a week to local residents of Arbroath. Now over 60 households receive a supply of organic vegetables during the growing months of the year, as far afield as Montrose, Carnoustie and Monifieth The produce is certified as organic by the Soil Association.

The vegetable box scheme would not be possible without the help of volunteers to administer the scheme and to deliver the boxes.