We harvest what is in season to pick crops at their very best and so that dictates what is available each week. When you collect from the field at Ovington there is a swap box where members can swap items that they don’t like. We are sure that you will love most of what you are given and there are recipes regularly added to the website to inspire you!

Every year we plan and plant a large variety of vegetables, in excess of fifty different varieties over the year. We of course supply our members with basic vegetables that people use frequently such as potatoes, carrots and onions and familiar vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, salad leaves and leeks.

But we also grow things that are a little more adventurous and unusual to add variety and treat our members to some really great vegetables which are often hard to find in mainstream supermarkets such as komatsuna and kohlrabi. Members receive a regular email to tell them what to expect in their cropshare that week to help with meal planning.

No, we are not a veg box scheme.  However, there is a choice of two collection points – Ovington or Hexham.

We do often have other local food to buy such as eggs, jam, chutneys, fruit and other seasonal goodies. We also place a monthly SUMA order for members at wholesale prices. Your order is collected from the field.

We don’t deliver, but you can choose to collect your veg from our collection point at Hexham if this is more convenient.

If you live a bit further from either collection point, we can put you in touch with other members from your area so you can ‘buddy up’.  This works well for members in Corbridge, Mickley and Prudhoe who take turns travelling to collect veg for each other.

We are situated behind the Halls of Heddon Nursery in Ovington.  Details can be found on our contact page. Depending on where they live, members walk, cycle, drive or take the bus to get to our fields.  Bus service 684 will leave you a short distance from the Nursery entrance.

We have teamed up with Hextol Foundation to provide a collection point in Hexham.  Cropshare collection is from their offices on Gilesgate on Friday afternoon.  Offices are closed at the weekend but collection is still available from a secure locker.

Yes you can. We will need to change your monthly payment to us, so once your next payment has cleared you can start taking a different cropshare size option.

The veg are harvested over Thursday and Friday morning.  The earlier you can collect, the better in terms of freshness.  However, if you can’t get there on a Friday or Saturday, your veg will still be available.

If you are not able to collect your vegetables, for whatever reason, we are very happy for you to pass your crop share onto a friend or family member.  If no one is collecting your share let us know so that we don’t harvest too much veg that week.

GO Local Food is about connecting people in order to explore alternative ways of producing local food and membership of GO Local Food brings with it many benefits.  We hold regular events and workshops on the field and other local venues that you can take part in.  As a co-operative you are a member and as such can attend meetings and get involved in decisions.  

A lot of members volunteer in different ways, from admin and promotions to organising events and weeding the field.  We are family friendly and everyone is welcome.

Halls of Heddon offer a 10% discount on items from their shop in Ovington.

Yes of course you can. If you are unhappy with any aspect of your subscription we would love to talk to you about it and see if we can make any changes to help you stay, but you are free to cancel at any time. All we ask for is one month’s notice. We also have a 14-day cooling off period on new subscriptions.