Boxing Days

Signing up to a vegie box delivery is in good taste, but it’s the follow-through that counts, writes PAULETTE WHITNEY.

- Paulette Whitney

It’s just like that U2 song: “You say you want / Local and organic / You say you want / To support community farmers / But all the promises you made / Disappear when you want baba ghanoush in winter / When all I want is you.”

My mate Beth runs a vegie box scheme through our local whole foods store, where, with the click of a mouse, you subscribe for a season of locally grown produce for your family. No driving around to farm gates, no sussing out good growers – Beth and her team have tracked down the best of the best and will feed you admirably throughout the year. The subscription system gives growers certainty that they can sell a particular crop, safe in the knowledge it will end up on someone’s dinner table.