Three Hares market garden
Three Hares Market Garden is an organic salad and veg operation founded on the principles of food sovereignty and located in the Chew Valley. We grow a broad range of produce and supply it our local community through veg boxes and a weekly Salad Drop scheme, as well doing direct sales to restaurants and grocers.
We are certified as organic with the Soil Association and we grow in a way that maximises both biodiversity and productivity. Tackling food poverty and working to improve the accessibility of high quality fresh produce is also central to our ethos.
We are proud and active members of the small scale farmers’ union The Landworkers’ Alliance. Three Hares Market Garden is a tiny part of a global movement that is transforming our food system from the bottom up.
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Covid-19
Solidarity during the crisis of 2020
The Covid-19 lock down of 2020 lead to an unprecedented rise in the need for local food. It also lead to a spike in food poverty associated with increased destitution, loss of work and a crisis in public health. During spring last year the number of people relying on food banks rose to 3 million. Our response to this situation was to increase our production of vegetables and devise a distribution strategy of Solidarity Veg Boxes to reach local people in the greatest need.
We managed to scale-up our veg production after a generous land share arrangement was offered by the farmers of Lilliput Farm: Oliver and Bernadette Stanley. Courtesy of Lilliput Farm we gained rent-free access to a fantastic 2 acre field for the 2020 season. To work at this increased scale we also bought a tractor and took on another two members of staff.
We distributed Solidarity Veg Boxes to asylum seekers experiencing food poverty via the local organisation Borderlands. Unfortunately the crisis of food poverty has not gone away, and so we hope to run this scheme again this season, but we are currently working out the financial model that will make it possible.
