Welcome to Polegate’s Market Garden
We are a family run, community supported agriculture farm serving healthy, chemical free veg boxes to Polegate, Hailsham, Eastbourne, Seaford and the surrounding areas of East Sussex.
Our East Sussex Veg Box Scheme Is Now Open.
Join Our Fanfield Farm Family by getting your CSA Veg Box.
How it works...
We have a brand new system and way of operating here at Fanfield Farm, we use a sliding scale payment system which means there is an affordable veg box for everyone. And with your help we can make healthy food accessible to everyone that needs it.
Get Started…
Half Share Veg Box - £18.50
Lower Income: £12.50
Middle Income: £18.50
Upper Income: £24.50
(Delivery within our area is an extra £2.50 per box).
Full Share Veg Box - £22.50
Lower Income: £16.50
Middle Income: £22.50
Upper Income: £28.50
(Delivery within our area is an extra £2.50 per box).
Our Produce
We produce local food. Growing with the older hand tool methods that mean we don’t need huge tractors or 100’s of acres of land. This means we can get the food on to your plate fresher, faster and whilst improving the soil we grow in, and keeping our impact on the environment as low as possible.
Growing foods in the conventional way is causing us problems… with the taste of our veg, with the nutrients within them, with our enviroment and with our soils! To grow food in this way is no longer sustainable, and we have done so much damage it is no longer enough to farm sustainably… That’s why we farm regeneratively.. Giving more back to the soil and environment than we take at every stage.
For the last two years we have been providing veg boxes right to the doors of East Sussex, and you can now get yourself on to our Veg Box CSA Scheme, reserve your space by clicking here.
We Grow Regeneratively!
We produce all of our crops regeneratively, our historical food systems have damaged soils in such a way that even farming sustainably isn’t good enough anymore. We have got to the point where putting back what you are taking out isn’t enough. We need to be putting more back than we take, and hence we need to farm regeneratively.
The standards by which we farm we believe exceed those that are practiced on organic farms. We farm with completely organic procedures and practices, however we are not certified organic. We are regenerative. Firstly, we don’t use any pesticides or chemicals; we use all natural matter, soil & compost.
Why aren’t we certified organic, if we farm with organic practices? This is a long question to answer but the main reason is we don’t agree that farmers doing the right thing should be penalised. To have the organic certification status costs a lot, and to spray vegetables with chemicals and pesticides costs nothing. We believe this is backwards.
We are happy to show you exactly how we grow, and the high standards we hold ourselves to. Simply drop us a message and we can arrange to show you around the farm on one of our open days.
Blog Posts and Videos
What’s In The Box – 25th August 2022
What's In The Box - 25th August 2022This week our veg boxes are filled with colour and seasonal veg all harvested within 24 hours of you getting it...
What’s In The Box – 18th August 2022
What's In The Box - 18th August 2022This week our veg boxes are filled with colour and seasonal veg all harvested within 24 hours of you getting it...
Fanfield Farm Community Contract
Fanfield Farm Community ContractWhat Is The Community Contract Years ago some school holidays were introduced so that families could get together...
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