About our box scheme

Tree of Life Organics was formed in 1997 by Marie Welsh and Sylvia Carthew with a lot of help from Marie's parents, Ron and Thelma Welsh and Chopsticks Organics.

Initially we were growing vegetables on our two acres of land mainly for ourselves and families. For a number of years people kept asking if they could buy our produce so we thought about finding a way of supplying our vegetables to the wider local community. The box scheme, we decided, was the best way forward, especially as it seemed to be the most direct way of getting the vegetables direct from the field to the door. We then decided to join the Soil Association to give ourselves full organic status.

 

We started small, advertising locally, though Tree Of Life Organics has grown mostly through recommendations to others by our existing customers. Our veg growing area has expanded now by 4 acres and next year we hope to be producing some of our own fruit.
The growth our business has experienced is also due to an increasing awareness of the importance of organic food production, and the value in buying locally produced food.

We chose to become members of the Soil Association for two main reasons. The Soil Association is the leading organic certification organisation in the UK and Europe in terms of high standards, and widespread recognition.