Green is the way to go...
We believe in looking after the environment in every way possible, from what goes in the box to what the box is made of – you can find out a lot more about what we’re doing be planet-friendly below. If you’d like to know more about eating organic, then check out the Organic Schmorganic page.
 
 

What's the box? 

We’d like you to munch your way through our scrumptious organic food without feeling guilty for the amount of packaging used in your sarnie or salad, pie or tart. We don’t believe in shrink wrapping each apple, in individually portioned avocados or polystyrene packaged pears.


This is why we use as little packaging as possible, and what we do use is recyclable, recycled or compostable. All of our sandwiches, pies and tarts and many of our salads are packaged in cardboard – which is always recyclable and sustainable sourced. 

The film window on the sandwich, pie and tart boxes and the material used to make 99% of our salad boxes is made from recycled plastic (RPET) and is recyclable. Recycling is one of the best things to do with plastic – reuse, recycle, reduce!


 
 
 
What about the vans?

On city runs in London, we use dual fuel LPG vans which are low emission and our fresh! run-around vehicles are SMART cars which have just about the lowest emissions of any car and they are 85% recyclable. And, we’re always looking for ways to improve – better fuels, more efficient vehicles – we can’t wait for the day hydrogen power is the norm! 
 
And organic? Is that any better for the planet?  
And organic? Is that any better for the planet?

Organic food production has been proven to be much better for the environment than conventional farming methods.

Organic reduces fossil fuel energy use - farming uses natural rather than industrial processes, so requires far less energy. Life cycle research for the Government has found that organic farming generally uses less energy than non organic farming to produce the same amount (29% less energy for wheat, 25% less for oilseed rape, 38% less for milk, and 35% less for beef). The main reason for this is because it uses organic matter and soil biology for crop nutrition, instead of energy-intensive fertilisers. 
Organic increases the carbon content of agricultural soils - organic farming is based on the use of organic matter. This builds up carbon in the soil. Studies, including long-term trials by the Rodale Institute in the United States found that organic farming maintains and often increases carbon levels substantially.

Organic increases soil methane oxidation rates - by not using fertiliser, organic farming maintains the role of soil micro-organisms in oxidising atmospheric methane.

Organic farming is a genuinely local production system as most crop nutrition, animal health and pest control is carried out by natural processes in situ on farm. Non-organic food, even if sold locally still involves the transport of fertiliser, much animal feed, pesticides and veterinary drugs that account for a high proportion of the growth in road transport in recent decades.

A number of studies have shown that organic farming is beneficial to wildlife. A report written by English Nature and the RSPB in 2005 concluded that organic farming increases biodiversity at every level of the food chain - all the way from lowly bacteria to mammals.
(thanks to the Soil Association from whom we received this information).

Now, there’s a lot of reasons to go organic, phew! What are you waiting for?