Megs Veg
Market Garden and Veg Box Scheme
About Megs Veg
Our passion is to grow and sell vegetables the way they should be: fresh out the ground, bursting with nutrition, free from pesticide residues and without loads of plastic packaging. In 2020 we set up a market garden on the MacRobert Trust estate near Tarland.
After 4 years of veg boxes we have learned a lot about how to grow a diverse range of vegetables in our variable north-east climate. We love selling to our local community and have enjoyed developing strong relationships with our customers over the last 4 years.
We are very grateful to our veg box customers. In taking on a veg box you create a reliable and immediate market for the produce we grow. In this simple supply chain we get our vegetables to you on the same day they were picked, without the need for transit refrigeration or excess plastic packaging. We really appreciate your willingness to accept a mixture of seasonal vegetables, as we know this sacrifices the convenience and choice of supermarket shopping. We want to thank you for helping us play our part in strengthening the local food system.
About the Market Garden
In 2020 we took on a 1.5 acre field on the MacRobert Trust Estate near Tarland. With the addition of a deer fence, hedge, polytunnel and packing shed each year our site looks less like a field and more like a market garden. We grow in a no-dig method to minimize soil disturbance, and do not use artificial fertilisers or pesticides. The market garden is home to a myriad of wildlife including swallows, toads, lizards, butterflies, bees, and lots and lots of earthworms.
Having studied Geography at university I discovered a strong interest in where the food on our plate comes from, and spent several years working around Aberdeenshire in farming and gardening to build up my practical skills. In 2018 Megs Veg was born first at an organic farm in Insch and now at our beautiful site near Tarland.
