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ALLPRESS FARMS

ORGANICS

llpress Farms grow both conventional of organic crops, and we have chosen to be
and organic leeks which are harvested affiliated with the Soil Association. The Soil
Aand processed in our packing unit and Association has protocols and standards
sent on to supermarkets for your consumption. that we are required to adhere to, and we are
subjected to annual audits to ensure that we
Both types of crop are subject to pests and are growing the crops within their stipulated
weeds, but conventional farming uses chemicals rules and regulations. Once we have passed the
to fight them, as well as providing the plants audit our crops are organically certified. As our
with chemically based nutrition. For organic
crops, we use natural means to control pest We appreciate the ethos of
problems and to provide nutrition, such as the
principles of biodiversity and natural composts, natural farming and have
as well as hand-weeding the crop. decided to convert some of our
There are various organic associations in the own land for organic growing.
UK who monitor the growing and treatment

Photographs courtesy of
Emsephotography

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