UK: Rain stops play for vegetable delivery scheme
Avonwick-based Nearly Naked Veg Company was created four years ago and has delivered up to 220 boxes every week.
However, the weather, combined with rising fuel costs, has turned the business into a loss maker, to the tune of £2,500 a month.
Founder Ben Brunning, 29, said he now intends to concentrate on his wholesale vegetable business.
He said, "I have farmed all my life but I can honestly say this year has been the worst year in my career for growing horticultural produce."
He said that a mild winter meant crops had been harvested months earlier than normal, making for a very short window of opportunity.
The heavy rain and lack of Summer Sun, has just compounded the issues.
He said the fields at Newton Ferrers where he rents 18 acres of land had got so wet about 70% of the crops had failed and if the long range forecast of more poor weather was right, a new crop would probably fail again.
Source: bbc.co.uk/news
