The east coast of England was hit by Storm Ciaran at the tail end of last week and many growers were affected as strong winds and heavy rains battered the country. While some areas of Cornwall saw waterlogged fields, Southern England Farms came off relatively unscathed.
“We are very lucky as our fields are on gentle slopes and the water drained off quickly. It is wet of course, but we are not having issues getting the harvesting rigs into the fields,” said Greville Richards, Managing Director at SEF. “We stopped harvesting on Thursday due to the strong winds which were causing health and safety issues, but we caught up the next day.”
SEF supply produce for 52 weeks of the year and are now at the start of their winter veg program, this week production in Lincolnshire has ended and Greville said orders have doubled.
“We are now harvesting cauliflower, cabbage, Savoy and pointed cabbage as well as kale, we don’t foresee any potential issues in harvesting or supply and are looking forward to a big cauliflower supply for Christmas.”
For more information:
Greville Richards
SEF
Tel: +44 1736 850066
Email: grev@sefltd.com
www.sefltd.com