what is riverford on home farm?

The story began when local farmer Peter Richardson, whose family has farmed at Home Farm in Newby Wiske for three generations, met Guy Watson, who started the Riverford box scheme in Devon.

Peter and his wife Jo-ann had always grown cereals and potatoes and kept pigs at Home Farm. In 1996 Peter converted the farm to organic, renewing his love of producing food and caring for the land. He also began to grow more vegetables. Meanwhile, Guy was looking for a like-minded farmer with a passion for veg to set up a box scheme in Yorkshire. He knew he'd found the right partner in Peter – and so the box scheme began. Peter turned his old pig shed into a box packing barn and Riverford on Home Farm was born.

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