Lettuce Delivers Organics review by BMZ

My weekly delivery of fresh fruit and veg from Lettuce Deliver makes me smile. The company manages to pack a box full of seasonal produce from local farmers every week and bring it to my door for $40. The box also comes with a weekly letter with updates on farmers, weather, and folksy tips about how to get the most flavour from the assortment. They also differentiate between the various types of organic certifications – a minefield to be sure – though frankly I order the produce not for its certification but because it does taste better than the stuff on offer at Coles or Woolies. They’ve introduced me to a variety of fresh things I may never purchase myself (persimmons and silver beet for example) propelling me to try new recipes out of the rut of routine meals each week. I like that this is a small business and the employees seem to care. The deliveryman wears a black t-shirt that reads: “team lettuce.” He’s like a modern milkman with a mission. Even if you’re not that into organics, you might like that there are a team of farmers that benefit from this service as it brings more money to the growers and less to the big box mark-ups.