About Us

We are based at our farms in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire and deliver all of our produce to homes through our veg box scheme.  Our offer is totally seasonal but without the premium price tag associated with farm shops.  

We deliver directly to your door in these counties; Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.

We are traditional farmers, growing, harvesting, baking, making and supplying traditional fresh food and produce to homes.  All of the bakery food is handmade everyday with no additives, the eggs are laid by hens who are free to roam the fields, the meat has full provenance, grass reared and is all hand prepared.  

It's so difficult to tell you everything that we are passionate about but we are driven on by our amazing customers who continually make us emotional with their lovely comments - thank you :) 

History

The idea for Parsnips and Pears came about in 2009 over a dinner table conversation between founder Sara Barlow and her husband Stephen. Both were frustrated with the pressures that growers were under, having had first hand experience of the supermarkets refusing - and consequently wasting - perfectly good vegetables just because they didn’t meet the exact shape, colour and size requirements of the large retailers.

So over the next two years, Sara decided enough was enough. She wanted to change the perception that a wonky carrot wasn’t good enough, and set about to put plans in place to turn her seed of a business idea into reality. She began to research local suppliers who empathized with her cause, and who could provide quality, seasonal vegetables at a reasonable price. Sara then formulated a plan to get the business off the ground.

During the summer of 2010, she ran an extremely successful pilot scheme, and received some fantastic feedback from her customers. All were delighted with how affordable the boxes were, the level of personal service and the quality and taste of the vegetables provided. This gave Sara the confidence to go for it in earnest,  she decided to roll out the service around the farm. Parsnips and Pears is now expanding it's delivery areas week on week with coverage planned for most of the UK. 

The range of food and produce has expanded dramatically since the first small veg boxes, it now includes a full butchery, bakery, dairy, deli and gourmet ready meals made with their own produce.