We grow fantastic vegetables with nature welcomed into everything we do.
We are a small team of dedicated growers who believe that healthy and delicious food should be produced sustainably within our community in a way that benefits people and the environment.
We grow vegetables using the principles of agroecology. This means not using any chemicals, buying trusted organic seed or producing our own, and as far as possible using local and sustainable inputs such as composted woodchip and manure to feed our soil. We have created a home for natural predators that are attracted by the nectar strips and insect and beetle habitats we have on the farm so we use no pesticides at all.
We supply our vegetables to amazing local food businesses and some of the best restaurants across London and Sussex. We are very proud of our popular seasonal veg box scheme which gets our delicious veg directly to our community.
The place
Ed’s Veg has its home in the village of Liphook, Hampshire. We grow the majority of our produce at Devils Lane Market Garden, a beautiful three acre micro farm with permanent vegetable beds and polytunnels. The farm was set up by Ed after he took on a lease from supportive local landowners in 2017. In 2022 we decided that we needed to grow even more veg to increase the capacity of our veg box scheme and we have begun to grow at ‘field scale’ using mostly vintage equipment at the wonderful Hollycombe Home Farm.
The people
Edwin Brooks has always been fascinated by the wildlife and nature around the village of Liphook and Lynchmere where he grew up. He first began growing vegetables on an allotment as a teengager and then went to work for his uncle on an organic farm. Returning home he decided to combine his passion for good food and conservation by creating a farm that would be a home for nature and a haven for wildlife.
During lockdown Ed was joined by April Coffey who came to work on the farm after having been volunteering with Refugee Community Kitchen. The two of them hit it off and she is still there running the business as a partnership. April was instrumental in starting the local seasonal box scheme through which much of the veg we grow is now sold. She has also focused on the social justice aims of the business and the farm has now been host to young people in the Asylum System and has a close relationship with the Liphook Food Bank
