Guy Singh-Watson, 66, still has some of the old hoes and seed drills he used to plant, then pick the first leeks at his fledgling business 40 years ago.
A decades-old tractor called ‘the beast’ that a local mechanic now refuses to mend sits in the corner of a field at his Devon firm’s sprawling HQ.
The old tools and machinery may now stand still, but organic vegetable box company Riverford continues to plough on.
At a time when supermarkets and their suppliers are under pressure to cut costs further, it seems there is still appetite for smaller-scale companies to sell directly to
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