When it comes to clean eating, superfoods and GMO-free products, Pretoria offers health-conscious locals plenty of shopping options. If farm-to-kitchen is your mealtime motto, you’ll enjoy this round-up of places in and around the city that stock organic produce and health food products.
Farm Fresh Online
It's all in the name! Farm Fresh Online is a locally based greengrocer that supplies veggies and fruit fresh from the farm to your table in no time at all! Deliveries are throughout Gauteng and are planned carefully to ensure that you receive the freshest produce possible; click here to have find out which day your order would fall on (at the time of writing Pretoria is covered closer to the end of the week).
Details: https://www.farmfreshonline.co.za/
The Farm Supply Co.
The Farm Supply Co. is an online store that delivers fresh produce to your door. Servicing the Pretoria and Joburg areas, The Farm Supply Co. works to create lasting relationships with local farmers to ensure that products are harvest-fresh. In the instances where produce can’t be sourced directly from the farm, the Farm Supply Co. sources from surrounding Pretoria and Joburg markets.
Take your pick from the Only Organic, Yes We Bant! or Just-Enough-4-Us meal boxes as well as a range of dairy and egg products. The Farm Supply Co. offers monthly combo specials. Check out the website for details of this month’s combo offer.
Organic meal box orders close at 5pm on Tuesdays and are delivered on Thursdays. All other products are delivered on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Details: www.the-farm.co.za
Organic Worx
Organic Worx has been operating in the Pretoria area for five years and offers weekly, certified organic, vegetable and fruit boxes that are filled with seasonal, freshly picked fruits and veggies. The boxes are available in mini, half, standard and jumbo sizes that can be packed to suit individual needs. Organic Worx also has a box that is packed with fruits and veggies ideal for juicing.
It also stocks a wide range of organic grains, flours, oils, seeds, nuts, beverages, chocolate, free-range beef, free-range chicken, free-range lamb, eggs, snacks and cleaning products.
Details: www.organicworx.co.za
Wensleydale Organic Farm
Wensleydale Farms supply organic fruit and vegetables direct from their farm to your kitchen, as well as a variety of dry goods direct to households on a weekly basis. Each week different produce is selected to make up the contents of the boxes, depending on availability and the produce that is in season. Wensleydale Farms supplies a list of the contents of each week's box and offer consumers the option to swap items or add products before delivery. The vegetable boxes can be ordered in half box, medium box or mini box quantities.
Details: wensleydale.co.za
One Life Health Supermarket
One Life Health Supermarket supplies a wide range of health food, vitamins, supplements, body care, pet care and gardening products to the health conscious community. Even though it doesn’t supply a variety of fresh organic produce, the supermarket has a frozen fruits section as well as a selection of organic meats. It's also well worth a visit for the selection of tofu, soy, wheat- and gluten-free items available in store.
One Life Health Supermarket is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm and Saturday from 9am to 2pm.
Details: 117 Galway Avenue, Galway Centre, Hennopspark / 012 653 3750 / www.onelife.co.za
