Aylsham Growers is a Co-Operative farming
company founded in 1969 and now comprising of 65 members from
within a 45 mile radius of Aylsham, Norfolk who have been growing
fresh produce for over 50 years.
As a group we have developed a close-knit tie with our members,
focusing our energy on the growing and harvesting of 3000ha of
vining peas. Our area ranges from southeast of King Lynn,
(Narborough, Swaffham) across to Fakenham and everywhere east
thereof, with a strong emphasis of growers within the immediate
Aylsham area. We pride ourselves on producing the best quality peas
for you the consumer to enjoy year-round and in doing so are the
largest supplier of vining peas to Greenyard Frozen UK Ltd at Kings
Lynn supplying in excess of 15,000 tonnes. Our strong emphasis on
attention to detail enables us to produce delicious, fresh, high
quality 150-minute speedy peas and standard AA and A grade peas to
our customer, who in return supply all the retail and food service
sectors with frozen peas across the
UK.
Harvested mid-June to mid-August, vining peas are an ideal break
crop in the rotation, fixing nitrogen for the following crop.
We run a fleet of 5 state of the art viners accompanied by 2
bespoke high tip trailers 24/7, operated by a highly skilled and
dedicated team during the busy pea harvest, as well as employ
industry leading viner engineers to keep us going.
