Opinion: Why one writer quit her local veg box scheme
A Guardian columnist describes ending her six-year membership in an organic vegetable delivery service, citing emotional labour and mental fatigue.
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, a Guardian columnist, has ended her subscription to a local organic vegetable box scheme after six years. The weekly deliveries of seasonal, locally-sourced produce to a nearby pickup point required ongoing mental effort to plan meals around unfamiliar vegetables, she writes.
Cosslett describes the decision as a form of self-care, noting that while the service felt morally sound and proved valuable during the pandemic, the emotional labour of managing surplus or spoiled produce—particularly unusual varieties—had become a burden she is now relieved to abandon.
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- It’s my self-care hack of the year: I quit our local veg box scheme, and set my mind free | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett — The Guardian — Opinion
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