The good food swap is a celebration of our local harvest, a chance to share food you've made, grown, picked or found. And in preparation you can learn something new or share your skills at workshops through August, September, October. Download a flyer or see details here.

New box scheme at the Hornbeam Centre: Organiclea is working with the Hornbeam Centre to set up a new organic box scheme, starting Wednesday 2nd July. The produce is supplied by Eostre Organics farmers co-operative who already supply the Saturday market stall. The scheme is collection only - the Hornbeam Centre will be open on Wednesdays 3.30-7.30pm so you can pick up your bag of pre-ordered fruit and veg, and have a cup of tea at the same time! There will be a late pickup arrangement in case you can’t make it on a Wednesday.

If you are interested please email info[at]hornbeam.org.uk, call 020 8558 6880 or come along on a Wednesday or to the regular market stall on a Saturday and talk to a member of staff there. We will get in touch with details about prices and payment arrangements.

Selling Allotment Produce: Is it legal? Is it right? A discussion paper from Organiclea explores the ups and downs of selling surplus food grown on allotment sites. Download the document here (PDF format)

Come to the organic food stall and cafe: Where does your food come from? Concerned about food safety, want to cut down on food miles and eat quality local fruit and veg, baked goods and freshly made food? A weekly organic market is held on Saturdays from 10 til 3 at the Hornbeam Centre in Hoe St, and the Hornbeam cafe is open from 10 til 4. serving tasty fresh food made with local, fair trade and organic ingredients wherever possible.

Practical training in growing organic food: Are you interested in growing food and wondering how to get started, or wanting to gain confidence and meet other growers? Organiclea is running once-a-month training sessions in basic organic food growing skills. The course is run on Sunday mornings on our community allotment site in Chingford E4. Organiclea is an official mentor for the national Organic Food For All programme run by Garden Organic. For details see this year's course programme here and contact us if you are interested in joining next year's course (starting November 08).

Spare apples and pears? If you've got more fruit than you can handle in your garden, Organiclea can take your surplus. We'll give you 25% of the fruit collected, and the rest is distributed to voluntary food projects in the Borough and the picking volunteers. Contact us to register your tree for our fruit-picking service. Download press release here.

New weeky market stall: the first regular stall of its kind in Waltham Forest, the Saturday organic market stall at the Hornbeam Centre is supplied by Eostre Organics, a farmers' coop from Norfolk who work with other cooperatives across Europe. Also for sale is ultra-local East London organic produce - grown and harvested by people in the borough, and freshly baked bread and pickles and preserves. For details of other organic market stalls in London, visit Eostre.

The market stall is the start of developing a local food hub where people can get seasonal organic fair trade produce, training in food growing, and be part of improving the quality of the food on our plates. Contact us if you'd like to get more involved. See background documents on the food hub here.

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Rise up: on Saturday 2nd August 2008, take part in a celebration of bread, with workshops, film, discussion, dough art and the opportunity to try some locally baked loaves. Details.

What on earth is growing on?
On Tuesday 10 June 2008, come and take part in an evening discussion which seeks to scratch beneath the label 'organic' and root the urban food growing movement in the recent and not-so-recent history of social change. More details.

Tree Festival: For all tree enthusiasts, an opportunity to celebrate our local trees together took place on Saturday 26th January 10-5 at the Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe St (corner of Hoe St and Bakers Avenue, E17). With talks, practical demonstrations, children's activities, art and storytelling, tasty tree-related food and drink. More details here

Foods of the Waltham Forest: Saturday 8 September 2007 10am-5pm at the Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17, was a day for celebration of local food, with a 'food swap', workshops, information, exhibitions, organic market stall and wholesome food cafe. More details here.

Food for Thought: A day and eve of discussions, revelations and revels, seasoned with good food and fine drinks, on Saturday 5th May at the Hornbeam Environmental Centre and Forest Recycling Project (at the corner of Hoe Street and Bakers Avenue, E17). Details

Foods of the Waltham Forest: Saturday 9 September 2006 was a day for celebration of local food, at the Hornbeam Environmental Centre in Hoe Street, Walthamstow. With local produce for sale, café, workshops, information stalls, photo exhibitions and more. More details here.