Here are the details of this week’s box scheme fruit and veg bags. Tempted? Join the box scheme here.
5 September 2018 |
Standard vegetable bags have New Charlotte potatoes, spring onions, courgettes, fennel, kohl rabi (Essex), carrots (Norfolk) and beetroot (Chingford). No potato bags have chillies (Chingford) and broccoli (Essex).
Large vegetable bags have New Charlotte potatoes, spring onions, cavolo nero, courgettes, fennel, kohl rabi, broccoli (Essex), carrots, aubergine (Norfolk) and chillies (Chingford). No potato bags have chives (Essex).
Medium vegetable bags have New Charlotte potatoes, cavolo nero (Essex), carrots, aubergine, French beans (Norfolk) and chillies (Chingford). No potato bags have red cabbage (Essex).
Small vegetable bags have New Charlotte potatoes, spring onions (Essex), tomatoes (Norfolk), salad and cucumbers (Chingford). No potato bags have sweetcorn (Chingford).
Standard fruit bags have bananas (Dominican Republic), pears (Gloucester), plums (Hereford), grapes (Spain) and cooking apples (Chingford).
Medium fruit bags have plums (Hereford), pears (Gloucester), grapes (Spain), Discovery apples (Chingford).
Small fruit bags have bananas (Dominican Republic), pears (Chingford), Discovery apples (Kent).
Where does our produce come from? We get our produce from Hughes Organics (Norfolk), Sarah Green (Essex), Brockmans Farm (Kent) and from organic wholesaler Langridge (especially non-UK fruit). We aim to contribute 15% of the produce in our bags from either Hawkwood Plant Nursery (Chingford), or our farm starters; London Grown (Haringey), Shannon (Ilford), Primrose Organic farm (Herts). Contents may vary due to availability.
