Here are the details of this week’s fruit and veg bags. Tempted? Join our box scheme here.
21 August 2019
Standard vegetable bags have Charlotte potatoes, beetroot (Essex), carrots (Norfolk), onions (Kent), salad (Chingford or Herts), kale (Herts) or chard (Kent), French beans (Cambs) and sweetcorn (Essex or Suffolk). No potato bags have tomatoes (Herts or Chingford).
Large vegetable bags have Charlotte potatoes (Essex), onions (Kent), carrots, aubergine (Norfolk), Sweetheart cabbage (Lincs), lettuce (Herts), sweetcorn (Essex or Suffolk), tomatoes (Herts or Chingford) and courgette (Herts or Kent). No potato bags have cucumbers (Herts).
Medium vegetable bags have Charlotte potatoes, beetroot (Essex), onions (Kent), Sweetheart cabbage (Lincs), courgette (Kent or Herts) and aubergine (Norfolk). No potato bags have sweetcorn (Essex or Suffolk).
Small vegetable bags have Charlotte potatoes, beetroot (Essex), carrots (Norfolk), salad (Chingford or Herts), sweetcorn (Essex or Suffolk) and chillies (Chingford). No potato bags have celery (Lancs).
Standard fruit bags have bananas (Dominican Republic), Cantaloupe melon (Spain), Guyot pears (France), Discovery apples and greengage plums (Suffolk).
Medium fruit bags have bananas (Dominican Republic), Cantaloupe melon (Spain), Discovery apples and greengage plums (Suffolk).
Small fruit bags have Black Magic grapes (Italy), Discovery apples and greengage plums (Suffolk).
We get our produce from Hughes Organics (Norfolk), Ripple Organics, Nash Nursery (Kent), Sarah Green Organics, Peach and Pippin (Essex), Wild Country Organics (Cambridgeshire), Capel Mushrooms (Suffolk) and organic wholesaler Langridge (especially non-UK fruit). We aim to contribute 15% of produce from Hawkwood Nursery (Chingford) or our farmstarters Daniel (Chingford) or Stort Valley (Hertfordshire). Contents may vary due to availability.
