What's in
the bags
Food credit scheme donations
4878 fruit and veg bags donated
£54,436 value of bags donated
Up to 18 September 2023
£50k! You're amazing

We update this page on Fridays, when you can scroll down or click here to see what's coming next week.

Allergen information: GC's Hackney and Dagenham mixed organic salad (in unlabelled bags) contains a mix of seasonal leaves, including mustard and celery.  Forty Hall Farm salad includes mustard and celery. Ripple Farm salad, Sarah Green's salad and Wild Country Organics' salad contain mustard.

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Provisional bag contents for the week starting 18 September

A few hints of autumn coming into the bags in the shape of plums, pears, caulis, spaghetti squash and Savoy cabbage, though the lettuces, tomatoes, green beans and sweetcorn keep coming too. The seasons are clearly changing: the weather is finally turning autumnal and we spotted the first parsnips of the year at the farmes' market on Saturday!

 LARGE VEG - BROWN TAG   

Peppers or courgette, basil - Growing Communities, Dagenham
Ambo potatoes - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Marmande tomatoes - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex or cherry tomatoes -  Hughes Organics, Norfolk
Sweetcorn, onions - Nash Nursery, Kent
Green beans -  Hughes Organics, Norfolk
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk
Red batavia lettuce - Newfields, Yorks

 

 LARGE NO POTATO - LIME GREEN TAG     

Kale - Ripple Farm, Kent
Sweetcorn, onions - Nash Nursery, Kent
Aubergine - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Mushrooms - Capel Mushrooms, Suffolk
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk
Green beans -  Hughes Organics, Norfolk
Red batavia lettuce, romanesco/white/purple cauliflower - Newfields, Yorks

 

 MEDIUM VEG - BLUE TAG     

Chard/rainbow chard - Growing Communities, Dagenham or Ripple Farm, Kent
Spaghetti squash - Ripple Farm, Kent
Ambo potatoes, cauliflower, sweetcorn, candy/chioggia beetroot - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk
Onions - Nash Nursery, Kent

 

 MEDIUM NO POTATO - ORANGE TAG 

Spinach - Ripple Farm, Kent
Purple sprouting broccoli, sweetcorn - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Green beans - Bore Place Market Garden, Kent
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk
Onions - Nash Nursery, Kent
Kohlrabi, savoy cabbage - Newfields, Yorks 

 

 STANDARD VEG - YELLOW TAG  

Green beans - Growing Communities, Dagenham or Wye Orchard, Kent or Hughes Organics, Norfolk
Spaghetti squash, Gatsby potatoes - Ripple Farm, Kent
Lettuce - Bore Place Market Garden, Kent
Onions, sweetcorn - Nash Nursery, Kent
Savoy cabbage - Newfields, Yorks 

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 STANDARD NO POTATO - PURPLE TAG  

Cucumber - Growing Communities, Hackney/Dagenham
Mixed salad leaves* - Growing Communities, Hackney or Forty Hall Farm, Enfield or Ripple Farm, Kent
Aubergine - Wye Orchard, Kent
Kale, purple sprouting broccoli, beetroot - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk

*Allergen information: GC's Hackney mixed organic salad (in unlabelled bags) and Forty Hall Farm salad contains a mix of seasonal leaves, including mustard and celery.  Ripple Farm salad contains mustard.

 

 SMALL VEG - RED TAG   

Tomatoes - Growing Communities, Dagenham or Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Sweetcorn - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Gatsby potatoes - Ripple Farm, Kent
Leeks - Ripple Farm, Kent or Nash Nursery, Kent
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farms, Norfolk

 

 SMALL NO POTATO - WHITE TAG  

Spinach -  Ripple Farm, Kent
Lettuce - Bore Place Market Garden, Kent
Kohlrabi - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex or Newfields, Yorks 
Romanesco/white/purple cauliflower - Newfields, Yorks 
Onions - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk or Nash Nursery, Kent

 

 STANDARD FRUIT - DARK GREEN TAG  (packed into cloth or recycled plastic bags)

Lord Lambourne apples - Oakwood, Sussex
Laxton cropper plums - Peach & Pippin, Essex
Williams pears - Organic Orchards, Cambs or Conference pears - Oakwood, Sussex
Fairtrade bananas - Dominican Republic via Langridge Organic

 

SMALL FRUIT - no tag (packed into cloth or recycled plastic bags)
Discovery apples - Mole End Farm, Kent
White seedless grapes - Italy via Langridge
Fairtrade bananas - Dominican Republic via Langridge Organic

 

 

 

 

Provisional bag contents for the week starting 25 September

The first European oranges of the year and juicy, sweet, seedless grapes in the standard fruit bags this week, plus the fractal beauty of romanesco cauliflower in the standard veg bags.

 LARGE VEG - BROWN TAG   

Cucumber - Growing Communities, Dagenham/Hackney
Mixed salad leaves* - Growing Communities, Hackney or Forty Hall Farm, Enfield 
Gatsby potatoes - Ripple Farm, Kent
Leeks - Ripple Farm, Kent or Bore Place Market Garden, Kent
Onions - Nash Nursery, Kent or Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk
Beetroot, purple gusto chilli - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk
Cauliflower - Newfields, Yorks 

*Allergen information: GC's Hackney mixed organic salad (in unlabelled bags) and Forty Hall Farm salad contains a mix of seasonal leaves, including mustard and celery.  Ripple Farm salad contains mustard.

 

 LARGE NO POTATO - LIME GREEN TAG     

Mixed salad leaves* - Growing Communities, Hackney or Forty Hall Farm, Enfield 
Chard/spinach - Growing Communities, Dagenham
Sunburst squash - Ripple Farm, Kent
Leeks, red cabbage - Nash Nursery, Kent
Cauliflower, purple sprouting broccoli - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Carrots. onions - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk

*Allergen information: GC's Hackney mixed organic salad (in unlabelled bags) and Forty Hall Farm salad contains a mix of seasonal leaves, including mustard and celery.  Ripple Farm salad contains mustard.

 

 MEDIUM VEG - BLUE TAG     

Rocket - Forty Hall Farm, Enfield 
Aubergine - Wye Orchard, Kent
Gatsby potatoes, spinach - Ripple Farm, Kent
Mushrooms - Capel Mushrooms, Suffolk
Round cabbage - Newfields, Yorks 
Carrots. onions - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk

 

 MEDIUM NO POTATO - ORANGE TAG 

Tomatoes - Growing Communities, Dagenham or Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Leeks, spaghetti squash - Ripple Farm, Kent
Onions, sweetcorn - Nash Nursery, Kent
Beetroot - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Lettuce - Bore Place Market Garden, Kent or Newfields, Yorks 
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk

 

 STANDARD VEG - YELLOW TAG  

Aubergine - Wye Orchard, Kent or Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Kale - cavolo nero, beetroot, Ambo potatoes - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk
Sweetcorn - Nash Nursery, Kent
Romanesco cauliflower - Newfields, Yorks 

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 STANDARD NO POTATO - PURPLE TAG  

Spaghetti squash, chard - Ripple Farm, Kent
Lettuce - Bore Place Market Garden, Kent
Sweetcorn - Nash Nursery, Kent or Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Mushrooms - Capel Mushrooms, Suffolk
Onions - Nash Nursery, Kent
Broccoli - Newfields, Yorks 

 

 SMALL VEG - RED TAG   

Ambo potatoes, cauliflower - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Kale - Ripple Farm, Kent
Lettuce - Bore Place Market Garden, Kent
Red onions - Bagthorpe Farms, Norfolk

 

 SMALL NO POTATO - WHITE TAG  

Spaghetti squash -  Ripple Farm, Kent
Sweetcorn - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex 
Onions - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk 
Green beans - James Foskett, Suffolk or Wye Orchard, Kent or Suffolk via Langridge
Carrots - Bagthorpe Farm, Norfolk

 

 STANDARD FRUIT - DARK GREEN TAG  (packed into cloth or recycled plastic bags)

Gala apples - Mole End Farm, Kent or Lord Lamborne apples - Oakwood, Sussex
Oranges - Spain via Langridge
White seedless grapes - Italy via Langridge
Fairtrade bananas - Dominican Republic via Langridge Organic

 

SMALL FRUIT - no tag (packed into cloth or recycled plastic bags)
Laxton cropper plums - Peach & Pippin, Essex
Conference pears - Oakwood, Sussex or Williams pears - Organic Orchards, Hereford
Fairtrade bananas - Dominican Republic via Langridge Organic

   

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