THIS WEEK'S VEG

Scroll down for next week's veg bag contents

Food credit scheme donations

8053 fruit and veg bags with a value of £96,605 (to August 2026). This buys fresh fruit and veg for Hackney and Haringey food banks.

Thanks so much: you're all amazing!

Bag contents for the week starting 17 August

The continuing heatwaves and lack of rain are causing some crops to struggle, so bear with us if there are last-minute changes to bag contents or some veg look a little more nibbled than usual. Collect as soon as you can after the start of your collection window (check opening times here) to enjoy your fruit and veg at their best.

Wash all fruit and vegetables before eating. Scroll down for next week's list – updated Friday afternoon.

LARGE VEG - BROWN TAG

Mini cucumber – GC, Hackney
Green beans – GC, Hackney or Foskett, Suffolk
Tomatoes, basil – GC, Dagenham
Lettuce – Bore Place, Kent
Courgette – Ripple Farm, Kent
Potatoes (new kestrel) – Nash Nursery, Kent
Carrots, onions – Bagthorpe, Norfolk

LARGE NO POTATO - LIME GREEN TAG

Salad* – GC, Hackney
Green beans, mini cucumber – GC, Dagenham
Courgette – Ripple Farm, Kent
Aubergine – Wye Orchard, Kent
Cherry tomatoes – Bore Place, Kent
Leeks – Nash Nursery, Kent
Carrots – Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Cauliflower (romanesco) – Newfields, Yorkshire
Garlic – Bore Place, Kent – Bonus item!

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

MEDIUM VEG - BLUE TAG

Basil – GC, Dagenham
Mini cucumber, aubergine – Wye Orchard, Kent
Fennel – Bore Place, Kent
Potatoes (new kestrel), cherry tomatoes – Nash Nursery, Kent
Green beans – Foskett, Suffolk
Onions – Bagthorpe, Norfolk

MEDIUM NO POTATO - ORANGE TAG

Lettuce – Bore Place, Kent
Courgette – Ripple Farm, Kent
Aubergine – Wye Orchard, Kent
Beetroot – Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Purple sprouting broccoli, chard (firebird) – Bedlam, Cambridgeshire
Onions – Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Celery – UK via Langridge Organics

STANDARD VEG - YELLOW TAG

Tomatoes, mini cucumber – GC, Dagenham
Salad* – Ripple Farm, Kent
Potatoes (new maris peer) – Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Radish – Foskett, Suffolk
Carrots – Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Kale (green) – Newfields, Yorkshire

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

STANDARD NO POTATO - PURPLE TAG

Salad* – GC, Dagenham
Squash (sunburst) – Ripple Farm, Kent
Green beans, carrots, radish – Foskett, Suffolk
Broccoli – Staples, Lincolnshire
Spring onion – Newfields, Yorkshire

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

SMALL VEG - RED TAG

Salad* – GC, Dagenham or Ripple Farm, Kent
Mini cucumber, chard/spinach – GC, Dagenham
Swiss chard – Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Potatoes (new kestrel) – Nash Nursery, Kent
Green beans – Foskett, Suffolk

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

SMALL NO POTATO - WHITE TAG

Cherry tomatoes – Sarah Green's Organics, Essex or mushrooms – McArdle, Northern Ireland
Courgette – Ripple Farm, Kent
Carrots – Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Broccoli, spring onion – Newfields, Yorkshire

FRUIT - STANDARD

Plums/gages – Pear Necessities, Kent
Figs – Haciendas, Spain
Pears (ercolini) – Haciendas, Spain
Bananas (fairtrade) – Dominican Republic via Langridge Organics

FRUIT - SMALL - no tag

Apples (gala) – Mole End, Kent
Red/white seedless grapes – Haciendas, Spain
Bananas (fairtrade) – Dominican Republic via Langridge Organics