GROWING COMMUNITIES
VEG SCHEME

Climate-friendly fruit and veg boxes for North and East London

Fresh. Organic. Seasonal. It's veg but better, for you, your farmers, your planet.

Looking for our veg box scheme in South London?

Why join the veg scheme?

Fair wages for farmers, with 50% of your spend going direct to the farmer.

Lower food miles, with over 80% UK-grown veg across the year. We never air-freight.

Boost biodiversity and your health with flavour-packed fruit and veg grown without pesticides.

Zero delivery fees. Conveniently collect at one of our 30 local pick-up points.

Flexible holidays with option to donate to food banks.

How it works

Tuck into the best organic, seasonal produce available from small, organic farms in and around London.

Add a fruit bag bursting with organic, ethically sourced fruit from small-scale UK and European farms.

Conveniently collect your fruit and veg bags at a time that works for you, helping to keep your food miles low.

Want to check out our recipes, visit our farmers' market, order wholesale or discover how else you can eat better and change the food system with us?

Let us do the shopping

Eating the seasons is easy with GC. Enjoy fresh produce grown with love and packed with care.

Organic produce grown in London

You'll eat award-winning salad, tomatoes and beans grown on our own farms in Hackney and Dagenham.

Every £1 spent with us creates £3.70 of value

for you, your farmers and your planet.

£89,784 donated to food banks by veg scheme members!

Amount raised for local food banks via our Food Credit Scheme up to January 2026

CHAMPIONING BETTER FOOD SINCE 1996

WE'RE BUILDING A BETTER FOOD SYSTEM THAT'S FAIR TO FARMERS, KIND TO THE PLANET AND GOOD FOR ALL OF US.

How else can you support Growing Communities?

Buy direct from small sustainable farmers at the UK's only all-organic weekly farmers' market

Source produce from East London's ethical, not-for-profit organic fruit and vegetable wholesaler

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