Our organic box scheme
Growing Communities' box scheme provides a delicious weekly selection of seasonal organic produce from £6.50 per week*.
Why choose Growing Communities?
Community-led:We are London's first community-led box scheme run by local people, based in Hackney.
Local and seasonal: We source as much local produce as possible: our salad bags are grown on our own Soil Association market gardens in Hackney. Tell me more. Our potatoes and apples come from small farms in Kent and Essex and our oranges come from cooperatives in Italy and Spain. Last year, 62% of our vegetables and 23% of the fruit in our fruit bags came direct from local farms while overall 88% of our vegetables came from the UK. We never buy air-freighted produce or produce from heated greenhouses. Only our Fair Trade organic bananas come from outside Europe.
Fair:We help to support over 25 small scale organic farmers and growers by providing them with a regular outlet and a fair price for their produce.
Not for profit:We are committed to building real alternatives to the current damaging food system. Tell me more.
Low-carbon:We are committed to cutting food miles and are a collection only scheme. Tell me more.
Accessible:The box scheme accepts Healthy Start vouchers and we offer a discount for pensioners.
Keeping you informed:We provide a weekly newsletter with recipes and a full list of where your fruit and vegetables have come from. You can also check what's in the bags on-line before collecting.
More than a box scheme:When you sign up to a regular fruit or veg bag you become a member of Growing Communities. Members attend the AGM and have a say in how the box scheme is run. Box scheme members usually pay by standing order which allows us to plan ahead and helps keep admin costs down. Being a member of our box scheme is not just about delicious fruit and vegetables, it's about being part of an organisation that's trying to change what we eat, how we eat and how it's farmed.
Fruit and veg bag options:
Standard veg bag
£44 per calendar month (£11 per week*). This bag contains around 8-9 varieties of seasonal produce. Standard bags always include carrots, onions, potatoes and two greens, (eg.spinach, chard, savoy cabbage) plus a selection of seasonal vegetables. Click here to see an outline of what's in the standard veg bag this week.
No potatoes standard veg bag
£50 per calendar month (£12.50 per week*). This bag contains 8-9 varieties of veg including a leafy green vegetable instead of potatoes. Greens cost more to buy than potatoes which is why this bag is slightly more expensive than the standard veg bag.Click here to see an outline of what's in the no-potato standard veg this week.
Small veg bag
£26 per calendar month (£6.50 per week*). This bag contains around 6 varieties of seasonal produce. Small bags always include potatoes and carrots and have onions every other week. They always have one green item per week (e.g. spinach, chard, spring greens) plus 2 or 3 varieties of other seasonal vegetables.
Click here to see an outline of what's in the small veg bag this week.
Small no potatoes veg bag
£30 per calendar month (£7.50 per week*).This bag contains around 6 varieties of seasonal produce including a leafy green vegetable instead of potatoes. Greens cost more to buy than potatoes which is why this bag is slightly more expensive than the small veg bag.
Standard fruit bag
£35 per calendar month (£8.75 per week*). The standard fruit bag has 5-7 varieties of UK and European seasonal fruit each week. These are a combination of the following depending on seasonal availability: pears, grapes, oranges, clementines, Fairtrade bananas, kiwi fruits, plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, limes, lemons, grapefruit, apples.
Click here to see an outline of what's in the standard fruit bag this week
Small fruit bag
£19 per calendar month (£4.75 per week*).The small fruit bag contains 3 to 4 varieties of UK and European seasonal fruit each week. Fruit bags contain a combination of the following depending on seasonal availability: pears, grapes, oranges, clementines, Fairtrade bananas, kiwi fruits, plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, limes, lemons, grapefruit, apples.
Click here to see an outline of what's in the small fruit bag this week
*NB The weekly price of all bags works out lower if you collect your bag every week and don't take any holiday, as our holiday policy assumes members go away for four weeks a year. For details see our FAQ page.