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Food credit scheme donations


7254 fruit and veg bags with a value of £86,195 (to December 2025). 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 8 December


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

LARGE VEG - BROWN TAG   


Savoy cabbage - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Kale - Laines, Sussex
Fennel - Bedlam, Cambs
Acoustic potatoes, onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Carrots, brussels sprout stalk -Newfields, Yorks
Mushrooms - McArdle, N Ireland
Celery - Spain via Langridge

LARGE NO POTATO - LIME GREEN TAG   


Spinach - Ripple Farm, Kent
Radicchio - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Fennel - Bedlam, Cambs
Parsnips, onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Broccoli - Staples, Lincs
Carrots, brussels sprout stalk -Newfields, Yorks
Mushrooms - McArdle, N Ireland

MEDIUM VEG - BLUE TAG   


Spinach - Ripple Farm, Kent
Acoustic potatoes, onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Broccoli - Staples, Lincs
Carrots, swede, red cabbage -Newfields, Yorks
Bacon avocado - Spain via Langridge

MEDIUM NO POTATO - ORANGE TAG


Spinach, kale - Ripple Farm, Kent
Mashed potato squash - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
January King cabbage

  • Nash Nursery, Kent or savoy cabbage - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
    Onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
    Carrots, swede, brussels sprout tops -Newfields, Yorks

STANDARD VEG - YELLOW TAG  


Leeks - Ripple Farm, Kent
Cavolo nero kale - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Butternut squash - Fosketts, Suffolk
Acoustic potatoes - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Carrots, brussels sprout tops -Newfields, Yorks
Bacon avocado - Spain via Langridge

STANDARD NO POTATO - PURPLE TAG 


Spinach, beetroot - Ripple Farm, Kent
Casperita squash - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Fennel - Bedlam, Cambs
Red onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk or Netherlands via Langridge
Rainbow carrots, kalette tops -Newfields, Yorks

SMALL VEG - RED TAG 

  
Kale - Ripple Farm, Kent
Red alouette potatoes -Nash Nursery, Kent
Broccoli - Staples, Lincs
Onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Celeriac -Newfields, Yorks

SMALL NO POTATO - WHITE TAG


Chard - Ripple Farm, Kent
Cauliflower - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex or Nash Nursery, Kent
Parsnips - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Carrots -Newfields, Yorks
Mushrooms - McArdle, N Ireland

FRUIT - STANDARD - DARK GREEN TAG  


Pears - Pear Necessities, Kent
Oranges - Italy via Langridge Organics
Kiwis - Greece via Langridge Organics
Fairtrade bananas - Dominican Republic via Langridge Organics

FRUIT - SMALL - no tag 


Blaze apples - Mole End, Kent
Clementines - Spain/Italy via Langridge Organics
Fairtrade bananas - Dominican Republic via Langridge Organics

Provisional bag contents for the week starting 15 December

LARGE VEG - BROWN TAG   


Leeks, beetroot, spinach - Ripple Farm, Kent
Mashed potato squash - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Carolus potatoes -Nash Nursery, Kent
Onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Carrots, kalette tops -Newfields, Yorks
Sweet potatoes - Spain via Langridge

LARGE NO POTATO - LIME GREEN TAG 


Kale, chard - Ripple Farm, Kent
Mashed potato squash, beetroot - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Celeriac - Bore Place Market Garden, Kent
January king cabbage -Nash Nursery, Kent
Onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Carrots, brussels sprout tops -Newfields, Yorks

MEDIUM VEG - BLUE TAG   


Kale - Ripple Farm, Kent
Jack be little squash - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Carolus potatoes -Nash Nursery, Kent
Onions, parsnips - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Carrots -Newfields, Yorks
Mushrooms - McArdle, N Ireland
Bacon avocado - Spain via Langridge

MEDIUM NO POTATO - ORANGE TAG


Kale, beetroot - Ripple Farm, Kent
Bunched turnips - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Celery -Nash Nursery, Kent
Onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Carrots, brussels sprout tops -Newfields, Yorks
Mushrooms - McArdle, N Ireland

STANDARD VEG - YELLOW TAG  


Spinach - Ripple Farm, Kent
Celeriac - Bore Place Market Garden, Kent
January king cabbage, Carolus potatoes -Nash Nursery, Kent
Onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Kalette tops -Newfields, Yorks
Bacon avocado - Spain via Langridge

STANDARD NO POTATO - PURPLE TAG 


Leeks - Ripple Farm, Kent
Cavolo nero kale - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Celery -Nash Nursery, Kent
Onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Cauliflower - Staples, Lincs
Swede -Newfields, Yorks
Bacon avocado - Spain via Langridge

SMALL VEG - RED TAG 


Spinach - Ripple Farm, Kent
Carolus potatoes -Nash Nursery, Kent
Cauliflower - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex or Staples, Lincs
Carrots -Newfields, Yorks
Mushrooms - McArdle, N Irelandgridge

SMALL NO POTATO - WHITE TAG


Black futsu/butternut squash - Sarah Green's Organics, Essex or James Foskett, Suffolk
Kale - Ripple Farm, Kent
Onions - Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Swede, brussels sprout tops -Newfields, Yorks

FRUIT - STANDARD


Claygate pearmain/meridian/rubin apples - Oakwood, Sussex or Spain via Langridge Organics
Clementines, grapefruit - Spain via Langridge Organics
Fairtrade bananas - Dominican Republic via Langridge Organics

FRUIT - SMALL - no tag 


Conference/concorde pears - Mole End, Kent or Oakwood, Sussex
Oranges - Italy via Langridge Organics
Fairtrade bananas - Dominican Republic via Langridge Organics


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