THIS WEEK'S VEG

Scroll down for next week's veg bag contents

Food credit scheme donations

7670 fruit and veg bags with a value of £92,299 (to April 2026). This buys fresh fruit and veg for Hackney and Haringey food banks.

Thanks so much: you're all amazing!

Provisional bag contents for the week starting 20 April

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

LARGE VEG - BROWN TAG

Leeks – Ripple Farm, Kent
Potatoes (gatsby) – Nash Nursery, Kent
Cauliflower – Staples, Lincolnshire
Rocket – Wild Country Organics, Cambridgeshire
Asparagus* – Bedlam, Cambridgeshire
Golden beetroot – Royal Oak, Lancashire
White cabbage – Lincolnshire via Langridge Organics
Green pepper – Camposeven, Spain

* UK asparagus is more expensive than other vegetables – with a very short UK season – so you have one fewer item than usual in your veg bag this week.

LARGE NO POTATO - LIME GREEN TAG

Wild garlic – Ripple Farm, Kent
Chard – Ripple Farm, Kent or Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Lettuce (butterhead) – Nash Nursery, Kent
Kale – Wild Country Organics, Cambridgeshire
Squash (iron cap) – Bedlam, Cambridgeshire
Cauliflower – Staples, Lincolnshire
Beetroot, golden – Royal Oak, Lancashire
Carrots – RBO, Lancashire
Red onions – Netherlands via Langridge Organics

MEDIUM VEG - BLUE TAG

Butterhead lettuce, pak choi – Nash Nursery, Kent
Parsnips – Bagthorpe, Norfolk
Potatoes (sunset) – Newfields, Yorkshire
Carrots – RBO, Lancashire
Mushrooms, brown – McArdle, Northern Ireland
Kohlrabi – Camposeven, Spain
Celery – Langridge Organics/Biovergel/Camposeven, Spain

MEDIUM NO POTATO - ORANGE TAG

Rainbow chard – Ripple Farm, Kent Butterhead lettuce – Nash Nursery, Kent
Bok choi - Wild Country Organics, Cambridgeshire or pak choi – Nash Nursery, Kent
White cabbage – Lincolnshire via Langridge Organics
Purple sprouting broccoli – Newfields, Yorkshire
Beetroot – Royal Oak, Lancashire
Carrots – RBO, Lancashire
Celery – Camposeven, Spain

STANDARD VEG - YELLOW TAG

Spinach – GC, Dagenham or Ripple Farm, Kent
Squash piece (crown prince), wild garlic – Ripple Farm, Kent
Leeks – Ripple Farm, Kent or Nash Nursery, Kent
Radish – Foskett, Suffolk
Potatoes (charlotte) – Newfields, Yorkshire
Mushrooms, brown – McArdle, Northern Ireland

STANDARD NO POTATO - PURPLE TAG

Salad* – GC, Hackney/Dagenham or Ripple Farm, Kent or lettuce - GC, Dagenham
Rainbow chard – Ripple Farm, Kent
Leeks – Ripple Farm, Kent or Nash Nursery, Kent
Cauliflower – Staples, Lincolnshire
Purple sprouting broccoli – Newfields, Yorkshire
Kohlrabi, red pepper – Camposeven, Spain

*Allergen information: Growing Communities salad and Ripple Farm salad contains a mix of leaves including mustard and celery.

SMALL VEG - RED TAG

Kale – Wild Country Organics, Kent
Cauliflower – Sarah Green's Organics, Essex
Carrots – RBO, Lancashire
Potatoes (sunset) – Newfields, Yorkshire
Avocado – Biovergel, Spain

SMALL NO POTATO - WHITE TAG

Salad* – GC, Hackney/Dagenham or Ripple Farm, Kent
Spinach – Wild Country Organics, Cambridgeshire
Radish bunch – Foskett, Suffolk
Carrots – RBO, Lancashire
Onions – Chapel Organics, Scotland

*Allergen information: Growing Communities salad and Ripple Farm salad contains a mix of leaves including mustard and celery.

FRUIT - STANDARD - DARK GREEN TAG

Grapefruit – Spain via Langridge Organics
Mandarins – Spain via Langridge Organics or Biovergel, Spain
Kiwi – Italy via Langridge Organics or Biovergel, Spain
Bananas, fairtrade – Dominican Republic via Langridge Organics