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Take a sneak peek at some of the gorgeous produce you'll find at the Growing Communities farmer's market tomorrow...

🥕Ripple Farm Organics
🍆@wild_country_organics_
🌶️Petersons Farm
🍅Metske @boreplace
🍄 Mushroom Table
🍫@nikobchocolates
🥃@reorganics
🐝@honeyhydrant

& many more!

#chooseorganic #chooselocal #supportyourlocalfarmer

Who's coming??

🌱🍎 Do you live in Hackney or Haringey? 🌿

Join our community Vegbox scheme! Each week, you’ll get a bag filled with seasonal, organic fruits & veggies, starting at just £10. Pick your veg up at iconic Hackney locations like @dalstongarden , @growhackney , @e5bakehouse, @flatearthpizzas , @palm2deli , @hackneycityfarm_official @roundchapel and more!

🌍 Say goodbye to bland, imported produce and hello to fresh, local, sustainable food! We support organic farmers who prioritise biodiversity, all the while being 100% non-profit.

Not in Hackney or Haringey? No worries—there’s a vegbox scheme near you! Check out the @betterfoodtraders map and join the movement for a better food system. 💚

#Vegbox #CommunityFarming #SustainableLiving #OrganicFood #BetterFoodTraders #Hackney #Haringey #LocalProduce #ZeroWasteLiving #eatlocal

Tired of missed deliveries and bland, imported veggies?

Meet Growing Communities organic veg box scheme!

Each week, you’ll get a bag filled with seasonal, organic fruits & veggies, starting at just £10. Pick your veg up in Hackney, Haringey, Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, or Southwark in locations like @dalstongarden, @growhackney, @e5bakehouse, @flatearthpizzas, @palm2deli, @hackneycityfarm_official
@roundchapel, @bluehouseyard @hornseyvale, @thecastleclimbingcentre, @effrasocial, @theflorencepub, @joyce.brockley and more!

Join the movement for a better food system today!

Join now for 10% off all your orders till the end of October 2025. Add discount code Autumn2025 to your basket.

You’re invited. Come see behind the scenes of your farmers’ market. 🌱

Join us at Bore Place Market Garden in the Kent countryside. Home of Metske, a farmers’ market and veg scheme grower, for a day among the rows of beautiful organic vegetables.

Sunday 21 June · 10am–6pm

Fresh air. Beautiful surroundings. The quiet magic of a working market garden.

🚌 Tickets are £25 and include coach travel from Stoke Newington and a cream tea.

🔗 Link in bio to book your spot.

“It’s not either or – it’s not children OR adults – it’s ALL of us.”💯

Speaking at a recent Beacon Farms Network event, Professor Tim Lang shared why reconnecting people – from young to old – with food, farming and nature matters more than ever in an increasingly urban society.

🍓 From small school gardens to urban and rural farms, these spaces give children the chance to plant seeds, grow food, learn where it comes from and build a lifelong connection with the natural world.

They also open up important conversations with families and communities about the future of food and farming.

Creating opportunities for people to experience food growing first-hand is a vital part of building a healthier, more connected food system. 🌱

➡ To find out more about the Beacon Farms Network follow the link in the @susfoodtrust bio.

This event at Dagenham Farm took part as a collaboration between @susfoodtrust, @growingcommunities and @harmonyorguk. Filming was done by @danielcfilms.

Quick, easy recipe & packed with flavour - this sauce recipe will change your life 🙌 drizzle over salads, roasted veg or drink with a straw

2tbsp tahini
1tbsp soy
1tsp crispy chill oil
1tsp agave
Splash rice wine vinegar
Water to thin

You’re welcome 💚

Healthy food starts with healthy soil 💪

We’re joining @soilassociation and organisations across the UK in calling on the government to ban the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest spray on food crops 🌾

Glyphosate is still being used on crops like wheat, oats and potatoes before harvest, despite growing concerns about its impact on human health, biodiversity and soil life ⚠️

We believe farming should work with nature, not against it. It’s time to transition away from harmful chemicals and towards growing systems that nourish people and planet 🌍

✍️ Back the call to ban glyphosate use and sign the petition link in our bio.

Healthy food starts with healthy soil 💪

We’re joining @soilassociation and organisations across the UK in calling on the government to ban the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest spray on food crops 🌾

Glyphosate is still being used on crops like wheat, oats and potatoes before harvest, despite growing concerns about its impact on human health, biodiversity and soil life ⚠️

We believe farming should work with nature, not against it. It’s time to transition away from harmful chemicals and towards growing systems that nourish people and planet 🌍

✍️ Back the call to ban glyphosate use and sign the petition link in our bio.

Healthy food starts with healthy soil 💪

We’re joining @soilassociation and organisations across the UK in calling on the government to ban the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest spray on food crops 🌾

Glyphosate is still being used on crops like wheat, oats and potatoes before harvest, despite growing concerns about its impact on human health, biodiversity and soil life ⚠️

We believe farming should work with nature, not against it. It’s time to transition away from harmful chemicals and towards growing systems that nourish people and planet 🌍

✍️ Back the call to ban glyphosate use and sign the petition link in our bio.

Healthy food starts with healthy soil 💪

We’re joining @soilassociation and organisations across the UK in calling on the government to ban the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest spray on food crops 🌾

Glyphosate is still being used on crops like wheat, oats and potatoes before harvest, despite growing concerns about its impact on human health, biodiversity and soil life ⚠️

We believe farming should work with nature, not against it. It’s time to transition away from harmful chemicals and towards growing systems that nourish people and planet 🌍

✍️ Back the call to ban glyphosate use and sign the petition link in our bio.

Healthy food starts with healthy soil 💪

We’re joining @soilassociation and organisations across the UK in calling on the government to ban the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest spray on food crops 🌾

Glyphosate is still being used on crops like wheat, oats and potatoes before harvest, despite growing concerns about its impact on human health, biodiversity and soil life ⚠️

We believe farming should work with nature, not against it. It’s time to transition away from harmful chemicals and towards growing systems that nourish people and planet 🌍

✍️ Back the call to ban glyphosate use and sign the petition link in our bio.

Come on Down!

"This is a little bit like Marseille" said Charles of the Sustainable Spirit Co about Grow.

If you haven't discovered this very cool part of Hackney Wick, come get some ethical/sustainable joy this afternoon with local legends Grow.

#HWFI #hackneywick #sustainability #eastlondon #organic

🛢️“We've built a food system entirely based upon fossil fuels. We have to unroll that.” — Professor Tim Lang.

At our recent event at Dagenham Farm, hosted alongside @GrowingCommunities and @harmonyorguk as part of the Sustainable Food Trust’s UK Beacon Farms Network, Professor Tim Lang spoke about the escalating shocks facing the global food system — and why this moment demands a fundamentally different approach.

With increasing disruption linked to conflict, there is a risk that supply chain crises — like interruptions to artificial fertiliser supplies — are used to reinforce the very systems that created so much vulnerability in the first place. Instead, Tim argues, we need to urgently transition towards lower-input, more ecological and resilient food systems that are less dependent on fossil fuels and better equipped to withstand global shocks.

🌱 Our day at Dagenham brought together educators, policymakers and food leaders, exploring how farms can reconnect people with food, farming and the realities of building a more resilient future.

With a lunch prepared by @hughfearnleywhittingstall using ingredients from the farm, the event highlighted the power of 'seeing is believing' experiences in shaping public understanding of food and farming.

🎥 Watch Tim Lang’s reflections in the clip.

🔗 Learn more about the UK Beacon Farms Network via the link in our bio.

Our Zesty Summer Ribbons 🎀💛

Minimal ingredients for maximum result: 1 courgette, 1 carrot, handful of radishes, knob of ginger, 1/2 lime, sesame oil, salt.

The thin veggies soak up all of the tangy dressing beautifully. The perfect easy summer side dish, ready in minutes.

Any seasonal veg you’d like us to share recipes for? Comment below or pop us a message 👇

Ask a young Londoner where their veg comes from and the answer is often: the supermarket.

Our Dagenham farm is quietly changing that - a leading model of urban organic farming hidden away in east London, and now fundraising for a dedicated education hub.

Head grower Alice Holden and her team have already introduced hundreds of young Londoners to nature and food - but our current facilities will only stretch so far. We want to open our doors to many more schoolchildren and local residents to learn about food origins and our dependence on the natural world.

“The impact of your farm’s contribution lays the foundation for a more sustainable and connected community. These hands-on experiences deepen their understanding of where their food comes from.” - Teacher, Eastbury School

👉 Learn how you can support our education hub - link in bio

Thank you to Jason Taylor @stalkrfilm for the beautiful film

This World Environment Day, we’re thinking about the hidden cost of our food 💰🥕

Food wasted before it leaves the farm, travelling thousands of miles and reams of unnecessary plastic packaging. All before it even reaches your plate 🍽️

There is a different way to do things, one that supports local growers and reduces waste along the way – that’s what we’re working towards every day.

Choose a sustainable future for our food system, choose to support local farmers and choose to eat with less waste ✨

Would you make the switch for less waste?👇

This World Environment Day, we’re thinking about the hidden cost of our food 💰🥕

Food wasted before it leaves the farm, travelling thousands of miles and reams of unnecessary plastic packaging. All before it even reaches your plate 🍽️

There is a different way to do things, one that supports local growers and reduces waste along the way – that’s what we’re working towards every day.

Choose a sustainable future for our food system, choose to support local farmers and choose to eat with less waste ✨

Would you make the switch for less waste?👇

This World Environment Day, we’re thinking about the hidden cost of our food 💰🥕

Food wasted before it leaves the farm, travelling thousands of miles and reams of unnecessary plastic packaging. All before it even reaches your plate 🍽️

There is a different way to do things, one that supports local growers and reduces waste along the way – that’s what we’re working towards every day.

Choose a sustainable future for our food system, choose to support local farmers and choose to eat with less waste ✨

Would you make the switch for less waste?👇

This World Environment Day, we’re thinking about the hidden cost of our food 💰🥕

Food wasted before it leaves the farm, travelling thousands of miles and reams of unnecessary plastic packaging. All before it even reaches your plate 🍽️

There is a different way to do things, one that supports local growers and reduces waste along the way – that’s what we’re working towards every day.

Choose a sustainable future for our food system, choose to support local farmers and choose to eat with less waste ✨

Would you make the switch for less waste?👇

This World Environment Day, we’re thinking about the hidden cost of our food 💰🥕

Food wasted before it leaves the farm, travelling thousands of miles and reams of unnecessary plastic packaging. All before it even reaches your plate 🍽️

There is a different way to do things, one that supports local growers and reduces waste along the way – that’s what we’re working towards every day.

Choose a sustainable future for our food system, choose to support local farmers and choose to eat with less waste ✨

Would you make the switch for less waste?👇