Growing Communities

Growing Communities Join our climate-friendly fruit & veg scheme, visit our farmers' market, volunteer on our growing sites. Be part of the movement for better, fairer food.

GC is building a fairer and more sustainable food system by bringing communities together to support small-scale, organic farmers and food producers. Our fruit and veg bag scheme has 30 collection points across Hackney and Haringey. Our farmers' market happens every Saturday, 10am-2.30pm at St Paul's Church, Stoke Newington Road, N16 7UE. We welcome volunteers on our Patchwork Farm in Hackney. For more, please see our website.

Mentorships can go both ways, with the teacher learning as much from the experience as the student. This was certainly t...
04/09/2026

Mentorships can go both ways, with the teacher learning as much from the experience as the student.

This was certainly the case with Kwame’s son Anokye and Eric, the honey man.

For the past four years, Anokye has been a fixture at the farmers’ market, working alongside Eric at the honey stall. In that time, he has risen from trainee hive maker to experienced beekeeper, while building strong sales skills into the bargain and expanding his knowledge of jazz, film and art.

Now he is spreading his wings, heading to Falmouth University to pursue a degree in Games Design. This Saturday 5 September will be his last market for a while.

We work hard at the farmers’ market to offer young people a chance to gain expertise in sustainable food and learn new skills and this partnership worked was a particularly successful example.

Read Eric’s moving tribute to his apprentice and sidekick. Link in bio.

🍅Choose food that’s better for your health, your farmers and your planet!🌈With a weekly GC veg box, you’ll eat a wider r...
31/08/2026

🍅Choose food that’s better for your health, your farmers and your planet!

🌈With a weekly GC veg box, you’ll eat a wider range of fresh, colourful fruit and veg, helping you get the nutrients your body needs – and nothing you don’t. This supports energy levels, immunity and overall wellbeing.

😋 Because produce is grown locally and picked close to when you receive it, it arrives full of flavour and goodness. You’ll discover varieties chosen for taste rather than long shelf life.

💚 By eating what’s naturally ready to harvest, you avoid the need for energy-intensive growing methods like heated greenhouses or long-distance imports.

🐝 Your food is grown using organic methods that protect the environment – healthier soils, richer biodiversity and a more resilient food system. You reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals while lowering your environmental impact.

♻️ You’re helping reduce food waste by committing to eating whatever the farmers have ripe and ready in the fields and by embracing “wonky” fruit and veg that would otherwise be discarded. There’s a lot less packaging too.

🧑‍🌾 You can buy with confidence knowing the people who grow your food are paid fairly. Your money supports a food system that works for people and the planet, not against them.

🍲With a regular supply of fresh produce, it becomes easier to cook at home, try new recipes and build healthier habits, without having to plan every detail yourself.

To join, see link in bio. Remember the code TAKEOFF25

17/08/2026

Bethnal Green! We’ve just opened an organic fruit and veg box collection point at .margarets.house — tell your friends 💚

Why choose us?

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.

✊We make food fairer, ensuring farmers are paid what they deserve.

🌿We make farming less dependent on fossil fuels and toxic pesticides.

🌍We make our food system more resilient, and our planet more biodiverse.

🧒We make space for a generation of children to learn where their food comes from.

Every week, we make up over 1,800 bags of local, seasonal organic fruit and veg 🥦🥕🍎 so our community can make something delicious with it. 🍽️

It’s an honour to be part of St.Margaret’s House, an incredible community space home to .gallery.cafe — a vegan cafe with a lovely outdoor space, and great food.

Currently on there is its Summer Open Call Exhibition, where more than 50 artists present their take on this year’s theme, The Space Between, across painting, photography, mixed media and conceptual work. Free to visit, running until 31 August.

Sign up at the link in bio

You’ll find a tonne of fruit and vegetables at the market today.Shop local. Shop pesticide-free. Live the seasons. Eat t...
15/08/2026

You’ll find a tonne of fruit and vegetables at the market today.
Shop local. Shop pesticide-free. Live the seasons. Eat the rainbow.

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12/08/2026

Aubergine intelligence (AI ™) says: don’t look at the eclipse without proper protection

Find organic greengages from Pear Necessities in our fruit bags this week, or this Saturday at our Stoke Newington Farme...
05/08/2026

Find organic greengages from Pear Necessities in our fruit bags this week, or this Saturday at our Stoke Newington Farmers’ Market

Do you want to help build a more sustainable food system that treats farmers fairly, minimises food waste and looks afte...
28/07/2026

Do you want to help build a more sustainable food system that treats farmers fairly, minimises food waste and looks after the planet?

Our wholesale arm, the Better Food Shed, is on the hunt for an Assistant Operations Manager for 3 months’ paternity cover.

You’ll contribute to the day-to-day running of our good food warehouse, and build connections with our farmers, members and community - including schools, restaurants, ethical shops and veg box schemes.

This is a great opportunity for someone with an interest in London’s good food supply, who is keen to be hands-on. The role will suit someone who enjoys working in a team, is a confident communicator, highly organised, practical, enjoys problem solving and has strong admin skills. You will need to be physically fit and comfortable with early morning starts (we make excellent coffee!)

Sound like you - or someone you know?

Check out the details here: https://growingcommunities.org/jobs

Flowers from Alison and Peach & PippinTomatoes for Wild Country Organics Berries and currants from Alison and Peach & Pi...
25/07/2026

Flowers from Alison and Peach & Pippin

Tomatoes for Wild Country Organics

Berries and currants from Alison and Peach & Pippin

Some of the organic veg in the bags this week…🐦‍🔥firebird chard from Bedlam Farms Organic in Cambridgeshire
22/07/2026

Some of the organic veg in the bags this week…

🐦‍🔥firebird chard from Bedlam Farms Organic in Cambridgeshire

Have you always wondered what goes on in the market garden in the middle of Clissold Park? 🍅Are you always busy on Tuesd...
16/07/2026

Have you always wondered what goes on in the market garden in the middle of Clissold Park? 🍅

Are you always busy on Tuesdays so can't make it along to the site when we're open for visitors and volunteers? 🥬

Well, here's some good news! 🥳

📢We're throwing open the gates of our market garden for a free summer evening gathering on Thursday 30 July.

🌿Let head grower Sophie show you round the garden.
🌱Find out how she and her team of trainees and volunteers grow Hackney Salad and other herbs and vegetables for GC's veg box scheme.
🦋Take in the sights and sounds of an organic market garden and learn how to tend crops without the use of toxic pesticides.
🍹Enjoy a drink and a snack and meet your neighbours.

🗓️Thursday 30 July, from 5.30pm to 8pm

📍GC's organic market garden, Clissold Park, N16, beside the bird enclosure and opposite the old paddling pool.

Address

The Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road
London
N167NX

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 7:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm

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+442075027588

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