About us
WHO WE ARE
VEGBOX is a community-led organic vegetable box scheme empowering our community
to connect with great-tasting organic veg and fruit sourced from small-scale farms near London.
We are proud to be a cooperative, committed to making our food system more sustainable,
offering affordable prices and paying our farmers and staff fairly.
Vegbox was founded in 2012 by members of Transition Kentish Town, with support from Growing Communities in Hackney.
VEGBOX currently connects nearly 400 members in the Kentish Town, Camden Town, Tufnell Park, Dartmouth Park, Gospel Oak, Belsize Park, Holloway, King’s Cross and Clerkenwell areas with growers and producers from farms as near to London as possible. Bags are delivered once a week to a range of 15 collection points, bringing organic produce at affordable prices to our local community.
Healthy and low-carbon lifestyle
A weekly veg bag is a great way to get more home-cooked meals and organic fruit and vegetables in our diets. Instead of cooking the same old thing every week, enjoy the variety and connection to nature you get from eating seasonally. Collecting your weekly bag from community pick-up points is also a sociable way of cutting down on pollution and air-miles.
Part of the community
The scheme is run by and for our local community. We invest our profits in local food projects. We hold friendly and fun socials in the neighbourhood, and events like farm visits to spread the knowledge on healthy and sustainable options.
Sustainable food system
We source organic, as locally as possible, and work within the limits of what is seasonally available in England. We also minimise waste by only ordering what we need each week – any leftover produce is donated to local partners such as the Thanet Youth Club. In this way, we help build an alternative economy in which we support sustainable farms and consume our food more mindfully.
Fair trade
We’re harnessing the collective buying power of our community and providing a regular outlet and fair price for small-scale organic farmers. We also provide employment to the local community, paying in excess of the London Living Wage.
Not-for-profit consumer co-operative
Our customers are our members. Members attend the AGM and have a say in how the box scheme is run, and what we do with any surplus we make in the future.
Accessible
We believe everyone should have access to fresh, organic produce. We work hard to make our weekly organic vegetable bags as affordable as possible. We accept Healthy Start vouchers, and offer a low-income discount of 20%.
How does this differ from national veg box schemes, farmers’ markets or wholefood shops?
Latest News
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OUR PRODUCERS
Grahame Hughes Organics
South London
Martin Ripple Farm
Kent
Chegworth Valley
Kent
Sarah Green Organics
Essex
Annual Reports
As a member-led co-operative, we are accountable to our members, who hold membership in Vegbox by virtue of receiving weekly veg from us. You can read our Annual Reports in this section:
2019 Annual Report (reported in 2020)
2018 Annual Report (reported in 2019)
Contacting us
We work part time on Vegbox, so we may not pick up the phone when you ring.
But leave us a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can!