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Who we are
About the farm
We are a workers' co-operative growing food on London's edge in the Lea Valley: we started in 2001 on a derelict allotment and since 2009 have been producing on our 12-acre (about 4.9 ha) community farm at Hawkwood Nursery in Chingford, in glasshouses and open fields, with Soil Association organic certification since 2010. We grow more than 150 kinds of salad leaves and edible flowers, seasonal vegetables, tomatoes, over 50 chilli varieties and plants; most of our produce goes through our own box scheme (around 800 bags a week to pick-up points across Waltham Forest) and our farm stall, and some is sold to restaurants and shops. We hold several open days and plant sales a year and welcome volunteers, school groups and course participants.
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What we grow
Food crops
Here we list the crops we grow for food. Open a row and we show you what we process from it and which of our products we sell.
Non-food
Cut flowers
- Cut & dried flowers
- Cut flowers
- Cut & dried flowers
Vegetables, mushrooms, herbs
Chilli peppers
- Fresh produce
Edible flowers
- Fresh produce
Lettuce
- Fresh produce
Other herbs
- Fresh produce
- Sweet peppers
Tomatoes
- Fresh produce · heritage variety
What we raise
Livestock
Here we list the animals we keep, with breed and headcount. Open a row and we show you what we process from them (milk, meat, eggs, honey…) and which of our products we sell.
Bees
- Bee products
- Beeswax, candles
- Propolis
- Bee products
More of our products
- Firewood, compost & manure
- Bagged compost
- Bagged compost „Green Waste Compost” · 8 GBP / pcs · in stock
- Bagged compost „Container Compost” · 12 GBP / pcs · in stock
- Bagged compost „Seed Compost” · 9 GBP / pcs · in stock
- Bagged compost „Potting Compost” · 9 GBP / pcs · in stock
- Fruit
- Fruit
- Plants, seedlings & seeds
- Seedlings
- Vegetables
- Vegetables
Sales channel
- Farm-gate sales
- Online shop
- Retail
Product categories
Product groups
Area
The farm's size category is based solely on the area of land, not on the scale of official revenue.
4.9 ha (12.1 acre) · micro (under 5 ha)- garden (vegetables) · 4.9 ha (12.1 acre) · certified organic
Farming method / certification
Community farming
Languages spoken
EnglishLocation
Data source
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