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About VegZED

What is VegZED?
VegZED is a Social Enterprise to improve access to fresh and local fruit, vegetables and other foods to residents and workers in the London Borough of Sutton.

What are VegZED's aims?

to improve access to affordable, fresh, healthy food in the local community.
to minimise the "ecological footrprint" of our food supply, by cutting "food miles" in transport of food, reducing packaging, and buying from farms that use minimal fertilisers or pesticides.
to encourage a sustainable food economy by buying produce directly from independent farmers where possible.

Why don't you supply organic produce?
Unfortunately it is difficult to find a supply of organic produce that is relatively local, a wide enough variety and affordable, so we try to source our produce as sustainably as possible. Our vegetables are not organic but are unsprayed, seasonal and grown within 100 miles of London. Some produce is grown in glasshouses to extend the season but none are heated.

What other products can you supply?
We also supply fresh free-range eggs from Ted's Veg, as well as dried herbs home-grown near Hackbridge! We hope to supply a wider range of foods very soon, such as free-range meat and dairy, fresh bread, beverages, dry goods, wholefoods, green cleaning products, green toiletries, depending on demand and availability.

What are VegZED's plans for the future?
We are planning to open more weekly markets in locations where there is a need, and expand our bicycle trailer delivery service for fruit and vegetable bags into a wider area, so that more residents will have to access fresh, affordable, local produce.

How is VegZED funded?
We have recently been awarded start-up funding from UnLtd to develop our project. We are a social enterprise and all profits are re-invested.

Who do you work with?
We will be operating the home deliveries with the help of EcoLocal Deliveries which is a social enterprise. All their profits after investment in the business are donated to the EcoLocal charity. By using their service you are making a contribution to local environmental projects and helping reduce climate change.

Your feedback is important!
If you have any suggestions, are interested in home delivery or have any other query, please contact us!

To download a printable leaflet about VegZED (Adobe pdf format) click here