UK: The farmers and growers producing food in London
Ninety-nine percent of produce consumed in London had to be brought in from outside the M25 and beyond, a report published earlier this year by the London Assembly’s Environment Committee found.
By Tim Stokes
BBC
Aug 6, 2025
Excerpt:
North-east of the city is an area that has been dubbed the “Cucumber capital of Britain” or “London’s salad bowl”.
“The glasshouses of the Lea Valley were established in the 1850s to service Covent Garden Market as this was just a day’s horse-and-cart ride,” explains Lee Stiles, secretary of the Lea Valley Growers’ Association.
The area, made up of some 450 acres of glasshouses, can be found on the London, Essex and Hertfordshire border, straddling the River Lea.
From here 80 million cucumbers are grown every year – three-quarters of the UK crop – as well as 100 million sweet peppers, 25 million aubergines and thousands of tonnes of vine tomatoes.
About 70 growers are part of the association, with several of those based within Greater London.
“Lea Valley produce can be packed on site and delivered to London overnight,” he says.
Mr Stiles adds the area has reduced in size since its heyday in the 1950s when the valley “had the largest concentration of glasshouses in the world at 1,100 acres”. Many were later sold off for housing and industrial uses.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/uk-the-farmers-and-growers-producing-food-in-london/
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