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Want to ditch the supermarket? 10 Miles Supper Club co-founder Emily Gussin shares her favourite local suppliers
Stock up at a city farm
Buying fruit and veg on a farm feels like a quaint dream reserved for countryside folk, but Londoners can pick up organic, seasonal veg (right now look for courgettes, beetroot and kale) from city farms such as Sitopia in Greenwich. At Stepney City Farm, you’ll find eggs and meat too.
Swap your sweetener
We don’t use sugar for our supper club because it’s not grown in London. Instead, we use single-source honey – the flavours are complex and you can taste the flowers the bees have foraged on. Our favourite is Pearly Queen Honey, a cooperative of beekeepers around the city, each labelled with tasting notes unique to that hive.
Sip on north London plonk
Craft breweries and distilleries are all over city, but we were pretty excited to find a wine producer using grapes grown inside the M25. Forty Hall Vineyard makes a few organic whites and a sparkling wine in the most unlikely spot: Enfield. We also use it for our homemade vinegar.
Try high-tech salad leaves
Using hydroponics, Crate to Plate grow salad, greens and herbs in controlled conditions in shipping containers so they can use 95 percent less water, no pesticides and with no waste. We love their wasabi rocket and genovese basil.
The next 10 Miles Supper Club is on Oct 15. Book a ticket here.
Looking for more ways to live a greener life? Check out this new sustainable bar in Hackney Wick.
And find more ways to shop locally with our list of ace independent makers in the city.