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Zero Waste Market are one of our geographically closest customers, located just along Duke Street from Greencity HQ in Dennistoun. They’ve been up and running as a shop since March 2019, and have been a fantastic local fixture ever since. We asked them a few questions to learn more about zero waste,

Community Food Initiatives North East is a social enterprise and charity improving nutritional health and wellbeing in the Aberdeenshire area. The work they do covers all sorts - food education, cooking, community growing and budgeting skills, among many other projects. We were happy to be able to support

Black Isle Brewery is Scotland’s most longstanding Organic brewery, making world-class beers from the finest organic malt and hops – grown without chemicals – just as nature intended. We expanded the range of their beers that we carry last year, and they’ve been remarkably popular with customers and

Tucked away behind Gibson Street in Glasgow’s West-End, at the bottom of a charming cobbled lane, on the banks of the River Kelvin, you’ll find Tchai-Ovna, House of Tea. For over 20 years Scotland’s premier tea house has served speciality teas from across the globe in a uniquely relaxing atmosphere.

The People's Pantry in Govanhill is a membership-led shop, offering great quality food at a subsidised rate to people living in Glasgow's G41 and G42 postcodes. They're keen not only to support access to food here in Glasgow, but also to support economic justice for growers and producers elsewhere -

Across the UK, since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, communities have been organising at a neighbourhood level to help each other get through. One of these groups is Byker Covid-19 Mutual Aid - a grassroots community group based in the Byker estate in Newcastle, volunteering support for neighbours

For pudding it could only be the mighty steamed fruitcake variety! Our resident baker Leigh shared with us her tried and tested recipe, which is suitable for vegans and makes a great gift for family & friends (as long as you trust them to give you back your pudding bowls for next year.) Read on for Leigh's

We’ve been doing a bit of brainstorming at GCHQ about delicious dishes for a Vegan Christmas. Between the 50-something of us we’ve come up with starters, sides, and a pudding! First off we fancied filo parcels for a starter but couldn’t agree on a filling so we made them all! Read on to find out how

We’ve been asking GC members to nominate their favourite Christmas dish ideas. For a tasty side dish we’ve made Gordie’s Sticky Chilli Sprouts, using his new favourite Chilli Death Jam by Trodden Black. No more boring boiled sprouts necessary!

Gordie's Sticky Chilli Sprouts

• 300g Sprouts, halved
• 6 cloves