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Young Marketeers Harvest Sale
60 children from 12 London primary schools will be setting out their stalls and selling fruit and vegetables grown from seed at Borough Market’s Harvest Sale. Every £1 raised by the schoolchildren will provide six meals for vulnerable families across the capital.
The Borough Market Harvest Sale is the culmination of the Young Marketeers programme, run as a partnership with campaigning food education charity School Food Matters. The programme teaches young people how to grow food from seed with the help of expert gardeners, before harvesting and selling their tasty produce to the public. Now in its 11th year, nearly 15,000 children have been involved with the programme. Children have learned how to grow over 45 different varieties of fruit and vegetables at school, demonstrating the diversity of produce available in the UK.
Last year saw the first in-Market Harvest Sale since the pandemic, with children raising enough money to provide over 6,792 meals for families in need through The Felix Project. Proceeds from this year’s sale will again be donated to the food distribution charity.
In line with Borough Market’s recently published inaugural Food Policy, part of Borough Market’s role as a charitable trust is to use the traders’ food knowledge to provide opportunities for education and training, particularly within the local community. As well as being taught the basics of growing produce by experienced horticulturalists, the children receive training from Borough Market’s expert traders on how to be successful stallholders; from creating eye-catching displays to hygiene and customer relations. This innovative approach has recently seen Borough Market win the award for Business Commitment to Enterprise and Skills at the Southwark Business Excellence Awards.
The Borough Market Harvest Sale is the culmination of the Young Marketeers programme, run as a partnership with campaigning food education charity School Food Matters. The programme teaches young people how to grow food from seed with the help of expert gardeners, before harvesting and selling their tasty produce to the public. Now in its 11th year, nearly 15,000 children have been involved with the programme. Children have learned how to grow over 45 different varieties of fruit and vegetables at school, demonstrating the diversity of produce available in the UK.
Last year saw the first in-Market Harvest Sale since the pandemic, with children raising enough money to provide over 6,792 meals for families in need through The Felix Project. Proceeds from this year’s sale will again be donated to the food distribution charity.
In line with Borough Market’s recently published inaugural Food Policy, part of Borough Market’s role as a charitable trust is to use the traders’ food knowledge to provide opportunities for education and training, particularly within the local community. As well as being taught the basics of growing produce by experienced horticulturalists, the children receive training from Borough Market’s expert traders on how to be successful stallholders; from creating eye-catching displays to hygiene and customer relations. This innovative approach has recently seen Borough Market win the award for Business Commitment to Enterprise and Skills at the Southwark Business Excellence Awards.
11am-1.30pm. Free to attend.
Borough Market London SE1 1TL
Wed 5 Oct 2022
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