Today I joined up with other volunteers at the Borough Food Collective held at St. George the Martyr Church in Borough.

I met up with Kirsty who oversaw the volunteers. I first was ask to check on the fruit and vegetables to make sure they were still suitable to be sold. Any items passed their sell-by date or that appeared to be not edible were disposed in the food waste. We also re-stocked items such as mayonnaise, organic beans and tinned barley.

We then waited for the delivery of new items such as mineral water, packets of rice and protein drinks. All of this was for the supermarket which the food-cooperative runs every Thursday. We managed to complete the task within two hours.

Goodgym team member has awarded herself an Olympic gold medal - vegetables sorter!

Breaking her personal best once again, in just an hour time separating the slimy yummy vegetables from the edible ones, moving on to food processing jobs, cutting rhubarb.

Cheers!!!

Arriving at St George the Martyr Church it was a hive of activity. Volunteers were in the kitchen prepping meals for local families to keep everyone well fed during the school holidays and deliveries were coming in thick and fast through the door.

The Borough Food Cooperative acts as a subsidised supermarket, providing essential supplies to local households who are unable attend the shop in person.

I set off sorting through all of the current fruit and veg, looking to discard anything that had seen better days! The amount and variety of fruit and veg on offer was great to see and I was certainly imagining all of the different recipes you could whip up.

As the next set of volunteers arrived it was time for me to down tools and make my way home in the sunshine! It was a really worthwhile morning supporting a team of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers to deliver something special for the local community 👏👏👏

A happy cry for the start of the mission. 3 large boxes of asparagus were donated! After trimmed and soaked in cold water for 1h, they became nice and fresh! Around the time, I also revived from the exhaustion of running in the muggy air to get there. So, I carried on trimming various green vegetables: coriander, mint and lettuce. Welcome to the mid summer, 'Willkommen Spargel'!

We arrived at BFC and got started with the big task of the day - move a huge no-wheels refrigerator across the building and onto the elevator. Once that was sorted, we moved some more tiny refrigerators and then got on packing the food for distribution :) Fleur managed to pack an impressive amount of food in a very short span - kudos to her!!

Four Goodgym volunteers helped prepare the subsidised supermarket at Borough Food Cooperative. This week there was a bumper delivery of fresh fruit and veg to sort through. Fuelled by cups of tea and homemade frozen yoghurt (a great use for surplus/overripe bananas!), Mayuko and Ceiling sorted carrots and tomatoes, while Gemma and Katie prepared orders ready to deliver to local customers.