Community Food Initiatives North East | Blog

My Tattie Blog – First Time Growing Potatoes! | Part 1

Part 1 of my potato growing blog. Chitting, planting, and first shoots!Read more

Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust - Fit Fine | Part 1

Read about CFINEs recent work with Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust!Read more

Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust - Fit Fine | Part 2

As promised here are weeks 3 and 4 of our 6 week cooking course with Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust.Read more

Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust - Fit Fine | Part 3

Read about the final 2 weeks of our 6 week cooking course with Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust.Read more

My Week at CFINE

Holly, a recent work placement student, talks about her experience of working at CFINE for a week.Read more

Volunteer Superheroes of CFINE

New CFINE worker Flora , went out with another colleague to see some of the terrific work our volunteers are doing in the community.Read more

The youngest volunteer of CFINE - Play Day Tuk In

CFINE’s Tuk in café participated in the National Play Day event giving away healthy and fruity refreshments. An unexpected but very welcome new volunteer joined the team for a few hours.Read more

Eat well and do good without the extra effort

CFINE is a fruit and vegetables wholesale and retail and a charity. How is it possible? Read more and find out...Read more

A summer well spent!

This summer CFINE participated in various activities that involved children. Read about all the fun we had.Read more

We made pasta from scratch!

Our team took part in Sam's homemade pasta making class in our Cook at the 'Nook training kitchen. Read more about the great afternoon we had.Read more

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Plant Based Christmas Cooking Class

Struggling to cook a 4 course plant based Christmas dinner? Join our cooking class - only 8 spaces left!

Reverse Advent Calendar

This is the season of giving - Help those who need it the most

Sign up for our Cooking on a Budget course

Struggling to cook on a budget? Read more and sign up for our free course

Lavin Tian's Appetite for Change

I will be taking part in the Appetite for Change challenge from 2 - 6 November. I will spend £1 per day on food for the duration, in order to raise awareness of the food poverty, a real life issue faced by many in the North East everyday. Thank you for supporting!

Donate food

Donate food to our food bank.

Fruit & Veg

Fruit, vegetables, and healthy snacks wholesale and retail in Aberdeen. All profit is reinvested into charitable causes.

Food Bank

We operate a food bank in Aberdeen providing emergency food to those in need.

Our mission

CFINE improves health and well-being and the environment, tackles poverty and builds resilience through a range of support and services for and with disadvantaged, vulnerable, low income individuals, families and communities in NE Scotland.

How we work

CFINE is a social enterprise.We sell wholesale and retail fruit, vegetables and healthy snacks to customers in the north east of Scotland. All the profit we make is then reinvested into our charity, which tackles poverty and supports vulnerable individuals and families.