A Good Food Box is a community run program, where essentially the produce is purchased in bulk, and distributed so the consumers save. When possible, the produce is directly from farmers or wholesale distributors.
Not knowing what I was really signing up for, I purchased a family box in April - 30 lbs of produce for $20.
My jaw almost dropped when I picked it up today.
Inside I found:
4 bananas (as I layed the fruit out, the girls decided to eat one of the bananas)
5 apples
2 bunches of broccoli
A bag of potatoes
4 onions
3 tomatoes
5 oranges
2 lemons
2 large bags of baby carrots
2 bunches of spinach
1 head lettuce
2 green peppers
2 zucchinis
1 cantaloupe
2 grapefruits
5 ears of corn
5 ears of corn
Isn't that INCREDIBLE? Now, I would only venture to guess that this amount of produce would cost around $50 at a supermarket. What would your guess be?
Now I am going to figure out how much of it I can freeze so I preserve some of this goodness.
The next Good Food Box to sign up for is in June, then the program takes a break and starts back up in the fall.
Yeah for fresh food at a great price!
WOW! We have the Organic box here but it is triple the price - especially if you want to make substitutions. What a fantastic deal!
ReplyDeleteI love the Good Food box! We have done it in the past and I'm going to start it up again. Also good to note if none of the pickup locations are convenient for you, you can create a pickup location at your home, community centre or church (etc). You just need to be able to order 5 or more boxes from your location and be willing to take on additional orders from the community.
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