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The Good Food Box is a non-profit program for families and individuals who want to purchase high-quality, fresh, local produce at a lower price than shopping at grocery stores.
You can purchase a family box for $20 or an individual box for $12. Boxes are ordered and paid for by the first Thursday of each month. Food is packed and distributed from a main site to local host sites for pick up the second last Thursday of each month. This means food is accessible at a time when some have less money available for buying food.
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WHAT COMES IN THE BOX?
Every month the boxes are filled with fresh produce, some of which is locally grown. Depending on the season, some vegetables you may receive are: Tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, peas, beans, carrots, onions, squash, rhubarb, spinach, potatoes, beets, apples, strawberries and cantaloupes.
BENEFITS
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Receive a box of fresh fruits and vegetables available in your neighbourhood once a month.
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Enjoy adding a variety of nutritious foods to your diet.
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Save money.
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Get connected and involved in your community.
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Purchase from local food growers and support local agriculture.
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Know where your food comes from and how it is produced.
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Enjoy trying out a recipe or food tip from our monthly newsletter.
HOW DO I JOIN?
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To order a Good Food Box, or to become a host site, please call (807) 628-5768.
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Make your payment with your order on the first Thursday of the month.
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The Thunder Bay Good Food Box pick up day is the second last Thursday of each month. Neighbourhood times and locations will be assigned upon registration.
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Sorry, no home deliveries.
Please call us anytime for information, to sign up, or to volunteer!
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
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Help sort and pack the produce.
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Be a host site! Get a group of friends and neighbours together to enjoy this opportunity.
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Help deliver the produce to neighbourhood sites.
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Help produce the monthly newsletter.
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Contribute recipes, food and cooking tips to the monthly newsletter.
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Donate $$ to help subsidize food.
Come on out and support your community by participating in
Thunder Bay’s Good Food Box Program.
Good Food Box is grateful to acknowledge the support of:
Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre
Quality Market
Neighbourhood Capacity Building Project
Thunder Bay District Health Unit
Regional Food Distribution Association
Food Action Network
Erb Transport
Belluz Farms
Gammondale Farms
Breukelman's Farms
Lakehead Labour Centre
Take Heart
Trillium Foundation
Check out the other food security topics listed in the menu to the left of your screen.