The first Local Food Box pick-up of 2017 was 20 weeks ago. After over 6.5 tonnes of vegetables & fruits, 360 meat boxes, 140 flower bouquets, and 6720 eggs….it’s a wrap! Thank you to our members for joining our program and supporting local farmers. We hope you enjoyed this season of food & flowers, and that you will sign […]
Countdown to first pick-up & Mother’s Day
There are less than 4 weeks before the beginning of the 2017 Local Food Box program! It’s a busy time of year on our farms and we are getting excited about the first Local Food Boxes of the year (first in-town pickups on June 6, in Metchosin on June 9). All of the box options […]
Feast Your Eyes
We are often asked by potential new Local Food Box members how much food they should expect to receive each week in the program. Every year we intend to take photos of what a weekly share of vegetables looks like but inevitably we get too busy. So we were happy to hear that one of our Local Food Box members […]
Registration is open for 2017!
To skip the narrative and go straight to signing up, click here. 2016 Season Overview In 2015 we made the difficult decision to postpone production at Wind Whipped Farm and not run The Local Food Box program. We needed to make some significant soil and infrastructure improvements to increase and better manage production. We knew […]
We’re back!
Dear friends and supporters, We are very pleased to say that The Local Food Box is back for the 2016 season! Parry Bay Sheep Farm, Stillmeadow Farm, Winter Creek Farm and Wind Whipped Farm are teaming up again this year to bring you their fine local food products in Metchosin and Victoria. We are now accepting member registrations […]
Stepping it up for 2016
Dear Local Food Box members and friends, We hope this update finds you well and off to a good start for the New Year. We have been meaning to get in touch for a while to give an update and share our plans for the season ahead. As always, thanks to everyone who participated in […]