Drive up service is great. Scary for a minute because the line utilizes one lane of 22nd Street. Fortunately they have a good system down. As soon as you pull into the parking lot you pay and your window is marked with how many $10 pkgs you want.. Then pull around and pop your trunk or open your back doors and your vehicle is loaded by very polite volunteers.. and your done.. It's very efficient, easy and the is the best deal around.. So worth it. The veggies I got were amazing and abundant. Plus the Farmers Box bonus and extra goodies just put the deal over the top.. I got yogurt-vanilla and strawberry; gallon of whole milk; chicken taco meat; eggplants; yellow squash; onions; potatoes; large and grape tomatoes; I can't even remember it was so much!!DO IT.. YOU WI NOT BE...
Read moreBlatant false advertising. This week it was 34 pounds of food. Last week it was 48 pounds. The week before that it was 42 pounds. I'd still go if they advertised 30 pounds for $10 dollars, but they don't. Do not expect to get approximately 60 pounds of food; you won't. In no world is 34 approximately 60.
You should expect 10-30% to go right to the compost the same day you get it, since some of the food will have already started to go bad. In particular the fruits and tomatoes tend to be crushed and already leaking juices into the bottom of the boxes.
At a mandatory $10 price which makes it not a donation, it's still a good price to get 20-30 pounds of consumable food. They could do a better job of setting expectations however, since you will never get...
Read moreOftentimes they give a nice haul of vegetables for the price, but increasingly often their vegetables are mostly molding or sometimes even complete mush at the bottom of the box. They rudely censor and remove any mention of molding vegetables on their Facebook page (I politely requested them to check for mold in the bottom of their produce offerings, and they found it worthy of removing and blocking the post) to avoid losing new customers. If this market wishes to gain respect and support from more people, they should work to provide safe food and not be so afraid of...
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