While the selection of available local produce varies each week, for an individual adult this would be enough for 3-4 home cooked meals (2-3 for a couple) and 3-4 on-the-go snacks. This size is recommended for individuals that cook at least one meal per day at home, the couple that mostly eats homemade meals, or families that go to the grocery store but still want support local farmers and get the most nutritious food for their kids!

We only source from organic farms. However, certification requires farmers to become part-time bean counters--and not the edible kind. So we don't snub our noses at those without the certification because it may not be feasible for some of the small farms we work with. Instead, we get to know the farmer and their practices. We've found that often their care for their plants and land go beyond what is required for certification.  None of our farmers use non-organic pesticides and we have even caught a few singing to their plants ;) We source from farms ranging from 1/2 acres to 1,200-acres. The larger the farm, the more we rely on the certification process.

At PCH, our goal is to take it a step further than organic and source from farms employing natural farming practices. A lot of the fruits and veggies grown today have 10-30% less nutrient density than in decades past which is largerly attributed to soil depletion. While it's a long history, the organics movement was originally intended to address the soil issues we are dealing with today. There is no simple solution as the agriculture industry is confronted with the difficult balance of using practices that retain soil nutrient levels while meeting the needs of a growing population--and paying the bills to farm another year. Our goal is to continue to source more and more from natural farmers.

We source with the intent that all local items will be local. Sometimes, unforeseen circumstances arise and the farm is unable to sell the harvest because pests or weather intervene or when managing their offerings with customers, the demand for a particular item is too high and there is simply not enough to go around.

Should this happen with an item you have requested in your box, we'll do our best to fulfill the order form another local farm. In the event we can't find a local farm, we'll fulfill the order from a farm further away because our thinking is that the best route to getting everyone to "buy local first" is to create a reliable system and look to local farmers to fill those order first. If none of these solutions are available to us, we'll promptly refund you.