The Kendall Square CSA Market Box
Modeled after the Community Supported Agriculture system, the Kendall Square Farmers Market and BioMed Realty are partnering to provide SNAP recipients in our community with an easy and affordable way to shop the market. Each week, the market box will be filled with produce from Crimson and Clover Farm, a protein of your choice, and extra goodies from vendors at the market. This market box sources produce from Crimson and Clover, meat from Stillman’s Quality Meat, fish from Cape Ann Fresh Catch, and mushrooms from My County Mushrooms. Other items will include, on a rotating basis, such things as honey, bread, coffee, chocolate, and more. The products you will receive are local and thus seasonal. This box is a great way to support our farmers and food vendors and to get the most for your money.
QUESTIONS?
Please email kendall@massfarmersmarkets.org or call
A sample mini box might be:
$20 of produce: one bunch of kale, 2 slicer tomatoes, a pint of cherry tomatoes, 2 ears of corn
$10 of protein: one dozen eggs and a pint of blue oyster mushrooms OR 4 hot dogs OR a piece of tuna
$10 of rotating market items: one small bag of coffee, one baguette
A sample small box might be:
$30 of produce: one bunch of kale, one bunch of carrots, 4 slicer tomatoes, 2 pints of cherry tomatoes, 6 ears of corn, one bunch of radishes
$10 of protein: one dozen eggs and a pint of blue oyster mushrooms OR 4 hot dogs OR a piece of tuna
$10 of rotating market items: one small bag of coffee, one baguette
A sample family box might be:
$40 of produce: two bunch of kale, two bunches of carrots, 2 slicer tomatoes, a pint of cherry tomatoes, 4 ears of corn, one bunch of radishes,
$10 of protein: one dozen eggs and a pint of blue oyster mushrooms OR 4 hot dogs OR a piece of tuna
$10 of rotating market items: one small bag of coffee, one baguette
When you sign up for the Kendall Square Market Box, you will provide your EBT card number. On the day that your benefits renew each month, $80/ $120/ $160 will be automatically deducted from your account, $40/ $60/ $80 of which will be from your HIP balance. In return you will receive a weekly market box that you will pick up every Thursday between 12-6 at the Kendall Square Farmers Market. This program will run 24 weeks, beginning May 23 and ending October 31, 2024.
Certain weeks have additional benefits: once at the beginning, middle and end of the season there will be a special box with a little bit of everything!