Viking Supported Agriculture (VSA) Boxes
*VSA service will be offered again during summer quarter 2013 once local produce is available*
What is a VSA and what's it all about?
VSA is Western's trademarked CSA. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Because we are Vikings, we buy VSAs. By signing up you will receive a box of local fresh organic fruits and veggies every Thursday from October 11th until December 6th. See below for costs and box options!
The VSA program is a project of the Office of Sustainability and is funded by a Whatcom Community Foundation grant to help our community support sustainable local agriculture by making nutritious food available to members of the Viking Community. Our VSA program supports Growing Washington and Alm Hill Gardens, located in Everson 25 minutes northeast of Bellingham.
Growing Washington partners with upwards of a dozen small local Whatcom and Skagit County farms. By partaking in the VSA program and receiving fresh veggies you 
support local growers by investing all-at-once in well over a dozen small farms!
"We're proud to deliver over 70 boxes each week to WWU's campus with our VSA (or Viking Supported Agriculture) program. One of our CSA's biggest drop sites, WWU is one of the largest University-based CSA drop points in the reigion! And we're certainly pleased to be helping to fuel all those eager minds."
-- Growing Washington
To Sign Up:
Email Simon Davis-Cohen at simon@readthedirt.org, and include the following information:
- Your name
- Phone number
- What box option you have chosen, and if you are a student
- When your first drop-off date is
- How many weeks you will be signed up for
- How much money you will pay
Payment:
You will bring your payment (cash or check made out to Growing Washington) when you pick up your first or second box. Please bring it when you pick up your first box. Starving Students get 15% off!
Where/When:
Boxes will be available in front of Carver Gym on Thursdays between 10:00am and 1:30pm. Boxes that are not picked up will be donated.
The Options:
There are two options. Both options are "Farmers Choice" boxes, where the farmer chooses what delicious veggies and fruits you will receive each week.
Option #1: Viking Box – 10-11 items/box. $25/box for faculty and staff, $22 for students.
Option #2: Veggie Bomb – 14-15 items/box. $30/box for faculty and staff, $27 for students.
Option #3: Mini Box – 6-7 items/box. $17/box for faculty, staff, AND students.
What To Expect:
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