Viking Supported Agriculture (VSA) program returns for 2023 season

The Sustainability Engagement Institute continues to facilitate its Viking Supported Agriculture (VSA) program that connects the campus community to local food producers who deliver boxes of their fresh, high-quality items directly to our office in High Street Hall. 

You can learn more about the benefits of connecting to farmers and food producers in this way at https://sustainableconnections.org/csa/CSA.  

Getting healthy food to people and supporting local and sustainable agriculture is a highly supportive activity that each one of us may be able to take part in for our own health, the health of the planet, and the greater good of our community.  Please visit our website for more information on the VSA program:  https://sustain.wwu.edu/viking-supported-agriculture/. 

We are pleased to welcome Viva Farms back for the 2023 season. Please visit their website https://vivafarms.org/csa/ to sign up directly. Deliveries begin on June 7 and continue weekly through November 16, 2023. Please share this opportunity with our students as Viva Farms accepts EBT payments and also offers sliding-scale pricing.

If you have WWU specific questions, please reach out to linda.sterling@wwu.edu.

Thank you for your interest in healthy, sustainable food, and for supporting our local producers!

Donate A Share: Food security continues to be challenging for our community members.  We have set up a dedicated fund to receive your donations to help pay for fresh produce for students in need.  You may donate here:  https://foundation.wwu.edu/VikingSupportedAgriculture.  

To date, $1,619.00 has been donated by the campus community, supplying the equivalent of 134 weeks of fresh produce for our community members experiencing food insecurity. This food has gone directly to our campus and pop-up food pantries. Thank you for your continued generosity!

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