Local and organic produce delivered to your door by bicycle

The Sprouts Box is back for the 2010/2011 school year!

The Sprouts Box (TSB) is a joint initiative of Sprouts and the AMS Bike Co-op.

Together, we offer a weekly bicycle delivery of fresh, local, organic and affordable produce to campus residents’ doors! This service is offered to residents in Gage, Thunderbird, Fairview, Acadia, Marine Drive and now The University Neighbourhood Association Communities!

The Sprouts Box is now closed for subscriptions, but will resume in January. Please email us at sproutsbox at ubcsprouts dot ca to be put on the mailing list for January subscriptions.

Pricing:

• Large Box - $170
  ($20 x 8 weeks, plus $10 refundable box deposit)
• Small Box - $130
  ($15 x 8 weeks, plus $10 refundable box deposit)

Cheques payable to UBC Alma Mater Society - Sprouts.

What is The Sprouts Box?

Sprouts is teaming up with the AMS Bike Co-op to offer a weekly delivery of fresh, local, organic produce to campus residents by bicycle. Last year this was a pilot project and it was very successful. This year will be the first year we are officially running this program. We have decided to keep it simple this term and offer this service to residents in Gage, Thunderbird, Fairview, Acadia, and Marine Drive.

Why Offer a Green Box?

Through many initiatives, Sprouts has endeavoured to make healthy, sustainably produced food affordable and accessible to the campus community. We’re offering The Sprouts Box to further pursue this goal, and support local food producers practising sustainable farming.

What's in a Sprouts Box?

Sprouts Boxes come with assorted local, seasonal produce such as apples, pears, beets, carrots, radishes, mushrooms, potatoes, cabbage, celeriac, leeks, sunchokes, sprouts, herbs, parsnips, and winter squash. What your box contains on any given week depends on what is available that week.

What size is right for you?

• A small box is recommended for households of 2-3 people. As mentioned, the exact contents vary from week to week, but as an example, it might contain: 2lb cabbage, 2lb onions, 1 box of alfalfa sprouts, 1lb sunchokes, 2lb apples, 1lb pears.
• A large box generally contains the same variety of fruits and veggies as found in the small box, but in greater quantity. It is generally recommended for households of 3 or more people. To compare the large to the small described above, a large box of the same week would likely contain 2lb cabbage, 3lb onions, 1 box alfalfa sprouts, 1 box clover sprouts, 1lb sunchokes, 2lb apples, 1lb pears.

All subscribers also receive a "paperless" weekly newsletter that includes news and updates from Sprouts, a price breakdown of the produce they've received that week, some recipes, storage tips and cooking information.

How much does it cost?

Small boxes are $15/week and large boxes are $20/week for approximately ten weeks. Subscriptions require that students pay up front before deliveries begin. It'll be the best couple hundred dollars you spend for the term!

Note there will be no deliveries during the reading weeks this term.