Chico, Sustainable

My wife and I are one of seven charter households signed up for the GRUB program’s weekly box of produce, which is delivered to my house via bicycle every Sunday evening. Over the last month our box has included some combination of chard, kale, collards, walnuts, garlic, green beans, peppers, cherry tomatoes, persimmons, basil, romaine lettuce, broccoli, butternut squash, arugula, organic rice from Massa Organics. The food is grown in seven different "GRUB Gardens" around Chico by volunteers using organic methods. The garden sites themselves sit on private properties; the various landowners have graciously donated its use, and their water, for this purpose.

The produce, by the way, is all delicious.

Even though GRUB does not yet have non-profit status, it is only a matter of time, and this is not keeping them from doing good things in the community. The CSA-style produce boxes is the first step towards creating a larger infrastructure with the goal of making healthy, sustainably-grown food available to the citizens of Chico, regardless of their economic background.

For more information, or to get on the waiting list to receive a box of produce of your own, contact GRUB at 680-4543 or email them at grubchico@yahoo.com.