Good Food Box
The Good Food Box is Local Food Manitoulin’s current active program. It is a non-profit, community initiative designed to help individuals and families access fresh fruits and vegetables at an affordable cost.
Boxes are packed and distributed to communities across Manitoulin on the third Tuesday of each month. Participants receive the same kinds of fresh fruit and vegetables available at local grocery stores, purchased in volume to help keep the cost down.
Box options
- Large Box — $25
- Small Box — $13
The existing program information notes that produce is supplied through Manitoulin Island grocery stores, with local food sometimes purchased from area producers to augment a distribution when appropriate.
Community contacts
For ordering and pickup information, contact the community nearest you:
- Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation: 705-368-3171
- Gore Bay: 705-282-2694
- Little Current: 705-989-4209
- Manitowaning: 705-859-1820
- M’Chigeeng First Nation: 705-377-5347
- Mindemoya: 705-348-2075
- Sheguiandah First Nation: 705-368-1150
- Sheshegwaning First Nation: 705-283-3030
- Whitefish River First Nation: 705-285-4354
- Wiikwemkoong First Nation: 705-859-3164
- Zhiibaahaasing First Nation: 705-283-3963
For general Good Food Box information, contact Local Food Manitoulin at 705-968-0073 or info@localfoodmanitoulin.com.
Want to get involved?
You can support the Good Food Box by:
- Volunteering
- Sponsoring a box
- Making a donation
Local producers and suppliers
Local Food Manitoulin may purchase food from local producers to augment a Good Food Box distribution when appropriate. These producers are suppliers to the program and should not be understood to be Local Food Manitoulin member organizations simply because food is purchased from them.
Producers in this category include:
- Three Forks Farms
- Pike Lake Farms
- Burt Farm Country Meats
- Nic Harfield
This list can be updated as producer relationships and Good Food Box needs change.
Other past initiatives
Local Food Manitoulin has delivered and supported many other local-food projects, workshops and initiatives over the years. Those projects remain an important part of the organization’s history, but they are not being presented here as current operating programs.