Raleigh Parks is partnering with The Produce Project to provide a pickup location for fresh produce at John Chavis Memorial Park. The Produce Project works to provide affordable, fresh food to people in need.
You can order an $18 share of produce (totaling $59 value at the grocery store) on the Produce Project website. Pickups will be on Thursdays from 3 to 8 p.m. at the historic carousel building.
What do you get?
About a dozen bananas (banana bread?)
1 large or two small cabbages (cole slaw?)
5lb potatoes (mashed potatoes!)
10 large carrots (dill carrot slices in butter!)
A dozen large jalapeños (bacon wrapped jalapenos appetizer!)
1 spaghetti squash (gluten and carb free spaghetti noodles!)
3 green peppers (stuffed or as stuffing ingredients!)
3 oranges (the kids love oranges, and a great table center!)
1+ lb of mushrooms (STUFFED MUSHROOMS!!)
4 huge yellow onions (stuff. ing.)
6 pickling cucumbers (about 1 jar’s worth -make ’em now so they’re ready for next week!)
1 large bunch of asparagus (a great thanksgiving side dish!)
2 avocados (guacamole is a great snack when family are in town!)
4 tomatoes (Turkey. Sammiches. ’nuff said.)
Price Comparison
The Produce Project:Total at the grocery store:2.5 pounds of Tomatoes (about 8 maters)
2 lbs of green peppers (about 8 peppers)
about 4-5 ears of corn
5 lbs of red potatoes (about 10)
5 lbs of yellow onions (about 6)
4.5 lbs of Cucumbers (about 6)
2.1 lbs of grapes (1 bag)
2 lbs of mangoes (2 mangoes)
1.17 lbs of jalapenos (about 20)
2.1 lbs of peaches (about 3-4 peaches)
2.9 lbs of eggplant (2 of them)
0.75 lbs of limes (about 5)
1/3 of a pound of mushrooms
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$18.00$59.90$6.32
$6.32
$2.45
$11.45
$4.74
$4.74
$5.38
$3.98
$4.23
$3.15
$3.85
$1.49
$1.79
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