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accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, Farmers
Market Nutrition Program, and WIC vouchers. We purposely focus our ASC
program on urban areas that do not have easy access to affordable, high-
quality fresh food, known as food deserts. We prioritize these communities in
order to ensure that the benefits of organic food are accessible to every fam-
ily, not just those who are able to visit an organic grocery store or farm stand.
Membership applications for the Rodale Institute ASC program are THE PREFERRED CHOICE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY FOR
accepted on a rolling basis year-round. Boxes are available for pick up
weekly from June to the end of October. Farm share options include a small COMPREHENSIVE
vegetable share box for 20 dollars a week, or a regular sized vegetable share
box for 30 dollars a week. Also available are meat share boxes, featuring
our pasture-raised pork or chicken products. SNAP members receive a ORTHOPAEDICCARE
10-dollar discount on vegetable farm share boxes. In order to receive farm
shares, members can visit pickup sites each week in Reading, Allentown, or
Kutztown to accept their box. Members and non-members can also visit Scheduleanappointmenttoday!
our ASC pop-up Farmers Market at the Allentown YMCA on Saturdays
from June to October. This market provides an opportunity to pick up
organic produce grown on our farm, as well as to purchase products like
bread, cheese, or honey from a variety of local organic farmers. To sign up
for one of our ASC shares or to find more information on pickup sites, visit
RodaleInstitute.org/ASC.
Rodale Institute’s ASC program also offers training opportunities for
aspiring organic farmers. ASC internships provide hands-on training in organic
agricultural practices and focus on how to get the best quality food to com-
munities that are often overlooked by the organic system. Interns are paid
and receive housing and organic produce.
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