LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Community Co-op”s efforts to expand drop points in the county where members can pick up weekly boxes of fresh produce has resulted in two more new sites.
Camille Gouldberg, massage therapist in Clearlake Oaks, and the Greenview Restaurant in Hidden Valley Lake have joined other community members in providing drop point services for the Co-op.
Beginning April 1, residents will be able to pick up weekly boxes in the newly-added Clearlake Oaks and HVL drop points, as well as at the existing sites in Clearlake, Lucerne, Upper Lake, Lakeport, Kelseyville, Cobb and Middletown. “We continue to work towards providing access to all our communities in the county. We now have nine drop points and see our efforts strengthening the local food economy even more,” remarked co-op Chair, JoAnn Saccato, who added that one month after drop point expansion efforts began, weekly box subscriptions increased by more than 50 percent. The co-op is still seeking drop points in the Lower Lake and Kit”s Corner areas.
The new drop points will be open between 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning April 1.
For more information on how to order from the co-op, or become a drop point, go to www.lakeco-op.org or call Hileri Shand at 995-9054. Annual membership fees are $24 and the CSA boxes are $15 each, paid on a monthly basis. The co-op sources the all-organic CSA boxes first from local farmers, then regionally and beyond from farmers and distributors. In addition, members can purchase locally baked organic breads from Main Street Bakery in Kelseyville.
The co-op”s mission is to help support a more sustainable food system through local and organic food sourcing.
The co-op is celebrating over two years in existence and envisions cultivating an evolving community by nurturing values of social, economic and environmental responsibility.
For more information go to www.lakeco-op.org or call 993-4270.
