Supporting a Healthy Local Food Community
Each Market Saturday, the Market hosts a Food for Friends Table by the Information Tent. Edwardsville’s residents can buy extra produce from any of our Market’s vendors and drop it off at the table. The Market will box up the day’s produce, take it to…
As we all know, a healthy and sustainable relationship with food starts early. And cultivating that relationship among the students of Madison County’s schools is something that the Goshen Market Foundation has made a top priority. Partnering with Land of Goshen Community Market farmers…
In an effort to increase access to fresh, local produce and more comprehensive nutrition education to underserved residents, the Goshen Market Foundation, in partnership with students and faculty from SIUE, hit the road in August 2018 with the Beet Box. The Beet Box is a…
The Goshen Market Foundation started planting early this Spring to make sure the Beet Box would be chock full of veggie goodness when it comes to a stop near you on June 8!
Goshen Market Manager and founding Foundation board member Candice Watson and her son Wyatt have been busy filling their own garden with heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, and the hardiest of greens to help ensure there will be enough to supply our customers in this time of scarcity. Candice is using sustainable methods like rain catchments and companion planting and avoiding all chemical pesticides.
The Beet Box is still finalizing some of its planned stops for the year and planning expanded services, so expect more announcements soon.
Because food access has become an even more pressing issue during the pandemic, the Beet Box will be moving to a pay-what-you-can model in the hopes that some customers will donate to support the initiative.
The Beet Box will have new social distancing measures in place. This year, produce will remain on the truck and customers will order from a menu rather than handling produce at a front table, for instance.
We are very much looking forward to serving all of our loyal Beet Box customers!