Farm boxes

Pick up a box chock-full of vegetables, fruits & herbs grown at the Urban Homestead and our cooperative of local/backyard farms and food artisans.

HOW TO ORDER

STEP 1. Sign up and create an account at our Online Store

STEP 2. Choose a subscription 

Farmers Choice (Small: Weekly or Bi-weekly) (Large: Weekly or Bi-weekly)

Build Your - shop Ala carte

Step 3: Add subscription or items to cart 

Step 4: Continue to shop with access all items to build your box 'ala carte' or add on to a farmer's choice box

Step 5: Select pick up days (Wed or Thurs) Check out

 

HOW TO PICKUP

Bring your own bags to offload or return boxes. 

If you are unable to pick up your box, please let us know asap. We will place box on front porch for after hour pick ups.

If your box is NOT picked up your box will be donated. Sorry, no refunds. 

 

Produce offerings change on a seasonal basis (that’s a good thing!). Nature is not a 24-7 convenience store. We work with you to make our farm box program work for you. You won’t be stuck with too many squashes or produce you can’t use.

 

FAQs

Hold Your Box. If you need to place a hold on your box you need to put a hold 6 DAYS prior to the ordering.  

Customize Your Box. Missed the deadline to build your own box? We are unable to accommodate last minute orders and you will receive a “default” surprise box.

Forgot to Pickup? We are not able to offer money back on missed box pick ups. Boxes are donated by Friday afternoon. NO REFUNDS/ store credit only. You will be issued a coupon code. 

What’s in the Box? A box full of vegetables, fruits & herbs grown at the Urban Homestead and our cooperative of local farms and food artisans.  

  • Small $29 (8-10 items)   fruit, vegetables, greens, herb 

  • Large $39 (12-15 items)  fruit, vegetables, greens, herb  

 

By partnering with local organic farms and food artisans we provide an easy and affordable way to eat more regeneratively by reducing your “food print.”

 
 

  • Apron Strings Community Bake Shop is a Pasadena based cottage food business specializing in naturally leavened breads and home-baked cookies. Karen Hirsch’s home-baked breads and treats are inspired by the generations of grandmothers who always seemed to have something delicious and wholesome baking in the oven.

  • Beyond the Olive is recognized as a premier reliable source for quality California Extra Virgin Olive Oils, vinegar and other quality products. With A Gold Medal at New York International Olive Oil Competition, the only North American Olive Oil to win a medal at Toronto’s International Olive Oil Competition, 6 consecutive wins as Best Specialty Food Store, four medals at the Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition and being named "One of the 10 best places in the World to buy EVOO", customers have grown to love and trust this local (Pasadena) family business, founded in 2009.

  • Native Roots is an indigenous run company that produces high end soaps, lotions, Beard butter, and balms. Using quality butters, oils, essential oils, clays, salts, Tussah Silk, raw grains and other plant materials help create Native Roots stamp on nurturing and loving your skin.

  • Alkalizing, detoxing and delicious organic coffee. Grown in the most pristine environment on the planet, our coffee beans are nutrient dense and offer the body abundant health benefits.

  • At Grist & Toll, a Pasadena based mill produces all of our flour by a process known as whole grain, stone milling. That means we grind the wheat or grain with the whole berry intact.

  • In 1913, Chalmers and Elizabeth King purchased a small piece of agricultural land in the Santa Clara valley. To this day King and King Ranch is run by 3rd & 4th generation Kings.

    Today, 8 varieties of avocados, over 20 varieties of citrus, plus pomegranates, persimmons, plums, herbs, and loads of other rare and exotic culinary delights are grown!

  • We are a permaculture adventure in growing nutrient dense food sustainably, on a historic homestead farm.

  • Avenue 33 Farm is an urban farm in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. It's run by Ali Greer and Eric Tomassini. We started the farm in 2018 on 1.2 acres focusing on building soil through regenerative farming practices.

  • In 2017, Alma Backyard Farms installed its largest urban farm on an old softball field on the property of a church and school in Compton. This space started as a 1/4 acre and allowed for a three-fold increase in ALMA's capacity to grow food and impact community.

    In 2019, ALMA expanded the farm to ½ acre. This site acts as Alma’s hub for its programs. With a larger urban farm site, ALMA is now poised to grow more food and create more opportunities for formerly incarcerated people, at-risk children and youth, and food insecure families.

  • Skylar's own creation, this oven-roasted sweet potato and chipotle hot sauce has a mild kick and a lot of flavor.

  • McGrath Family Farms is an organic vegetable farm, established in 1871 by and Irish immigrant named Dominick. Of the 300 acres on the ranch, Philip (Farmer Phil) grows an extensive array of seasonal vegetables. Year round vegetables grow on 24 acres with an additional 4 acres of strawberries and 17 acres of lemons. McGrath Farms is located in Camarillo, CA just off Hwy101 and Central Avenue.

  • Located in Desert Hot Springs, California, “Farmer Dale” offers quality, organic dates.

  • Arlington Garden is a three-acre public garden in the city of Pasadena. It was founded in 2005 to provide an urban sanctuary that is not only friendly to people and pets, but also a refuge for native fauna such as birds, bees and butterflies.

  • JF Organic Farms is a family owned and operated business that has been cultivating savory since 1997. JF Organic Farms, Inc is considered to be at the cutting edge of organic farming and is currently certified organic under CCOF.