The Local Inland Northwest Cooperative (LINC) is gearing up for the 2025 growing season, its 11th consecutive year of offering food from local farms to the Spokane community. LINC is a farmer- and worker- owned food hub in Spokane Valley, Wash., with a farm-to-table subscription called LINC Box. LINC Box is available for pickup at 16 neighborhood pickup sites in the Spokane area and via farm to doorstep delivery.
As a multi-farm subscription, LINC Box pulls from over 100 producers that use sustainable practices. LINC’s cooperative business model ensures that each dollar spent goes back to the farmer. Besides its vegetable box, LINC partners with farmers and artisans in the area to offer 20 add-ons like Inland NW fruit, free-range eggs, and pastured chicken. LINC recently collaborated with De Leon Foods to develop a whole wheat tortilla add-on made with locally grown flour.
LINC is looking to develop LINC Box pickup sites in the Pullman, Pasco, and Walla Walla areas this year to further expand access to its local catalog. LINC also distributes local food to school districts, universities, hospitals, and food banks in the Inland Northwest. “Supporting local matters,” says Michelle Youngblom, Crop Promotions Director at LINC. “It’s been moving to hear firsthand what a difference the community support has made for the farmers of our cooperative.”
Find out more about LINC Box and sign up at lincfoods.com/lincbox. (Courtesy of LINC Foods — The Local Inland Northwest Cooperative @ lincfoods.com.)
