Sliding Scale Pricing
Sliding Scale Payment
Seed to Table envisions a community where all people have access to locally grown, fresh veggies- regardless of income. We are excited to build on models from other farms and continue using a sliding-scale payment system intended to better serve and support the variety of needs of our community members. You will be able to choose a payment level that fits your needs and ability to pay. This model will:
Increase equitable access to produce shares
Allow members to take an active role in community access to fresh produce
Provide fair market value and wages to the skilled farmers growing your produce.
We accept SNAP/EBT and Double Up Food Bucks!
Double Up Food Bucks is a SNAP matching program from the Pacific Northwest CSA Coalition. For every dollar that you pay for your CSA with SNAP/EBT (formerly food stamps), the CSA Coalition provides a matching dollar, making CSA more affordable for you while helping to support programming at Seed to Table. The CSA Coalition will match every SNAP dollar paid by a member: for example if your Produce Share costs $600, $300 will be taken from your SNAP and $300 will be covered by Double Up Food Bucks.
Note: if none of these payment options are accessible to you, please reach out to office@seedtotablesisters.org and we will make sure you get veggies at a payment level that works for you!
Guidance on Choosing an Option
The scale is intended to be a map, inviting each of us to take inventory of resources that contribute to our access to local, farm-fresh, organically-grown produce. These fresh foods have historically only been accessible to those who can afford it; Seed to Table’s mission is to ensure equitable access to this vital resource. While we do ask you to look inward, please know there is no right or wrong answer and to pay what feels right.
Consider paying market value or higher on the scale if you:
Have investments, retirement accounts, or inherited money, or you expect to inherit money
Have bills or credit cards on autopay
You and your family are homeowners or landowners
Have flexibility around the amount of time you need to work
Have access to family money and resources in times of need
Have or could have attended private education institutions or have a graduate degree
Have not had difficulty accessing and affording healthcare or health insurance for you or your family members
Have zero to no debt and/or have disposable income to do things like travel recreationally
Have a safety net composed of “financially stable” or wealthy family and friends
Have U.S. Citizenship
