Take Advantage of Agency Produce Center

Residents throughout Lorain County can take advantage of the LCCAA Produce Center every week.

Households living at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level ($60,000 annually for a family of four) are eligible to order from the center.

The center focuses on hard to get fresh produce items and is hoping to create a choice system in the future.

Ordering windows are open from 8 a.m. Monday to 11 p.m. Sunday or until all appointments are full. Pickups are the following Wednesday and Thursday.

Appointments must be made via the online system and honoring appointments is critical.

Those picking up are also asked to approach the Produce Center using Reid Avenue and West 10th Street and not cut through the parking lot at 936 Broadway Ave. Please follow all signs and staff instructions. Staff will bring food orders to your car.

LCCAA operates the Produce Center in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio and Food Forward Lorain. The center has also benefited from extra produce grown in Lorain by Solidarity Farms.

Additionally, an Americorps volunteer has been tending the raised beds in front of the agency’s warehouse to provide some items.

The Produce Center is staffed by youth assigned to LCCAA’s Youth Services program.

Visit our website for more information or to place your order. Contact Center Manager Deirdre Paynter at 440-457-0327.