VSA is Western’s Community Supported Agriculture program, connecting students, staff, and faculty with Whatcom/Skagit County produce and producers. By signing up, you will receive a box of local, fresh, sustainably sourced food directly from farmers. Getting good food to people in crisis times and supporting local and sustainable agriculture is a highly supportive activity that each one of us may be able to participate in for the greater good of our community.
Viking Supported Agriculture
Viva Farms Returns for 2026 Summer/Fall CSA
We are happy to announce Viva Farms is returning for another season with the Viking Supported Agriculture program hosted by the Sustainability Engagement Institute (SEI) starting June 10, 2026, through November 18, 2026! Anyone in the WWU community can sign up for an affordable weekly delivery of fresh, local, and organic produce, herbs, berries, and available extras (bread, yum!) delivered directly from their fields to our lobby in High Street Hall. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Viva Farms, they are a non-profit providing invaluable services to the local agriculture community, and we are happy to support this amazing organization. Check them out on their website. Eating local, organic food is good for your health, the community, and the planet!
We are incredibly pleased to announce that, again this year, the Sustainability Engagement Institute will accept EBT/SNAP payments at our office in High Street Hall on behalf of Viva Farms! EBT shares are half the price of regular shares!
Viva Farms also offers sliding scale pricing for their CSA! Signups are open now! Please visit the Viva Farms website to get your produce delivered weekly to our office. Simply choose WWU as your pickup location. A small CSA share will easily nourish 2 people weekly, and Viva Farms sends out an email each week to their subscribers with the box contents, recipes and storage instructions!
Viva Farms also offers bulk purchases, which SEI utilizes each year to help stock the student food pantries on Western’s campus. To date, $2,958.00 has been donated by the campus community, supplying the equivalent of 246 weeks of fresh produce for our community members experiencing food insecurity. If you would like to donate to these bulk purchases and help our food insecure community members access good local organic food, please visit this link to Donate Food. THANK YOU to our sustaining and past donors!
We are excited for another great growing season and our partnership with Viva Farms.If you would like further information on the Viking Supported Agriculture program or have WWU specific questions, please contact Linda.Sterling@wwu.edu.
🍴Happy eating! 🍴
Prior Season Farms
Check back in the spring for details on our spring/summer CSA.
