Local, Convenient, Delicious, Nutritious Meals for You
The Local Sprouts Community Supported Kitchen provides local and organic prepared food year-round to our members in Portland. The Community Supported Kitchen (CSK) operates out of the Public Market House in Portland’s Monument Square.

Each week there is a different menu featuring seasonal dishes aspiring to provide 100% local food. We offer soups, salads, sides, entrees, canned and fermented items, desserts and breads. The Community Supported Kitchen is a place for members and our community to connect and learn through food.  We work with youth and others to share culture, knowledge and culinary skills. 

The CSK is applying the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Farms, where members get a weekly share of vegetables, to prepared food.  We are working to develop a sustainable local food system and build strong connections to the land, to farmers, and to community.  We always share where your food is from and are developing ways for our members to connect with local farms. 

OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED KITCHEN IS EVOLVING.   AS OF OCTOBER 28th, WE WILL BE ENDING THE CSK AS IT IS AND FOCUSING OUR ENERGY TOWARDS OPENING UP THE CAFE.  THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED KITCHEN WILL THEN BECOME OUR MEMBERSHIP BASE FOR LOCAL SPROUTS. 

Check out a sample menu

How it works

1. Fill out our online membership form
2. Send us your payment through Paypal or by check
3. We'll send you our weekly menu with soups, salads, sides, entrees, breads and desserts on Thursdays through email
4. For Local Choice CSK members place your order by Monday at 8pm
5. Pick-up from us Wednesday lunch, Wednesday evening or Thursday lunch
6. Bring home (or where ever else you want to eat)...
7. Enjoy delicious local food

Our Membership Options
Local Choice CSK Membership
$50 Starting Membership
If you pay more than $100 you get 10% return on your initial investment, so a $100 membership gives you $110 credit to order off our weekly menu.   We also accept a limited number of Time Dollar memberships every 3 months, who pay 5-10 Time Dollars for $50-100 of food credit.
Member are expected to order once a month but don't have to order every week. 
Our Local Choice CSK Memberships last 4 months.  When you renew your membership (by putting more money down) you renew your 4 month membership.
Benefits

• Weekly access to local foods
• Choose from the menu whenever you want
• Flexible & Convenient

Seasonal Membership
Our seasonal membership offers members an opportunity to prepay for a specified number of servings each week and we have your food ready for you every Wednesday. 
3 month membership=12 weeks.  Our Next Seasonal Memberships start in July and go until September.
Each week you get 2 or 4 serving of: soup, vegetarian or meat entree (please specify), salad, side dish, and dessert.
2-3 Adult Serving- $360 Vegetarian ($30 week), $384 ($32 a week) Meat
4-6 Adult Servings-$660 Vegetarian ($55 a week), $708 Meat ($59 a week)
Benefits:

• Constant supply of large portions of local prepared  foods
  
• Seasonal memberships offer less choice, but a greater value as the cost for each meal is less than our Regular Membership

If you are not able to pick-up a week, a friend or family member can pick-up for you.  Also depending on the menu that week, we can freeze some of your food for you.

Non-Profit or Business Membership
We can create custom packages to meet your needs.  Contact us to talk about how your business or non-profit can get delicious local food for meetings and other events and can help to support our local foods economy, local farms and our local cooperative.

Community or Neighborhood Membership
We love to see food bringing people together.  You can sign up other people in your neighborhood, business, church or community and either have one person pick-up each week and brings the food back to an accessible location or we will deliver it for you.  This is a great way to know people and work together.  Contact us for more details.

Worker Members
Worker members work for Local Sprouts cooperative in exchange for food credit. They help cook, clean, marketing, business aspects, and more.  The number of hours and hourly exchange is agreed upon by the cooperative and worker member.  You can apply online or ask us for an application.  Go here to apply!


Pick-up Times & Delivery
We offer 2 Pick-up Times, Bike Delivery and Community Delivery for Groups of People

• Wednesday Night Pick-up 4-7pm: Pick-up your full CSK order on Wednesday evenings or
• Thursday Lunch Pick-up: You can pick-up your CSK order from 11:30-1:30pm.

Our Menu

Check out a sample menu
Our menu changes weekly, highlighting seasonal local foods inspired by Maine and cultures from around the world. In addition, we offer many of our specialties on a weekly basis. The menu is posted by Thursday night each week, and you receive a "CSK Menu" email letting you know that you can now order food.  You pick up your weekly order on Wednesday night.  Delivery may be option, contact us if you're interested in this option.
 

Each week we will offer a menu which will include at least:
2 entrees ($6-12 per serving)
1 salad ($3-10 per serving)
1 soups ($3-8 per serving)
2 side dishes ($3-10 per serving)
1 deserts ($2-8 per serving)


Dishes are priced per serving size.
Orders must be placed by Monday to pick up on Wednesdays at 4-7:00 at Market House.
Our weekly menu will be released each Friday for the next week.

Become a member TODAY!

Payment options: Check or Paypal

    1) Checks can be sent to: Local Sprouts Cooperative, 644 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101.

    2) Paypal
    Go to www.paypal.com and transfer money to our account using our email address: food@localsproutscooperative.com.



 

Scholarships & Time Dollars 

We want to make local food accessible and available to people.  We are offering some Time Dollar and scholarship memberships that are based on a sliding scale for payment. Time Dollar memberships are through the Hours Exchange Portland. Members pay 10 Time Dollars and in return receive $110 of credit to order off our menu.  We also can work out a payment plan with our members.  Please contact us to talk about any of these options.

For packaging: 
We use fabric & paper bags, boxes, glass jars and other reusable containers. There is a deposit on reusable containers.

How can I get involved?
    You can beome a worker member, intern or volunteer by going to our Get Involved page or contacting food@localsproutscooperative.com or 207-615-9970.