Winter Programs
Supporting local farmers and distributing fresh, seasonal produce to residents throughout Rowan County.
Winter Harvest CSA
Sign up for a Winter Harvest subscription to enjoy local fresh produce all winter long—and support your local farmers!
Subscribers choose from two box sizes of seasonal produce, plus optional eggs and bread, to receive over 10 Wednesdays from mid-November to early April. All items are purchased from local farmers and producers. The program usually has about 40 participants, and is open to all. Volunteers pick up and help sort the produce into individual boxes at St. John's Lutheran Church in Salisbury. Subscribers pick up their boxes there (Jackson Street entrance to the Faith Center), or local delivery is available. This is the only Bread Riot program with set fees.
The contents of the boxes changes throughout the season, depending on what is available. In the past, we have provided winter greens such as kale, spinach, lettuce, Swiss chard, collards, mustard greens, pak choy and arugula, and winter vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, butternut and spaghetti squash, radishes, Brussels sprouts, onions, peppers and green and Chinese cabbage. We have also provided apples in the fall, mushrooms, and strawberries in the spring when available.
2025-2026 WINTER HARVEST - REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Produce Box Sizes: Large (5-6 items) or Small (3-4 items)
Dates: 11/19, 12/3, 12/17, 1/7, 1/21, 2/4, 2/18, 3/4, 3/18, 4/1
School Harvest Bags
Bread Riot is providing local produce from area farmers to families at three Rowan County schools.
The School Harvest Bags program began in fall 2022. To help address food insecurity and nutritional gaps, Bread Riot delivers bags of fresh local produce to school counselors at various Rowan County schools to distribute to students and their families. In 2022, the program included Koontz Elementary School and North Rowan Middle School, and in 2023, Hanford Dole Elementary School was added.
On select weeks from mid-November through April, 10 or more families at each school receive a selection of vegetables and other food items purchased from local farmers and producers. Bread Riot volunteers pick up the produce and other items from the farms and then sort and pack them into reusable bags before delivering to the schools.
The School Harvest Bags program is currently funded by generous grants from the City of Salisbury, First United Church of Christ Salisbury, St. John’s Lutheran Church and the Sims Family Foundation.