Best Produce Delivery Services in 2024

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David Watsky
David Watsky Senior Editor / Home and Kitchen

David lives in Brooklyn where he’s spent more than a decade covering all things edible, including meal kit services, food subscriptions, kitchen tools and cooking tips. David earned his BA from Northeastern and has toiled in nearly every aspect of the food business, including as a line cook in Rhode Island where he once made a steak sandwich for Lamar Odom. Right now he’s likely somewhere stress-testing a blender or tinkering with a toaster. Anything with sesame is his all-time favorite food this week.

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Imperfect Foods operates as both a produce subscription as well as a grocery delivery service. Just as the name implies, this delivery service brings you imperfect food, such as misshapen carrots or oversized eggs, at a discount. Organic and conventional produce, which can be customized and altered based on your taste preferences and dietary restrictions, can be dropped off at your door, along with grocery staples and snacks, like eggs, olive oil and sausages. The brand also offers pantry item options and baked goods. Delivery is available to all of the continental United States, so put in your ZIP code to see if your location is in their delivery area.&nbsp;

The plan:&nbsp;Plans are customized and priced based on your household size, whether you want organic or nonorganic produce, and if you’re looking to add in grains, snacks, dairy and meat and fish. But 11 to 13 pounds of organic produce boxes start at $26 plus $5 shipping.

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Imperfect Foods operates as both a produce subscription as well as a grocery delivery service. Just as the name implies, this delivery service brings you imperfect food, such as misshapen carrots or oversized eggs, at a discount. Organic and conventional produce, which can be customized and altered based on your taste preferences and dietary restrictions, can be dropped off at your door, along with grocery staples and snacks, like eggs, olive oil and sausages. The brand also offers pantry item options and baked goods. Delivery is available to all of the continental United States, so put in your ZIP code to see if your location is in their delivery area. 

The plan: Plans are customized and priced based on your household size, whether you want organic or nonorganic produce, and if you’re looking to add in grains, snacks, dairy and meat and fish. But 11 to 13 pounds of organic produce boxes start at $26 plus $5 shipping.

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Need more fruit in your life? Let The Fruit Company deliver a large assortment of healthy fruit to your door. You can choose between organic fruit and conventional produce that’s locally sourced from small farms that don’t use GMOs. The Fruit Company produce box arrives filled with bananas, apples, oranges, kiwis and more.&nbsp;

The plan:&nbsp;Choose from a slew of variety boxes — which all range in size and price — with prices ranging from around $20 to over $200 depending on what you’re looking for.

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Need more fruit in your life? Let The Fruit Company deliver a large assortment of healthy fruit to your door. You can choose between organic fruit and conventional produce that’s locally sourced from small farms that don’t use GMOs. The Fruit Company produce box arrives filled with bananas, apples, oranges, kiwis and more. 

The plan: Choose from a slew of variety boxes — which all range in size and price — with prices ranging from around $20 to over $200 depending on what you’re looking for.

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<div content="LIST ITEM" superlative="Best for all organic produce" description="

While many produce subscription services source fruits and vegetables from multiple farms, Farm Fresh to You plucks organic and sustainable items straight from its own family farm in California, Capay Organic. Simply pick a subscription box, customize the produce variety to your liking, add other farm products (like hand-crafted jam and small-batch honey), then get it delivered to your door. &nbsp;

The plan:&nbsp;Farm Fresh to You ships six different kinds of local produce boxes, like traditional CSA, snack pack and fruit only. Boxes range in size from mini to monster, as do the prices ($29 to $125), and you can select to have shipments arrive weekly, every other week or every three or four weeks.&nbsp;

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While many produce subscription services source fruits and vegetables from multiple farms, Farm Fresh to You plucks organic and sustainable items straight from its own family farm in California, Capay Organic. Simply pick a subscription box, customize the produce variety to your liking, add other farm products (like hand-crafted jam and small-batch honey), then get it delivered to your door.  

The plan: Farm Fresh to You ships six different kinds of local produce boxes, like traditional CSA, snack pack and fruit only. Boxes range in size from mini to monster, as do the prices ($29 to $125), and you can select to have shipments arrive weekly, every other week or every three or four weeks. 

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<div content="LIST ITEM" superlative="Best for CSA lovers (northeast only)" description="

Although FreshDirect is known as a grocery delivery service for everything — not just produce — the New York-based company is now offering subscription-free local farm share boxes. Partnering with Hepworth Farms, Lancaster Farm Fresh and Dig Acres, FreshDirect is allowing its Northeast customers to order produce boxes from the Hudson Valley and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The plan:&nbsp;Add the CSA boxes to your cart the same way you would other groceries. There are several to choose from, including&nbsp;the&nbsp;Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative local organic vegetable farm share filled with eight to ten items for $30.

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Although FreshDirect is known as a grocery delivery service for everything — not just produce — the New York-based company is now offering subscription-free local farm share boxes. Partnering with Hepworth Farms, Lancaster Farm Fresh and Dig Acres, FreshDirect is allowing its Northeast customers to order produce boxes from the Hudson Valley and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The plan: Add the CSA boxes to your cart the same way you would other groceries. There are several to choose from, including the Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative local organic vegetable farm share filled with eight to ten items for $30.

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