How We Work
Weekly groceries delivered direct from local farms.
Currently delivering in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Southern Maryland.
Choose Your 4P Foods Tote!
Subscribe to a tote and add the groceries you need.
Small, medium, large.
Veggies, dairy, or proteins.
Or, just shop a-la-carte, too!
We tote-ally get your dietary requirements.
Starting at just $30 per grocery order.
Add The Goodies You Need & Love!
Customize your tote with the fruit, vegetables, dairy, pantry items, or proteins you need!
Or, let our team suggest in-season picks from more than 200+ local farms.
Try a new veggie or fruit or swap in food you already know and love!
We Deliver Direct From Local Farms!
Get your 4P Foods tote weekly to your doorstep or community pick up point.
Change frequency of delivery, pause for travel, or cancel as needed!
Serving Northern and Central Va., Southern, Md., and Washington, D.C.
Our Promise to You
Our farm partners are good stewards of the land, food, animals, and communities they serve. We encourage farmers to use sustainable and regenerative farming methods to rebuild the soil and health of the community. We pay farmers fair prices for the work they do and support equitable food sourcing and fair labor practices. We use reusable packaging to curb our carbon footprint. We will always strive to provide you with source transparency so that you can make informed decisions about what food is on your table.
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How are you different than other online food delivery services?Answer
We bring the freshest, highest-quality produce, meat, dairy, and pantry goods right to your doorstep from farmers and producers in the Mid-Atlantic region (and sometimes beyond) who share our values of Good Food. With 4P, you are voting with your fork for a more sustainable and equitable food system for everyone.
Our produce offerings vary with the seasons. In the Spring, you’ll see asparagus and strawberries. In the summer, tomatoes and sweet corn. Autumn equals apples and leafy greens. And in the Winter, it’s a mix of local greenhouse-grown produce like lettuce and storage crops like butternut squash, artisan goods from local makers, and fruits and vegetables from farmers further south.
Year-round, we offer great local meats and dairy from animals raised on open pasture and treated with dignity throughout their lives, as well as delicious pantry goods like pastas, jams, and more made by local artisans. We also aim to curb waste by packaging food in eco-friendly totes that are returned and reused.
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Where do you source your food from?Answer
The short answer: we source locally and regionally from a network of over 200 small, independent farmers, most of them located in the Mid-Atlantic. Does that mean it’s “local?” That depends on where you live and how you define it, so we often use the term “regional” to describe our sourcing practices.
The longer answer: it depends on the item and the season. Avocados don’t grow in the Mid-Atlantic, so we buy them from a fair-trade cooperative in Peru (read more about our sourcing of tropical items on our blog here). As another example, we can offer peak-season strawberries longer by following their season up from the Carolinas in early spring through Virginia and beyond into mid-summer. 4P is a founding member of the Eastern Food Hub Collaborative, a network of other food hubs like us up and down the Eastern Seaboard who all work with their own vetted networks of small, sustainable farmers and work together to increase the variety and supply of produce available from this region.
Read our growing collection of farmer profiles for more information about our food and the people behind it.
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Is all the food organic? What about non-GMO?Answer
Some of it is USDA-certified organic, and some of it is not (not all farmers who use organic practices choose to get certified). While certifications are certainly important, what is most important to us is Good Food.
Good Food provides nourishment and enables people to thrive, is equitably accessible to everyone in the region, is produced in a manner that is environmentally regenerative, comes from a supply chain in which every being is treated with respect and dignity, and improves health outcomes and economic security for all.
We work with farmers who are good stewards of their resources, including land, water, and labor. Our farmer profiles are a great place to get more information about each farmer and their growing practices. While we embrace a local and regional food system, you can choose to customize your bags to include only local products, for example.
Our long-term goal is to be 100% supporting regenerative agriculture. Regenerative agriculture seeks not only to maintain but also to increase soil health, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity.
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What is 4P Foods' Mission?Answer
Our mission is to empower you to transform the food system.
And how do we do that, you ask? Every purchase you make with 4P allows you to live your values via a short, transparent supply chain and to know that you are supporting a company seeking far more than profit (in fact, the 4P's are an expansion of the idea of the triple bottom line: People, Planet, Prosperity, and Purpose). Everything we do aims to help small and mid-sized family farmers and artisans not just to survive, but to thrive, while also helping ensure that all people have equitable access to the Good Food produced by these farmers.
We believe that Good Food— food that is traceable, nutritious, accessible, and produced in a system that empowers farmers and sustains the environment— should be the norm, not the exception, and we actively work to make that vision a reality each and every day. Every purchase with 4P not only supports a growing network of small family farms and artisan producers in the region, but also advances equitable access to fresh healthy food in the communities we serve.
Your online farmers market - get farm-fresh foods delivered direct.
Treat your team to locally- sourced and crafted food.
Add 4P Foods as a wellness perk to keep your team fueled with farm-fresh, nutrient-dense foods.
Adding 4P Foods to your perks programs also helps honor corporate sustainability initiatives - helping to curb your food's footprint and climate impact.
Offer weekly CSA deliveries as a building amenity.
Provide your tenants and residents with a local, sustainable grocery delivery option. We deliver weekly to your building with locally-sourced, in-season fruits and vegetables and ethically raised proteins. as an amenity!
4P Foods is also an excellent addition to your sustainability initiatives, with environmental and social impacts that any company can be proud of.
Locally-sourced, nutrient dense food - good for you and the family.
Think of us as your online farmers market.
With a weekly delivery to neighborhoods in Washington, DC, Virginia, and Maryland - get in-season produce, ethically raised proteins and seafood, and locally crafted pantry items the whole family needs and loves.
More people want to buy local and locally sourced.
Give your customers another reason to walk through your doors as a pick-up point for weekly groceries.
4P Foods proudly partners with breweries, cafes, gyms and wellness centers throughout the areas we serve, offering waived delivery fee and sense of community.
Contact our team to start driving some traffic your way too!
We're Building a Better Food System
Direct from local farmers and makers
We're making it more easier to source in-season food direct from local farming communities. The closer your food source is - the longer it stays on the vine to ripen and soak in the nutrients. Eat seasonal and healthy food fresh and transparently sourced from our trusted network of regional farms.
Committed to our planet
Together we're building a more sustainable food system that supports low-impact, sustainable, and regenerative methods of food production. Curb your food footprint with responsibly produced groceries delivered in reusable packaging.
Good food for all
Our values go beyond local. With 4P Foods, your food dollars support small-scale farmers and help make Good Food--food that is nourishing, equitably accessible, environmentally regenerative, and ethically produced--available to all.
