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Partner with us · Food as Health for Employers

A healthier workforce starts with good food.

Caja helps employers make healthy, locally sourced food an employee benefit—from workforce wellness to targeted Food is Medicine.

Local food. Flexible benefit design. Measurable impact.

Colorful prepared meals packed with fresh local vegetables

One idea. Three ways to use it.

Build the food benefit around your workforce, your priorities, and the level of support employees need.

Healthy food

Make fresh, local food an employee benefit.

Employees can shop weekly from Caja's online farm market or receive a seasonal produce box curated by Caja.

  • Shop your own

    Employees choose what they want each week through our online farm market.

  • Worksite delivery

    With at least 8 participating employees and space for a cooler, Caja can deliver orders directly to the workplace. Community pickup locations are also available.

  • Flexible payment

    Employers can sponsor all or part of the benefit, offer voluntary payroll deduction, or employees can pay Caja directly.

Food is Medicine

Support employee health with a targeted 16-week benefit.

Employees flexible healthy food and support benefit to improve chronic health conditions.

  • Farm market

    Employees come to farm market where they choose fresh, healthy foods for themselves and their households.

  • Education + support

    Nutrition and culinary education plus group support that complements employees’ existing medical care.

  • Built around your workforce

    Programs can support employees managing specific health needs or other groups who would benefit from additional food and nutrition support.

  • Flexible program design

    Choose the combination of food, education, and support that best fits your employee population and goals.

Food + outcomes

Know what your investment changed.

Add evaluation to either employee benefit to understand participation, employee experience, and what changes over time.

  • Participation + engagement

    Track enrollment, food purchases, market attendance, and program participation.

  • Employee experience

    Use brief surveys and participant feedback to understand changes in food access, eating habits, confidence, and perceived health.

  • Employer reporting

    Receive a clear report summarizing participation, outcomes, employee experience, and opportunities for what comes next.

Why Caja?

Food is local. Health is local. We think the investment should be, too.

Caja connects employee health investment to the farms, food businesses, and people that feed Western North Carolina.

A Caja farmer harvesting vegetables in the field

One benefit. More than one return.

  • Better food for employees.
  • Support for families managing health and food costs.
  • New markets for local farmers and food businesses.
  • Investment in a stronger regional food system.

Employee health dollars can improve health today while strengthening the food system our community will depend on tomorrow.

What could Food as Health look like for your workforce?

We’ll start with your employees, goals, and existing benefits—not a predetermined package.

Start with a pilot or explore a broader employee benefit.