We are a not-for-profit food co-op that knows good food. We carry local, fresh, organic, sustainable, natural, Fair Trade, ethical, bulk and affordable products.
Members own the Co-op, share the benefits of it and have the opportunity to work in it.
The Co-op is managed with consensus-based decision making and all members are invited to participate.
The Co-op employs a manager, Barbara Forsyth. Members act as volunteer co-ordinators staffing the store, and perform the other tasks required to keep the Co-op operating.
The Co-op’s rules of operation (and lots of other information) are contained on the Co-op wiki.
You can read a history of how the Co-op started in the mid 1970s, and some of the changes that have happened since.
Click the image below (and then click on that image) to see an enlarged version of the article about the Co-op in the Food & Wine section of the Canberra Times from 2 December 2009:
2 Responses to “About the Co-op”
Just wondering about the history of the co-op. Like, when did it start?
Thanks!
Hi, there’s a history of the Co-op from the mid 1970s republished from Uni paper Woroni at here at the Co-op wiki.
Care to comment?