FOOD CO-OPS IN AUSTRALIA
(that have websites)

NEW SOUTH WALES

Blue Mountains Food Co-op, Shop 1, 2 Ha'Penny Lane, Katoomba
Manly Food Co-op, 21b Whistler Street, Manly
Green Tucker Food Co-op, Shop 4, 51 Arthur Street, Forestville
Thoughtful Foods Food Co-op, University of NSW, Kensington
Sydney Uni Food Co-op, Wentworth Building, Sydney University, Darlington
Broadway Food Co-op (UTS), Level 2, Tower Building, Sydney University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo
Happy Bellies, Ground floor, Building 11, University of Wollongong
Armidale Food Co-op, 160 Rusden Street, Armidale

ACT

ANU Food Co-op, cnr Kingsley Street and Barry Drive, Acton

VICTORIA

Friends of the Earth Food Co-op, 312 Smith Street, Collingwood,
Melbourne University Food Co-op, 1st Floor, Union House, University of Melbourne, Parkville
Organarchy (aka RMIT Food Co-op), Level 4, Building 8, RMIT City campus, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne

QUEENSLAND

Maple Street Food Co-op, 37 Maple Street, Maleny
Community Foods, 74 Shields Street, Cairns

Like-minded food-buying groups

Beanstalk, Croatian Wickham Sports Club, Albert Street, Wickham (Newcastle), NSW
Jura Books, Petersham (Sydney), NSW
Jura Books offers weekly boxes of mixed, seasonal organic fruit+veg and welcomes help ordering, sorting, delivering boxes or publicising the group.
James Cook University Organic Food Co-op (buying group), Townsville, Qld
Candelo Bulk Wholefoods Cooperative, 34 Church Street Bega, NSW (02 6492 2597). A not-for-profit workers' co-op (owned by a group of local shareholders who work in the business) stocking bulk groceries (much of it organic) and fresh organic fruit+veg, some locally-grown; bulk discounts, BYO bags and jars. (No website as yet.)


Other Sydney co-ops

Reverse Garbage, Marrickville, NSW
Reverse Garbage is a not-for-profit co-op that sells industrial discards, off-cuts and over-runs to the public for creative and practical uses, reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.
The Bower, Marrickville, NSW
The Bower is a not-for-profit co-op that collects – and sometimes repairs – and resells goods diverted from the Sydney metropolitan municipal waste stream, whilst educating the community about waste reduction.

Product information

Conscious Choice contains information on Chia Crawkers, Wild Nut Mix and Buckwheat Grawnola.
Loving Earth is a Melbourne-based company supplying raw chocolate bars, maca powder, mesquite meal, yacon syrup, lucuma powder. It is dedicated to sourcing the highest quality organic and wildcrafted functional foods from around the world.
Malfroys from whom we obtain our honey.
Muso Much of the stock in the Macrobiotic section of the co-op originates from Muso in Japan. This site contains information on the quality as well as the methods and processes by which the various foods are prepared.
Maine Coast Sea Vegetables A number of our seaweeds hail from Maine Coast in the USA. The site includes how the seaweeds are harvested, a nutritional chart and recipes.
Paris Creek A range of biodynamic milk and yogurt.
Barambah Organics A range of organic milk and yogurt.
Primasoy contains information on our preferred supplier of fresh organic tempeh (only available in the cooler months).
Moon Pads contains information on Moon Pads (washable menstrual pads) and The Keeper, a reusable rubber menstrual cup.
Sproutman A comprehensive site by Steve Meyerowitz, author of six books covering kitchen gardening, wheatgrass, juicing, fasting, detoxification and food combining.
NASAA The National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia is Australia's leading organic certifier. It develops and maintainins organic standards, helps operators gain organic certification, and conducts ongoing compliance supervision and inspection of certified operations. The certification service covers the entire organic supply chain 'from paddock to plate'.
Biodynamic Agriculture Australia The BAA is a not-for-profit association that promotes the practice and understanding of biodynamic agriculture.

General information sources

Australian Community Foods
Australian Community Foods is a non-profit service supporting organisations that aim to increase our access to healthy local food. It has listings for community gardens, farmers' markets, food co-ops and cafés, seed saver groups, all of which are maintained by the organisations themselves.
EcoDirectory
EcoDirectory is an online guide to a range of eco-friendly products, services and information resources as well as retail outlets.
TreeHugger
TreeHugger covers green news, solutions and product information. It has blogs, weekly and daily newsletters, weekly video segments and a weekly radio show. It features a comprehensive section on food and health; the link above takes you directly to this section.
Green Times
Online news and info service and directory, reporting on topics such as energy, food+drink, climate change, housing+building, lifestyle, recycling+waste technology, wildlife