Beans
Beverages
Breads
Cereals+grains
Condiments
Cooking aids
Dairy+eggs
Dried Fruits
Fruit+Veg
Flours
Herbs+Teas
Oils
Macrobiotic
Nuts
Pasta+noodles
Personal care
Rices
Savoury snacks
Seeds
Soy products
Spreads
Spices
Sweet things
Supplements
The Home
Vinegars

To view recipes published in the co-op's e-News click here.

The latest is on our decrepit food factories and the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and bee colony collapse. There's also an update to the feature on soy, including more links and a FAQ. To view the list of features, click here.

The co-op has a wooden Suggestions Box near the breads for members to suggest new products or comment on any aspect of the co-op. We'll feature a number of them in the co-op's eNews and add them to the website. If you'd like to view them, click here.

Want to know what a particular product might be good for? Well, co-op member and naturopath, Rebecca Goldhurst is offering nutritional information to members about the foods we stock in the co-op. Members can contact her by email, by clicking here. If you want to know whether a product is in stock, you'll either need to check the WHAT WE SELL list above or email by clicking here or call the co-op (9519 3374).

We aim to supply ethically and environmentally sound products; we’re concerned for who produces the goods, under what conditions and by what methods. Because of the damaging environmental and health effects of conventional food production, we prefer to stock goods produced by organic or biodynamic methods and also by other co-ops. As much as possible we buy Australian produce, preferably grown close to Sydney so as to maximise freshness and minimise transportation. All our organic and biodynamic products, including our fruit+veg, are certified. Sometimes, members bring in excess produce that they’ve grown organically in their home gardens. These products are clearly labelled “uncertified locally-grown organic produce.” Certified fruit+veg is always sold off the fruit+veg stand or the front window.

When the scientific community is divided over the safety of a product or ingredient, the co-op has a policy of not buying that product or ingredient. For instance, we don’t stock products that contain sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS), the foaming agent in many soaps, shampoos, laundry and dishwashing liquids, and toothpastes. We are also concerned that our products are processed ethically. For instance, up until March 2003, the co-op didn’t stock cashews because we couldn’t be certain they were processed without causing injury to the people who work in the processing factories. We now have a supply of organic cashews that have been processed ethically.

The co-op relies on its members to suggest new products. If you think the co-op should get a new product, bring the label and supplier’s name and contact details to the Stock Coordinators. Or you can put the details in the wooden Suggestions Box next to the nut butter machines. If your product fits with co-op policy, and we have the shelf space, we can stock it. We are constantly refining the stock to replace any remaining not-organically grown and distant imported products with their organic, unpackaged, locally-sourced equivalent.

How produce is priced
Almost all the produce sold from the bins, jars and drums is priced per kilo. However, all herbs and spices and some higher-priced products are priced in 100grams. These higher-priced products have a circular label on the top of the jar lid indicating this. They are also indicated in the product categories in What We Sell (at left).

All our fruit and vegetables are 100% certified organic with a seasonal focus, delivered fresh to the co-op Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. All produce is grown in Australia unless otherwise stated on the price tag. Some fruit and veg is farmer-direct and is also tagged as such. There's a list of currently-available fruit and veg in What We Sell (at left), It's updated weekly.

Farmer-direct
The co-op is keen to buy more of its supplies of fresh fruit and veg as well as other stock direct from farmers. Dealing direct means fairer and truer prices for farmers and consumers alike and provides farmers with real economic incentives to broaden the range of what they grow. It also gives the co-op a direct influence over quality, seasonal availability and genetic integrity – all of which helps meet the co-op's key objective to provide food that members have some form of control over. Look out for Farmer Direct on price tags.

To contact the Stock Coordinator (Groceries) click here
To contact the Stock Coordinator (Fruit+Veg) click here

GROCERIES
Powdered soapnut laundry satchets. More effective than the whole husks and arguably the best natural laundry detergent available.
Organic Ways biodynamic eggs, pre-packaged by the dozen. These eggs have a rich yellow yolk.
Organic amaranth flour. A good gluten-free alternative to rice flour.

GROCERIES
Dips – Humous, Summer pea, Carrot+Coriander, and Beetroot – from Organic Indulgence
Organic umeboshi plums
Organic Maca powder
Organic cranberries
Organic buckwheat grawnola
Organic dry-roasted freshly-ground cashew butter
Raw organic macadamia nuts (fresh harvest, farmer-direct, NSW north coast)
Organic coconut oil
Organic Maple syrup
Organic Rooibos tea
Organic Cocoa powder
Organic Nori sheets
Epsom salts – soak away those cares in a salt bath!