The aim of this project is to establish a food co-op within the Old Town. It will initially be open one morning a week and supply a range of healthy and inexpensive fruit, vegetables and dry goods. To do this, we will need to find a suitable venue and have a pool of three or four volunteers to run the co-op.

Another aspect of this project is food sharing. Once a central distribution point is established, it will become possible to facilitate the sharing of vegetable boxes, or other resources, between people who don’t need to buy a whole box every week.

We will be working with Edinburgh Community Food Initiative on this project. They are a citywide, community-based charity that seeks to supply healthy food to communities across the city and they already support food coops in many areas of the city. 

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