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The Chippendale Fresh Food
Co-Operative, or The Co-Op, is an initiative of the forward-thinking
people of the Chippendale community.
Concerned by soaring fuel
costs, the long distance that ‘fresh’ food had travelled to get to the
table and the dominance of the major retailers (and the poor quality
of their produce!) a small group of volunteers organized the Food for
the Future Fair in October 2008.
The overwhelming success of the
Fair showed the level of community support for the ideals promoted by
the Fair: support for local growers; the need for people to reconnect
with the food they eat; the importance of maintaining local and
sustainable sources of food.
Clearly, there was a need for a
Food for the Future Fair every day of the year.
And so The Co-Op was born. |
