Co-op America Highlights Eating Co-ops

Codicts Team
  • January 14, 2008

Co-op America published an article on eating co-ops in its Real Money newsletter. The article profiles a variety of groups around the country who have gotten together to share cooking and/or meals together.

From college campuses to apartment buildings, and from suburban neighborhoods to cohousing communities, many busy people have found that cooking cooperatively, especially for the after-work dinners on weeknights, can save time and money, and deepen connections with family and community—all while supporting healthy, green food choices. Though cooking co-op arrangements vary, they all take advantage of the fact that cooking one meal for a crowd, once a week, requires less money, less planning, and less time than cooking five to seven different meals for one’s own family.

Among others, they mention Oberlin’s Student Co-ops and eating co-ops, Eastern Village Cohousing as well as the organic vegan co-op, Bobolink at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.

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