Green Action Food Co-op
The Green Action Food Co-op is run solely by volunteers and sells cost-price food that's vegan and organic or fair trade where possible, as well as other ethically and environmentally sound goods.
Opening Hours (term time)
Monday to Friday: 11.00am to 7.00pm (sometimes 5.00pm, depending on when volunteers are free)
What is the Green Action Food Co-op?
The Green Action Food Co-op is a members' co-op which means it is collectively run by our members, who each pay a nominal fee of £1 a year and can participate in all the aspects of day-to-day running. This doesn't mean you have to volunteer your time or get involved in anything, but we would encourage you to do so as it's enjoyable, productive and you get to meet new people! The Food Co-op is part of Green Action, a society based at LUU, but this does not necessarily mean that all volunteers take part in other Green Action activities or vice versa.
By buying in bulk and selling at cost-price (i.e. we don't make a profit) we can pass everything on to our members at an affordable price.
What's in store?
Green Action Food Co-op stock lots of snacks like flapjacks, sesame snaps, chocolate, liquorice; a range of fair trade/organic teas and coffees; pasta, jars (of peanut butter, pesto etc), soya milk and rice milk, fruit juices, yoghurt, tofu, margarine and a wide range of other essentials.
They also have lots of jars full of loose grains, dried beans, dried fruit, nuts, lentils, oats, muesli and different flours which we can weigh out to the amount you want and put in a bag or a tub for you. This means we can all reduce our packaging and therefore the amount of waste we're creating.
Non-food items we stock include toilet roll, Mooncups, recycled paper and bio-degradable bin liners as well as bio-degradable cleaner, washing-up liquid and washing powder which are all in bulk for you to bring along a container to fill up.
Fruit and Vegetable Boxes
They have weekly deliveries of fruit and vegetable boxes from Goosemoor (www.goosemoor.co.uk), a grower and distributor of organic foods based in Wetherby. Any member can order a fruit or vegetable box from Goosemoor through us. Vegetable boxes are available in multiples of £5 and fruit boxes in multiples of £3.
This is a great way to get good quality and healthy organic fruit and vegetables at an affordable price (as with the rest of our stock, we don't charge a profit).
What else does the Co-op do?
At the Co-op you can browse Green Action's alternative library full of books and pamphlets on politics and political struggles, ecology and the environment, development, human and animal rights, social issues and a wealth of other subjects.
Check out the notice-board and leaflet racks with Green Action related information as well as info about other campaigns and events. This is a good place to find out about other events, activities and campaigns going on in Leeds outside of the student community.
What is Green Action?
Green Action are a society that takes practical action on environmental, social and political issues. They run various activities and campaigns which everyone is welcome to get involved in, and try to encourage anyone with ideas to put them into action. Green Action are non-hierarchical, everyone is an equal member with an equal voice, so don't expect them to tell you what to do, do it yourself! If you have a decent idea that you think might work then let people know and together they will try and put it into action.
Contact Us
The Green Food Co-op is located on the same floor as the Old Bar, downstairs in the Union building
Email: unigreen@leeds.ac.uk.
Website: http://www.luuonline.com/socs/
polandcampgroups/greenaction/
