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Members of Aberdeen P&P bag up veggies for their Veg Bag Scheme
All over the country, P&P groups are doing it for themselves and helping fellow students (and staff) gain access to fresh, seasonal, local, affordable, healthy and low-carbon food.
Why not set up your own Food Co-op. Contact a regional adviser in your area, that will be able to support you to set up a new coop or expand existing ones.
- South East - Sara Osman
- South West - Alison Belshaw
- East Midlands - Alissa Pemberton
- West Midlands - Pete Norton
- Yorkshire and the Humber - Lizzie Fellows
- North East - Kirstin Glendinning
- North West - Ruth Kelly
- East of England - Gemma Sayers
You can also download this Guide to setting up Food Coops in unis and colleges by Sustain.
If you are interested in visiting a local food coop in your area to see how it works contact Maresa
Below are some inspiring examples from those already helping their unis make the transition to low-carbon diets.
Case Studies:
St. Andrews One World Co-op
Motivated by a desire to provide good value, fairly-traded goods to students, members of the St. Andrews ‘One World’ Society have established a cooperative to use the power of buying in bulk to lower costs and provide an easy way for students to buy ethically.
Their not-for-profit system means that they can cut out the middleman by buying goods at wholesale prices from a supplier of organic, Fairtrade and vegan goods; then selling them onto students with no mark-up.
The society provides a range of staple foods; rice, pasta, tea, coffee, and chocolate, as well as environmentally-friendly cleaning products. Other goods can be ordered from the co-op’s suppliers by request. Students can then place orders by email or through a cunning e-commerce system on their website. Campus events also provide an opportunity to sell their goods and to raise awareness about the co-op.
Visit their online ethical store for inspiration.
University of Bath Vegetarian Society - The Veg Co-op
The Vegetarian Society set up a Veg Co-op - a local and organic fruit and vegetable scheme for buying locally from farmers and selling to students and staff on a No Profit No Loss basis. The Society distribute orders outside the Library from 12–3pm once a week, to customers who pay in advance either at the stand, in the SU shop or at the AWARE (Welfare) Centre.
Email the Veg Soc for more information.
Are you running projects that are helping to reduce your uni’s carbon foodprint? Tell us all about it and we’ll add details to this page
