Food Co- ops, worth the effort?

[buffalobo]

Anybody participate in food co-ops?

We have started participating in the Bountiful Baskets food co-op. Picked up our first "basket" yesterday afternoon. For the cost and product we received, we are pleased and plan on regular participation.

http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/

This weeks haul

3 persimmons
1 large papaya
2 lbs apples
2 lbs bananas
1 mini watermelon
1 cantaloupe
half dozen roma tomatoes
half pound mushrooms
big bunch romaine lettuce
2 lbs broccoli
1 1/2 lbs carrots
5 loaves sourdough(beautiful perfect loaves) bread

with the bread about $25.00

Will be nice fresh addition to the canned/frozen produce from our garden.

[Sparky]

Anybody participate in food co-ops?

We have started participating in the Bountiful Baskets food co-op. Picked up our first "basket" yesterday afternoon. For the cost and product we received, we are pleased and plan on regular participation.

http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/

This weeks haul

3 persimmons
1 large papaya
2 lbs apples
2 lbs bananas
1 mini watermelon
1 cantaloupe
half dozen roma tomatoes
half pound mushrooms
big bunch romaine lettuce
2 lbs broccoli
1 1/2 lbs carrots
5 loaves sourdough(beautiful perfect loaves) bread

with the bread about $25.00

Will be nice fresh addition to the canned/frozen produce from our garden.

Seems pretty good for $25

[fitz19d]

Some strict rules but sounds good.(20min pickup window, if not it's donated.) Kinda a picky eater and a lucky <1% of people allergic to mushrooms so it might not work for me.

[Great-Kazoo]

Providing you eat what they offer. Outside the lettuce, carrots & apples, everything would go to waste, Or bartered off.
We have looked at a few different offerings and unfortunately 40-50% of what is in their package we do not eat, bummer.

[buffalobo]

I am lucky, no food allergies and I eat most anything normal people would call food. Helps that my wife is incredible cook. Saw that several people were doing some swapping of items.

[Ah Pook]

Door To Door Organics and Grant Family Farms here. Long Family Farms for meats.

I'm not real thrilled when the brussel sprout crop comes in.