Lodestar Grassroots Mini Co-Op

Creating a Year-Round Food Producing Source for 5 Families

The immediate purpose for a mini co-op at Lodestar Gardens is to utilize existing space, facilities and human resources (labor) for the purpose of producing food for the grower-participants. Not money, but time and energy is the currency of exchange in this endeavor to create a source of year-round local food. Our co-op is self-organized using a democratic process wherein all the participants have a voice in decisions concerning: what produce will be grown, how the food will be harvested, processed, and distributed, developing value added features to our activities, defining growing bed responsibilities, garden contact time commitments, and items of participant accountability.