Who We Are

We are your friends and neighbors. We care about local agriculture and our community. We want to see the continued growth of a thriving food culture here in Doylestown.

We began in September of 2009 when a group of local residents formed a Food Club to provide our families with better access to locally raised and produced foods. We organized a biweekly ordering, pick up, and distribution system to collect local goods and get them to member families, and we opened up membership to any interested family.

With such strong community interest we very quickly outgrew this model and began exploring the possibility of founding an actual brick and mortar cooperatively owned store in Doylestown. This store would be owned and governed by its members, and its primary mission would be to provide centralized and convenient access to locally raised and produced foods.

We’ve come a long way since January 2010, when we first dived into completing the myriad details of cooperative business set-up. We launched our initial membership drive in May of 2011, and by the end of the year our member households numbered 85. We are currently feeling tremendous support for our new Co-op, as in just the first two months of 2012 we increased our numbers to 127 member households. Let’s keep these numbers snowballing! How many times have you read The Appetizer and decided you really wanted to join, but haven’t made that leap? Our various fundraising events allow us to continue to pay for membership drives, marketing materials, and other start-up expenses, but it is our Member/Owner equity that is set aside to fund our new store.

Remember, the sooner we realize the milestone of 300 member households, the sooner we can start identifying a store location. We want you to join us. Together, we can make a lasting positive impact on our own community. Let’s go co-op!