Sydney Organic Buyers Group

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Sydney Organic Buyers Group

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Benefits:Organic food at a reasonable price that also supports the growers! You can choose to opt in or out each week. The group is social and fun.

Contact:

For membership enquiries, account balances please email:

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http://groups.msn.com/SydneyOrganicBuyersGroup

The Basics:
To participate you need to join up and pay a yearly membership fee ($15) and a minimum deposit ($50).
For the Kirribilli Group, an extra $5 membership to the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre is required for the use of their space.
The food order is selected by the orderer using the order guidelines.
To receive food you put your name down on the sign up list for the date that you want to pick up, eg. sign up for Oct 20.
Come on the day of the pickup, collect your food and stay for a chat!
Pay your money into the account after you have been emailed the final cost (recharging your initial deposit).
Stay up to date by reading the Message Board (we recommend you request the messages be sent to your email).

Our Vision and Objectives:

To support the the ethical production of food (social, environmental, economic) by:
Buying certified/known organic food only or food of a known origin that meets the groups values
Minimising waste (food & packaging etc)
Purchasing and supplying food as fresh as possible
Purchasing food seasonally
Purchasing biodynamic food wherever possible
Supporting local farmers (minimise food km and middle people)
Supplying information on food origins (farmer, locality, methods etc.)
Purchasing food at a fair price (for both group and growers)
Including meat for members who want it
Providing a flexible and open group and structure
Staying a democratic and decentralised group
Encouragin similar values in the community
Having a transparent decision making process (especially on types of food)
Preferentially buying Australian produced food