Products
We stock seeds, nuts, dried fruits, beans, grains, medicinal herbs, eco-friendly cleaners and toiletries, juice, soya milk, Palestinian olive oil, chocolate, soup, organic cotton tampons, Zapatista coffee, flours, cereal, miso, baking sundries...and Irish seaweed! Members are encouraged to bring in their own homemade products like jams or chutneys to sell, and surplus produce from garden or orchard.
The co-op exists to serve the needs of it's members: if you have special dietary requirements or preferences and want to buy a particular item why don't you come in and see if we can source it for you?
We also want to institute a 'Sack 'o' Veg' scheme by buying root vegetables like potatoes, carrots, onions, in bulk from a local farm.
New Items (2/7/11)
We now have Shampoo and Shower Gel by Faith In Nature. Aloe Vera, Lavender & Geranium, and Seaweed.
You can put together a personal order of items in their bulk quantity from our regular suppliers, and we'll order it along with our normal stock. Your order will normally be available for you to collect at the next fortnightly session.
We have a paper catalogue from each supplier at the session for you to browse, simply ask a Helper for details. The wholesale price of items is still subject to our mark-up; 6% or 20% according to your membership level. If the price on delivery has changed we will let you know and ask for the extra (or refund you!) - New - we have an online catalogue in the members area . (use contacts page if you need the password)
Recipes
Please submit any recipes or tips on using Food Coop products to the webmasters
Stephanie Cullen's selection:
Best Breakfast Cereal link
Boston Baked Beans link
Walnut Sauce link link
Dairy free, cheesy flavoured sauce link
Winter Warmer Lentil Soup link
Chickpea Stew with Cous Cous link
The following from Dave Penny ( 25 January 2010) :
I've completely ignored your advice and attached a recipe with lots of ingredients.
We first made it on harvesting the first crop of sweet potatoes I've ever grown last November (Seedling courtesy of fellow Ripple member Debbie). They were a bit on the small side though I count it as a success and will be growing them again this year. It's currently still on the weekly menu we like it so much. We put in whatever seasonal veg we've got now though - parsnips, we still have a few pumpkins and squashes and ordinary potatoes. Still tastes great. I like to put in a chilli too. Jood puts a little tumeric instead of the saffron. A casserole dish is fine. The recipe comes from 'World Food Cafe'.
New lines
“Ripple food coop now offers very locally grown vegetables and plants from The Oak Tree Low Carbon Farm www.the-oak-tree.co.uk in the parish of Rushmere St Andrew to the East of Ipswich. The Oak Tree Low Carbon Farm uses sustainable techniques using no artificial fertilizers or pesticides, reducing their carbon footprint to an absolute minimum.
The Oak Tree Low Carbon farm is run by Joanne Brannan who has many years experience as an organic grower in both the UK and France. Joanne w
rites for magazines including Country Smallholding and Grow It! on sustainable growing techniques, and has recently featured on The Guardian Gardening blog.”
Also at the Food Co-op in August we had Mizuna lettuce seeds and fresh rye 'n' raisin loaves from newly formed 'Wul's Hands' home bakery.
http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/recipes/
Boston Baked Beans
Walnut Sauce
Dairy free, cheesy flavoured sauce
Winter warmer Soup
Chickpea Stew with Cous Cous
JF 29/1/2010