About the author Dana Cocargeanu is a permaculture designer and consultant based in Dublin, currently working for Food Forest Abundance, a permaculture design company from Florida, USA. Dana studied permaculture with Graham Bell and Mark Shipperlee from the UK Permaculture Association, and with Geoff Lawton and his team at the Permaculture Research Institute in Australia. …
Would you like to become a bigger part of our Co-op community? Get to know other like-minded people? Make your shopping more affordable? If so, please consider becoming a volunteer at the Dublin Food Co-op! For as little as 2 hours per month, you can make a difference to our Co-op, engage with other members …
Thank you to everyone who participated in our consultation and member engagement process to inform and support the CB’s decision on how to proceed with Unit 2. Working collaboratively and as a collective, are key core principles of our Co-op and our participation in this way underpins why we’re here. Our process consisted of our …
Important updates about opening times and operational info for Co-op members and customers in 2022 from our CB Chair, Maureen O’Donnell.
Last month Seán McCabe shared his thoughts on the recently published TASC report ‘The People’s Transition: Community-led Development for Climate Justice’. The video from the event is now available on our youtube channel. Inspired by the community wealth building approach, the report considers how climate action can anchor community development, with special consideration for rural …
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Last month, as part of our Community Development Programme, DFC member and cooperative historian Partick Doyle gave a presentation on “Co-operation as a Critique of Capitalism: A Historical Perspective”. The video from this presentation is now available on our YouTube channel. Doyle presents a sweeping history of the cooperative movement and its Irish connections. Crises …
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The above image is from a staff meeting a few months ago at IMMA. In all the excitement of September Member’s Affairs Committee meeting we forgot to take photos! Summary: The next two MAC meetings will take place on Saturday, October 9th 12:30 to 14:00 and the same time again on Saturday the 6th of …
Having an open, common space where ideas can be discussed and listened to on a regular basis is something that everyone agrees on. What other better way to strengthen our community and create valuable relationships if not through collaboration and open conversations?
Finding the Co-op community’s voice again At the heart of our Co-op, we find a community that we, over time, all have had a part in creating and developing. Nevertheless, while the community never disappears, we have seen several challenges lately that have made it near impossible to use our trips to the shop as …
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At Dublin Food Co-op we have the ability to do more than just buy our food. As members we have the right and the responsibility to make choices about who we support by who we choose to trade with. As co-op members we have the power to make decisions and implement things we feel are …
Our Israel boycott and support of Palestinian goods Read More »