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Community co-ops make healthy eating affordable by Belinda Cullen-Reid
Small pockets of Selwyn communities are making it more affordable for families to eat healthy food with the introduction of Vege Co-operative hubs.
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The Burnham Vege Co-op is a hub of the Christchurch South Fruit and Vege Co-op and has been running since the end of 2012. Co-op member Kezia Tapsell said they created the Burnham hub as they had been placing approximately six orders a week for people out here in Burnham through a Hornby hub. “We thought the best thing would be to start our own hub,” Ms Tapsell said. Ms Tapsell and Keryn Paekau organised the hub by creating a bank account for members to deposit money for orders and a Facebook page where people can get updates. “We now have approximately 30 people who are part of our hub and average 25 orders a week. Some people only order fortnightly and some packs are shared between two smaller families,” Ms Tapsell said. She said anyone can join the hub and it is especially good for those who want to have healthy food for their families on a budget. To join the Burnham hub members need to be available to help with packing produce and collecting it from Hoon Hay once every eight to ten weeks. “We have lots of different families who are part of our hub, including mothers who work full time, part time or are stay at home mothers, or single mothers, but they all manage to make it work.
Elizabeth May, left, receives her pack of fruit and vegetables from fellow Rolleston Vege Co-op member Chantal Austin
“We have one family from Leeston, one from Rolleston and one from Broadfield too, so we don’t really mind if you aren’t living in Burnham you just need to be able to work with the way we run it.” The Rolleston Vege Co-op has been running since June 2013, according to Adrienne Harold Braam who set up the hub with her daughter Tammy after they had seen the success of a hub run through their church in Hornby. “We enjoyed and benefitted from the low
cost of the packs — $20 value for only $10 — and wanted to make the produce packs available in the local Rolleston area to help others. We were also keen to get to know more people in the local area,” Ms Harold Braam said. She said the Rolleston Vege co-op has members who are willing to donate time to help others who cannot volunteer because of different circumstances such as disability or ill health. “Some members also pay for produce packs for families in need.”
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