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To Contact Us

How to contact us:
Suncoastcoop@gmail.com
Our Website: Suncoast Co-op Ordering
On Facebook: Facebook Fanpage
Facebook Group: Facebook Group.
Suncoast Co-op Meet-up: Meet-up
Suncoast Co-op Youtube: Youtube Videos
Phone #: 727-271-2754 – Eric

Membership

Membership is Ownership

For $25 a year you can become a member as well as part owner of the Suncoast Co-op. We are a worker owned cooperative and will give special perks for our member/owners. Patronize from the market and reap the rewards years to come with a vibrant local food economy.

  • Receive 10% discount with no market surcharge.
  • Half off on any upcoming workshops or events our co-op may host.
  • Preferred Patron- If there are 5 apples on the market and 6 are sold, members get preference first on their order being fulfilled.
  • You own the business Democratic election of board of directors. Each member gets one vote.
  • Hiring Opportunity- we are worker owned cooperative we only hire from within. “With us, for us, we hire ourselves”

Become a member this week with a $25 investment!

Suncoast Co-op Market News



Want bigger plants and a lush vegetable garden this season?
Azomite: Check out our commercial youtube for Azomite with this rock dust you can add micro-nutrients to your soils that helps convert woody mulch into rich veggie gardens. Learn how one of our growers did it in Tarpon Springs Tarpon Springs Permaculture garden using Azomite

Great new Products

  • Promotional Gear (Bags, T-shirts, Bumper Stickers)
  • Seed Starting Gear
  • New Candle Smells
  • Pasture Raised Chickens
  • Chocolate Avacado Dip
  • Curried Red Lentil
  • Sweet Adzuki Bean Dip
  • Kale and Roasted Garlic Hummus
  • Eggplant Ikra
  • Quinoa Tabbouleh
  • Essential Oils
  • Vegan Cookies
  • Tempeh – Fermented Soy a vegan protein source
Make sure you browse all the categories on the left hand side of the market to see all we have to offer from our over 45+ local growers 500 products locally made. Please remember to get your orders placed by Thursday noon.

In the News

UPCOMING CHANGES

Above is a picture of the " mobile Farmacy" that the Habitat for Humanity is building for our co-op. In the next few weeks we will be moving the location of the pick-ups outdoors.

Check out photo’s from our latest permablitz at Kinship Garden located at the rear at West Pasco Habitat for Humanity. Kinship Garden Facebook photos.

Latest Youtube
Permablitz: Deidra’s House! Sheet mulching, Hugelkulture, Worm composting Port Richey, Florida

We had a permablitz this morning where a group of our Suncoast Co-op members got together to set-up an edible garden for someone who’s volunteered at 3 or more permablitzs. Check out the video of our event and please share to your friends! Like to get more people to see the video for us. Thanks! Lets make it go viral eating the suburbs one lawn at a time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycnpbYr-XUY

Check out the latest article about the Suncoast co-op from the Tampa bay times! Suncoast Co-op cultivates thriving organic business

Simply Fresh Customer Pick-up 1pm-1:30pm
All Tarpon orders delivered in Suncoast Co-op bags, please return the bags the following week when you re-order.
Customers can pick-up their orders from Simply Fresh *1pm-1:30pm
located at 1942 S. Pinellas Ave. Tarpon Springs, FL. Please add a Delivery Charge to your order of $3 located here: Delivery Charge

Now accepting all Major credit cards
We are now accepting all major credit cards for a 3.0% additional convenience fee. We can use your credit card at pick-up.

Coming Events


You can RSVP for these events either on our On Facebook: Facebook Fanpage or Suncoast Co-op Meet-up: Meet-up

Suncoast Cafe
Every Saturday join us for talks about local food movement. Conversations about growing our own food. 10am-2pm at the West Pasco Habitat for Humanity Restore 4131 Madison Street. We have a grower table full of fresh veggies and cottage industry goods. You can pick up your online order at Noon-2pm.

Tasty Tuesdays
New Port Richey Library 5939 Main street
10am-1pm
Join the co-op every Tuesday at the New Port Richey Library 5939 Main street. We have a grower table set-up along with other vendors selling fresh veggies and products made from our local growers. Pick-up fresh local food till you can pick up your order on Saturday.

Night in the Tropics
August 23rd 5pm-9pm
Main street & Grand
A Night in the Tropics is a Key West style street party with a good-times Caribbean atmosphere, and one of Greater New Port Richey Main Street’s most popular events. It will take place on Friday, August 23rd from 5 p.m. to 11pm in Downtown New Port Richey. The main features are two stages of live music and dance, a classic & customized car cruise-in, vendors selling Latin and American fare, as well as tropical arts and crafts; with commercial items and programs to round out the mix. There is also a Tropical Beer Garden featuring Budweiser products and great musical entertainment.

Kinship Garden Seed Starting
August 24th 9am-2pm
Join the co-op in revamping the Kinship garden with a seed starting blitz. Our nursery at the garden will be complete and we will begin planting fall/winter crops en mass to transplant into the gardens. Learn how to grow for Fall/Winter and help jump start Kinship Garden.

We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!