Events
Nov. Meet & Greet
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Join us on zoom 7-8pm for our Nov 29, 2023 Meet & Greet.
We’ll hear from John Santos, general manager giving a first update since store opening!
Free Pickling Workshop
Interested in food sustainability? You’re invited to join Dorchester Food Co Op and NOFA/Mass at a free pickling workshop at the Codman Square Library on October 24th from 12-1pm.
Learn to extend your harvest through simple refrigerator pickling. Materials are provided. Feel free to bring clean used jars to share if you have them!
Bring a friend and learn everything you need to know about making your own pickles! The event is free to attend and we can’t wait to see you there!
The Codman Square Library is located at 690 Washington Street, Boston MA.
Grand Opening Celebration
Join us as we celebrate the grand opening of Dorchester Food Co-op filled with community and the joy of our official physical location debut. Mayor Wu will be present for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking the beginning of our journey as a cornerstone of the Dorchester community.
Grand Opening Celebration Details:
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 1PM
Store Hours: 8AM - 8PM
Location: Dorchester Food Co-op, 195 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester MA
Refrigerator Pickles Workshop
Interested in food sustainability? You’re invited to join Dorchester Food Co Op and NOFA/Mass at a free refrigerator pickles workshop on Thursday, October 5th from 3pm to 5pm at the Nightingale Community Garden. Bring a friend and learn everything you need to know about making your own pickles! The event is free to attend and we can’t wait to see you there!
Nightingale Community Garden is 512 Park Street, Dorchester, MA
For more information please contact: 617-272-5917
4th Annual Green New Dance Party!
Dorchester Food Co-op & The Trustees Boston Community Gardens are co-hosting a family-friendly, free, annual climate justice event at Nightingale Community Garden The Fourth Annual Green New Dance Party is a celebration bringing together a variety of local organizations focused on “creating the sustainable Boston we want to see.” There will be a DJ, dancing, food, and hands-on gardening and climate education activities. Click here for the FB event listing
Rain date Sunday Oct. 1!
Co-op Annual Events
JAN-MARCH: Codman Square Winter Farmers Market
Established by the Dorchester Food Co-op in 2012, the Winter Market is now run by the Codman Square Health Center and Neighborhood Council. The Winter Market takes place on Saturdays from 10-1 at the Great Hall in Codman Square. (6 Norfolk St.) Get fresh produce and local products all season long! The Dorchester Food Co-op is selling Equal Exchange coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea and olive oil, along with Co-op T-shirts and shopping bags.
SPRING: Co-op Annual Meeting
Each year the co-op hosts an exciting panel of speakers at their annual meeting. In 2016 the panel featured Senator Linda Dorcena-Forry and local food justice advocates. Board elections are also held at the annual meeting. This is a great event for meeting other members and engaging in the conversation! The annual meeting is open to the public.
OCTOBER: National Co-ops’ Month
Our Annual Green New Deal Dance Party co-hosted with The Trustees starts off our October Co-op Month of fun, and the past two years we’ve held our Annual Pumpkin Party.
YEAR ROUND: Member Engagement: Building the Co-op Community
The co-op holds monthly membership activities, from "Meet & Greet" events at neighborhood restaurants, popular education activities, marching in the annual Dorchester Day Parade, Summer Farmers Markets in Dorchester, JP, Roslindale, Roxbury and Mattapan, and PopUP's offering local produce to area residents during the year. We are building our co-op community before we have the store. Have an idea? Let us know about it.