Wesleyan Local Co-op
The Wesleyan Local Food Co-op is a student-organized and -run group whose goal is to bring local, sustainably grown, and delicious food to the Wesleyan community. The individual co-ops and their products are detailed below. All students, faculty, and staff are eligible to participate in co-ops. Email questions to Zoe Sonkin.
Sign ups are currently open!
Co-ops run each semester for 9 weeks with the first pickup for the Fall 2025 semester on Wednesday, October 1.
All participants MUST do both of the following:
- Fill out the sign-up form by Monday, September 22.
- Go to Swipe Night at Usdan Daniel Family Commons on Wednesday, September 24 to register to pay for the shares they have signed up for. If you are splitting your shares with other people, all group members must be present with their Wes IDs at swipe night!
Payment: Participants choose one or more co-ops and pay for each a la carte. Payments accepted include WesCard, credit card, or check (made out to Bon Appétit). Participants can split the shares with up to 6 people and may split the shares evenly or unevenly between participants. For example: Sara pays for 50% of 1 bread share while Clare, Lamonte, and Isaac split the other 50%.
Weekly and biweekly pickups: Some groups have weekly pickups and others have biweekly pickups. Pickups are every Wednesday from 5-7 PM in the Usdan Multipurpose Room (Room B25) or in Usdan Courtyard during nice weather over a 9 week period each semester.
Fall 2025 Schedule
Wednesday 9/10 - Monday 9/22: Sign up for co-op
Wednesday 9/24: Swipe Night
Wednesday 10/1: 1st co-op pickup (all co-ops)
Wednesday 10/8: co-op pickup (no cheese, mushrooms, canned goods, or coffee)
Wednesday 10/22: co-op pickup (all co-ops)
Wednesday 10/29: co-op pickup (no cheese, mushrooms, canned goods, or coffee)
Wednesday 11/5: co-op pickup (all co-ops)
Wednesday 11/12: co-op pickup (no cheese, mushrooms, canned goods, or coffee)
Wednesday 11/19: co-op pickup (all co-ops)
Wednesday 12/3: co-op pickup (no cheese, mushrooms, canned goods, or coffee)
Wednesday 12/10: last co-op pickup (all co-ops)
Additional Details
- Bread
$77/77 points per share
1 loaf of bread of your choice per week, 9 pickups per semester
Source: Sweet Sage Bakery (Middlefield, CT)
Bread options
- Rustica - wheat sourdough
- Roasted Garlic Asiago - wheat sourdough
- Six Herb - organic herbs: parsley, dill, rosemary, marjoram, basil & fennel, wheat sourdough with sesame seeds on top
- Challah - traditional egg bread made with yeast
- French Country - wheat, whole wheat & rye sourdough
- Olive Boule - same as french country but with kalamata olives
- Potato Rosemary - same as french country with organic red potatoes and rosemary
- Multigrain - wheat and whole wheat sourdough with seven grain & seed mix
- Farmhouse - wheat, whole wheat & cracked wheat sourdough
- Whole Grain - wheat, whole wheat, rye & buckwheat sourdough
- Cheese
$139/139 points per share
½ lb. block of cheese, 5 bi-weekly pickups per semester
Source: Cato Corner Farm (Colchester, CT)
Cheese options
- Dutch Farmstead
- Womanchego
- Black Ledge Blue
- Vivace Bambino
- Bloomsday
- Dairyere
- Hooligan
- Coffee
$67/67 points per share
12 oz. bag of coffee of your choice of roast per pickup, 5 bi-weekly pickups per semester
Source: Perkatory Roasters (Middletown, CT)
Coffee options
- Dark Roast
- Medium Roast
- Options from the above include Bourbon Barrel Aged, Colombia Decaf, Sumatra
- Eggs
$41/41 points per share
6 eggs per week, 9 pickups per semester
Source: Cold Spring Farm (Colchester, CT)
- Meat
$102/102 points per share
Source: Cold Spring Farm (Colchester, CT)
1 package of a chicken, beef, or pork product of equivalent value. Some packages will be smaller than others because of cost of meat or cut. Meat options (availability and quantity varies week to week) all packages $9.
- Ground Beef $8.50/lb.
- Ground Pork Sausage $7.99/lb.
- Pork Chops $6.99/lb.
- Ground Turkey $6.99/lb.
- Chicken Thighs $5.99/lb.
- Bacon $9/lb.
- Mushrooms
$67/67 points per share
1/4 to 1/2 lb. mix of mushrooms, 5 bi-weekly pickups per semester
Source: Seacoast Mushrooms (Mystic, CT)
Each week there will be 1 bag of a mix of mushrooms including Button, Portobello, Shiitake, Blue oyster, Lion's mane, King Trumpet, Crimini, Chanterelle, and Maitake.
- Produce
$115/115 points per share
5-7 lbs. of produce weekly, 9 pickups per semester
Sources: Star Light Gardens (Durham, CT) and Cold Spring Farm (Colchester, CT)
Everything is seasonally grown, so some weeks may have more produce than others. A typical weekly produce share might include 2-3 bunches of spinach, 3-4 apples, 3-4 turnips, 1 squash, 2-3 carrots, and 1 head of garlic.
- Canned Goods (new!)
$43/43 points per share
1 jar per pickup, 5 bi-weekly pickups per semester
Source: Cold Spring Farm (Colchester, CT)
Options include pickles, pickled vegetables, fruit chutneys, jams, apple pie in a jar, hot sauces, relishes, horseradish, tomato sauce, salsas, and more!