Annie's Organic Buying Club
making organics affordable for everyone!

Welcome to Annie's Organic Buying Club.

Nowadays it almost seems as if we have to choose between paying the rent (or mortgage) and paying for pure wholesome food. That just isn't right. We had to find a better way.

We created Annie's Buying Club combining my background and experience in the food industry, with your need for a quality selection of fresh organic produce at a reasonable price. We make choosing organics a real option for everyone.

As a buying club, we have the power to buy directly from farms, distributors, and manufacturers. That means the food is fresher, from farmer to you. In addition, buying direct cuts out a lot of expense, saving us even more money. And a buying club reduces our carbon footprint since the food gets to us faster and fresher.

Grocery stores are notoriously wasteful. A grocery delivery service that stocks it's own product does work more efficiently, but there is still electricity and manpower that is necessary for that business to function and that costs money and uses valuable planet resources. Instead, a buying club uses OUR buying power and OUR manpower to allow us to enjoy super fresh produce at wholesale discounted value.

Our boxes are full of the freshest fruits and vegetables, always a nice balanced selection. And you help decide what's included in your box. Working together, we are able to eat very well, save money on our grocery bills, and significantly cut back on our ecological footprint.

Supporting our local growers reduces food miles and strengthens our community. We focus on seasonal LOCAL organic Florida produce first, then we source organics worldwide to support the hard work of sustainable farmers everywhere. We are a FLORIDA co-op and will expand into the southeast U.S.

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Joining our buying club is better for us, better for our community, and better for our planet.

Receive a bountiful box (up to 35lbs and a $60 value!) of the freshest seasonal certified organic fruits and vegetables for only $45!

Want to save even more? Become one of our Buying Club Coordinators and get your box plus more for FREE! Ask How.

• NO Start Up Costs
• NO Dues or Membership Fees
• NO Long-Term Commitments
• NO Big Obligation for Your Valuable Time

• NO more Paying Retail
• NO excuse not to offer your family the freshest available organic produce!
• Recipes & Menu Ideas included!

Fresh organic fruits and vegetables contain more nutrients, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. They taste better too. That's because they come from good nutrient-rich soil which impacts the earth positively and the plants more deliciously.

Organic fruits and vegetables are grown without chemical and petroleum-based pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Nor may organic farming use sewage– or sludge-based fertilizers as is typical in conventional farming (yuck!).

Organic products are free from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), hormones, growth stimulants, antibiotics, and cloning. Since conventional products are not forced to label each product, the only way we are assured that the item we are eating and feeding our children is not cloned or genetically engineered is by choosing the organic option.

Organic products cannot contain chemical colors, nitrates, nitrites and are free of artificial ingredients.

Organic standards implore humane treatment of cattle, dairy cows, chickens, sheep, etc. Organic farming allows them fresh clean water, a clean place to sleep, access to the outdoors, room to move and exercise, and fresh air. Seems like a minimum we can offer but yes, that had to be spelled out in the guidelines. Conventional animals are treated very differently; to say that they are treated poorly is a misleading understatment.

There is even new research that indicates that people who eat more organic products have an easier time maintaining their ideal weight and that choosing organic foods can actually help us lose weight! That's because when we consume chemicals and pesticides our liver is in overdrive protecting our body from those toxins. When we eat wholsome real foods created without chemical pesticides, instead of overburdening our liver to clear our body of toxins, our liver can take on it's other big responsibility and use up calories!

By supporting organic farmers, we are encouraging more farmers to choose sustainable methods. Organic farming works with nature and support biodiversity thereby fostering wildlife, an essential part of our very existence. We are encouraging other countries not to destroy precious rainforest to make way for cheap crops. We are paying more directly to villages that grow coffee, offering them an opportunity for education, schools, and a better way of life while their earth-friendly harvesting protects our birds allowing them a place to nest.

Organics are better for people, our planet, and our future.

What is a Buying Club?

A buying club is a group of people who share a common goal - to save money on quality healthy foods. By pooling our resources, we create greater purchasing power to buy food at drastically discounted prices.

Our buying club reaps the benefits of our talented and caring members. Each of us plays an important role in our success. We work together to save time and money. Instead of shopping individually, we combine our ordering power to get better prices, selection, and quality.

We are primarily an Organic Fruit and Vegetable Buying Club focusing on local organics, but we are able to get other items as part of our group, making it more affordable to choose organic products over pesticide-laden conventional items every day.

Our Buying Club is a great way to meet others in our community who share our interest in healthful living. We meet and share information, articles, and recipes. We become friends who support one another and offer advice. We are foodies who relish wonderfully fresh fruits and vegetables, We care about our green living, our planet and our future. We decrease our footprint when we source directly. We are also able to get harder to find and more unique items of interest to our group. We are proud to support organic farming practices and local farmers that promote ecological harmony and environmental responsibility.

It's fast, easy, convenient and delicious!

How does a co-op differ from a buying club?

Like a buying club, a cooperative is a group of people that coopererate in to save money, however, co-operatives are usually bigger stores where members can shop at discounted prices instead of buying directly. Co-operatives are member-owned and offer an option to the traditional grocery store.

What areas does your buying club cover ?

You can order through us if you are anywhere in Florida. We currently have locations throughout south Florida up through Gainesville. We are expanding each day with more locations in any given neighborhood as well as additional groups in new areas. We can help start a group throughout the southeast including: Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Why join a Buying Club?

A buying club is a way to join together toward a common goal. We save money on the quality nutritious foods we want every day. We get fresher fruits and vegetables than available at most local stores. We are even able to get organic produce that might be harder to find at some local stores. We support local farmers directly. We have a greater impact on those things that matter most to us by working together.

We share information with one another. We learn about greener living and healthier eating. Families offer suggestions to help get veggies into children. We can ask questions and offer to help. We meet people throughout the community in a wide variety of careers that can offer us assistance in other aspects of our life. It's an amazing group of people and we feel fortunate to have each member in our life.

We get to try new foods. Sometimes we even get free samples and other times we'll get something different in a box. We have fun trying new recipes and we can offer menu ideas for every item in our box.

We strengthen our community and make friends with others who share our values and concerns. It is a great way to help yourself and our neighborhood. It's a fast, easy, convenient, tasty, and fun experience.

How does this work?

It's easy!

1. Sign up here on the site.
2. Choose a full or half-share.
3. Choose the weekly or bi-weekly option.
4. Choose your pick up location or become a Buying Club Coordinator with own pick up spot and get your box for FREE!
5. Pick up your box on your specified day and revel in your bountiful box of fresh organic produce. Before or at pick up, prepay for your next box; this is a co-operative effort. We are able to continue our service without interruption when we have prepayment for shares to pay for our shipment of organics.
6. Once we get going here we'll add new products. Once we do, you can preorder any extras you want next including:
   • grass-fed milk (choose cartons or non-homogenized milk in glass with the cream on top like the good ol' days!)
     • whole milk
     • 1% milk
     • 2% milk
     • chocolate milk
     • skim / nonfat milk
   • tofu, yogurt, cheese blocks, sliced cheeses, sour cream, cottage cheese, goat cheese
   • organic deli meats without nitrates or nitrites or colorings
   • organic raw or roasted nuts & seeds
   • organic dried fruit without sulfur
   • freshly prepared vegan & macro vegetarian meals ready to eat and delicious
   • organic hummus, dips, guacamole, (organic cranberry sauce!)
   • organic refrigerated and shelf stable juices
   • organic snacks and kid's lunchbox snacks
   • organic eggs from free roaming hens
   • fresh organic poultry
   • kosher organic poultry & meats
   • fresh organic grass-fed meats and frozen grass-fed meats, variety of cuts
   • a 25lb bag of carrots or a box of anything, this is especially great for juicers!
   • a wheatgrass tray 10 x 20
   • case of 9 young thai coconuts
   • FRUIT BASKETS - perfect gift of organic fresh fruits all packed lovely in a basket ready for gift-giving.
   • special order anything you may want and we'll do our best to source it for you alone if you want a case or for you and your group if others want that item too!
   • canned wild pacific salmon, sardines, mackeral and more
   • with enough interest, we may also be able to get bulk case discounts of:
     • pasta, flour, baking products, grains, rice, pantry items
     • agave nectar, sweeteners in bulk
     • cleaning supplies
     • health & beauty care products
     • juices & juice boxes
     • Larabars or other energy bars
     • breads, spelt breads or wheat breads
     • dried and canned beans or other canned or jarred items including condiments
     • cereals
     • coffee, tea
     • cookies, snacks, candy
     • cooking stock - chicken, no chicken, vegetarian
     • soy, rice, and hemp milks
     • raw nut butters, bars, cereals, snacks

What is in a typical box?

Our boxes are always a generous mix of seasonal fruits and vegetables. We include basics that we always need and at times may include something that might be new to you. We include menu ideas and recipes for the new item so you can fearlessly give it a try. We share information with your Buying Club Coordinator so that she or he can offer guidance on how to enjoy every piece of produce included in your box. And we are here to help. Call or email us anytime as we have lots of experience with every item we choose.

We do our best to include a nice variety and quantity of each item. In season, we focus on local organic produce. A Mixed Produce Box includes a mix of fruits and vegetables. For example, based upon your request, we'll choose one or more from each general category:

• Vegetables:
  • Broccoli, Cauliflower, Bok Choy, Summer Squash, Asparagus
  • Hard Squash, Artichokes, Beans, Peas, Eggplant, Mushrooms, Corn
  • Tomatoes, Scallions, Cucumbers, Peppers, Cabbage, Sprouts, Avocados
  • Lettuce: Red Leaf, Romaine, Butter Lettuce, Salads
  • Garlic, Ginger, Parsley, Cilantro, Rosemary, Mint, Basil, Thyme
  • Carrots, Celery, Onions, Beets, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Radishes, Leeks
  • Leafy Greens: Chard, Kale, Spinach, Arugula, Escarole, Watercress
• Fruits:
  • Apples, Pears
  • Grapes
  • Berries - Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries
  • Melons - Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon
  • Summer Fruit - Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Nectarines, Pluots
  • Tropical Fruit - Mangos, Bananas, Pineapple, Kiwi, Mamey
  • Citrus - Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Tangerines, Grapefruit

So a typical box may include: Broccoli, Leafy Greens, Romaine, Zucchini, Onions, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Herbs, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Tangelos, Kiwi, Lemons, Berries, Bananas.

Please note:the lists here of each kind of box are just examples. We always do our best to choose a nice sampling of a variety of fruits and vegetables. We are never heavy on potatoes, or greens or lettuces. You help us decide what to order for your box too. The possibility is endless as we search out fresh organics for us to enjoy each week. We never get a big box of strange unusual things; after all, we are part of our club and we feed our families this way too. We always have a nice balance so you can be assured you will find things that you know how to prepare each week as well as something that might be new and delicious.

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While our Mixed Produce Box above normally includes whatever local produce we can get at the time, when season kicks in we have an All Florida CSA Box that ONLY includes Florida seasonal produce. There is normally less fruit and more vegetables due to availability so you may want to get the Fruit Share to compliment this box. A Florida CSA Box can include only things grown in Florida so we will include one or more from each general category:

• Vegetables:
  • Bok Choy, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Okra
  • Hard Squash, Beans, Eggplant, Cabbage, Corn
  • Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Sprouts, Avocados
  • Lettuce: Red Leaf, Romaine
  • Parsley, Cilantro, Mint, Basil, Chives
  • Beets, Radishes, Leeks
  • Leafy Greens: Chard, Kale, Spinach, Arugula, Watercress, Mustard Greens, Tatsoi, Collards
• Fruits:
  • Berries - Strawberries, Blueberries
  • Melons - Cantaloupe, Watermelon
  • Tropical Fruit - Mangos, Bananas, Mamey, Custard Apple, Monstera Deliciosa. Lychees, Longans, Persimmons, Sapote, Starfruit
  • Citrus - Oranges, Tangerines, Tangelos, Grapefruit, Kumpquats, Limes

If either of these basic Mixed Produce Box doesn't include enough Fruit for you, get our add-on Fruit Share. This $10.00 add on of fruit is perfect for families and fruit lovers and may include more of the same fruit already included in the regular Mixed Produce Box or may include some fruits that are not included in the regular produce box that week. We are also more inclined to add a more unique fruit that may be new to you. Your fruit share could include any of the following mix of delicious fruits (valued from $15 - $20!) from a mix of the categories listed below or other season fruit that may arrive including:

• Apples, Pears, Grapes
• Berries - Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries
• Melons - Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon, Ambrosia Melons, Cantadew
• Summer Fruit - Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Nectarines, Pluots, Apriums
• Tropical Fruit - Sapote, Mangos, Bananas, Pineapple, Kiwi, Mamey, Monstera Deliciosa
• Citrus - Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Tangerines, Grapefruit, Meyer Lemons, Tangelos

Need more fruits and less veggies? If leafies and unusual veggies are not your thing or you want a box with more fruits than vegetables then the FRUITY BOOTY 45 is for you! This box will have some of the same vegetables of the regular mixed box but not as many and only the more common ones and will include ALL the fruits of the regular share PLUS more (more variety and sometimes more quantity than the regular share) and will like include some mix of:

• Vegetables:
  • Zucchini, Corn, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Avocados
  • Broccoli, Cauliflower, Onions, Potates, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes
  • note: rarely includes lettuce and we do not include leafy greens so if you want to be sure to get a lettuce and leafy you can choose this box and add-on the $5 Leafy Vegetable add-on which inlcudes a lettuce and a leafy green like Kale, Chard, etc.
• Fruits:
  • Berries - Strawberries, Blueberries
  • Melons - Cantaloupe, Watermelon
  • Tropical Fruit - Mangos, Bananas, Mamey, Custard Apple, Monstera Deliciosa. Lychees, Longans, Persimmons, Sapote, Starfruit
  • Citrus - Oranges, Tangerines, Tangelos, Grapefruit, Kumpquats, Limes

You need more vegetables? Maybe you are on a low glycemic or rainbow diet or maybe you just relish the new and unsual vegetables and want more of them. If you want more vegetables and also love berries then you want the Veggie-Berries 35 whic will include a great variety of vegetables and seasonal including but not limited to:

• Vegetables:
  • Bok Choy, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Okra
  • Hard Squash, Beans, Eggplant, Cabbage
  • Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Sprouts, Avocados
  • Lettuce: Red Leaf, Romaine
  • Parsley, Cilantro, Mint, Basil, Chives
  • Beets, Radishes, Leeks
  • Leafy Greens: Chard, Kale, Spinach, Arugula, Watercress, Mustard Greens, Tatsoi, Collards
  • note: this box will not include Corn or white Potatoes but may occasionally include a small amount of Sweet Potatoes which you can trade out if you don't want for something else
• Fruits:
  • Berries - Strawberries, Blueberries
  • - note: if you want more fruit then you can add on the optional Fruit Share but that will not only include berries and can be a mix of any seasonal fruit.

You have the choice of other boxes if the basic Mixed Produce Box doesn't suit you. Check out some of our specialty boxes including:

A Juicer's Box may include any combination of:

• Vegetables:
  • Beets with Greens, Bok Choy, Broccoli
  • Carrots, Celery
  • Parsley, Cilantro, Ginger Garlic
  • Cucumbers
  • Leafy Greens: Kale, Chard, Spinach, Dandelion Greens, Collards
  • Romaine, other Lettuces
  • Sprouts
• Fruits:
  • Apples

PLEASE NOTE: we do not have enough interest for one group to get this box but every regular Full Share includes many of these same things in each share plus you can always add on extra leafies with our $5 leafy veggie add on or you can special order 6 or more leafies or extras of anything else we are getting in our shares that week. Since we continually ask for input and suggestions, these boxes can change to meet the requests of our members.

The All Veggie Box offers what Veggie lovers love most, a mix of any of the following or can include other more unique seasonal vegetables:

• Vegetables:
  • Broccoli, Cauliflower, Bok Choy, Summer Squash, Asparagus
  • Hard Squash, Artichokes, Beans, Peas, Eggplant, Mushrooms
  • Tomatoes, Scallions, Cucumbers, Peppers, Cabbage, Sprouts
  • Lettuce: Red Leaf, Romaine, Butter Lettuce, Salads
  • Garlic, Ginger, Parsley, Cilantro, Rosemary, Mint, Basil, Thyme, Dill
  • Carrots, Celery, Onions, Beets, Potatoes, Radishes, Celery Root
  • Leafy Greens: Chard, Kale, Spinach, Arugula, Escarole, Watercress, Dandelion Greens

We offer a Veggie & Berries box at this time.

A Baby Food for Mamas to Make Box includes a mix of fruits and vegetables that are ideally suited to turning into baby food. These are not imperfect or bruised so can also be made into adult and bigger kid food too. (PLEASE NOTE: we do not have enough interest for one group to get this box but every regular Full Share includes many of these same things in each share plus extras to keep the mama healthy too!) For example, based upon your request, we'll choose one or more from each general category:

• Vegetables:
  • Broccoli, Cauliflower, Yellow Squash, Zucchini
  • Green Beans, Peas, Hard Squash, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Spinach
  • Avocados, Cucumbers
  • Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Parsnips, Carrots
• Fruits:
  • Apples, Pears
  • Bananas
  • Grapes, Berries
  • Melons - Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Watermelon
  • Summer Fruit - Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Nectarines, Pluots
  • Tropical Fruit - Mangos, Kiwi, Mamey
  • Citrus - Lemons, Oranges, Tangerines, Grapefruit

For recipes on how to make wholesome baby food link here: http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/

Each kind of box is designed specifically to your needs. We listen to what you want and when the majority of a group wants a particular item, we add it. We are YOUR buying club. We work together as a true Cooperative effort. Every box is a tremendous value since we are pooling our resources and purchasing power. We've compared the value of our coop boxes to other coops and buying clubs around the country and we found that ours is:

• a better selection of different items
• a better quantity of each item
• a better mix of fruits and vegetables
• a better value

A grassroots effort for the freshest affordable organics.

Join us in making the world a better place,
one yummy organic bite at a time!

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