Bobolink Eating Co-op

Bobolink is a small co-op that was formed to create a family-style eating scene. Composed primarily of Skyhouse members, our cooperative enjoys the flexibility of a casual group along with the diversity of individual cooking styles.

Bobolink provides the basic staple foods to meet most of the members' food needs. We prioritize organic over conventional food whenever possible as well as focusing on bioregional in-season foods. We provide a primarily vegan diet with meals prepared with vegetables and fruit grown onsite or locally, including food preserved for the winter.

Currently Bobolink purchases vegetables from Ironweed Co-op, other local organic gardeners, and various members whose gardens overflow.

Currently members pay dues of $42 a week, or its equivalent in DR Hours. Dues can be paid by performing work for Bobolink such as gardening, food processing, and accounting or by getting Hours or US dollars from some other work.

In addition to weekly dues, members participate in a cook rotation, which usually means cooking for the group once a week. This means that most days dinner and lunch are served by fellow co-opers and on a member's cook day, co will spend 2-4 hours preparing a meal for the whole group (often with the help of visitors, interns or other members).