The objectives of the cooperative are:

1. To provide wholesome, nutritious food and ecologically acceptable products and services to its members, who will be composed of ultimate consumers, in accordance with the following principles:
a. To deal in Irish or European-produced organically grown wholefoods only.
b. To discriminate in favour of ecologically acceptable products and not to deal in meat or meat products.
c. To promote the rational use of the earth's resources and in particular to use of promote the use ecologically acceptable packaging.
d. To discriminate positively in favour of countries which uphold basic human rights when importing wholefoods.
e. To supply wholefoods to its members at the wholesale or supplier cost plus the minimum margin necessary to cover the operating expenses and the need for financial reserves
f. To aim to make the co-operative an amiable, communal experience through voluntary work and equal status
2. To promote co-operation and co-operatives
3. To establish, join, support and subscribe to, or aid in the establishment and support of any organisations, funds, trusts or conveniences which may be determined by a General Meeting capable of
a. Benefiting the cooperative or its members
b. Promoting any other benevolent objective; provided however that the cooperative shall not affiliate to or join any political party or political organisation committed to the pursuit of power.
4. To provide or arrange for the provision of any service or services that may be for the benefit of the members and others including the arranging of suitable training and awareness programmes.
5. To promote co-operation and in particular, to promote consumer wholefood co-operatives as an important means of building a locally integrated food economy.


Membership

1. Members are admitted to the society by filling out an application form and by pledging a determined amount of voluntary work per semester and by paying €4 per semester.
2. In considering any application for membership, the coopeartive shall not discriminate against the applicant on the grounds of race, sex, political or religious beliefs, marital status or sexual orientation, physical or mental disabilities.

Meetings

1. Meetings will take place at least every two weeks within term time.
2. A facilitator and a minute-taker will be chosen and items for the agenda proposed at the beginning of every meeting.


Consensus Decision Making

1. Questions arising at meetings shall be decided by consensus. By consensus is meant a situation where the members present are in agreement on an issue, or where those not in agreement agree not to maintain an objection.
2. In the absence of consensus, and as a last resort, the matter shall be decided by a 75% majority of votes of those present, each member present being entitled to one vote. Voting may be conducted by a show of hands or, if requested by five or more members, a secret ballot may be taken.