I stumbled across a local co-op (middle MA area, serving New England)

[freemotion]

Welcome, Mainergal! I answered your email, hope you got it by now....this is not a coop as in a building that looks like a store. It is just a lady who orders for a group in large quantities, probably started it to get stuff cheaper for her family. She really enjoys helping people out and knows a lot of her fellow co-op-ers as friends. Sometimes people who live near each other will get together and take turns going to get their stuff. It is very informal and not super-organized, though, but the lady had been VERY nice and helpful to me. And saved me a ton of cash!

 

[Mainergal]

Thanks! I got the email. I'm just getting started so I ordered a small amount of berries to try this out. There is a semi-local place that has them I came to find out, but only hard red. So I ordered my hard white to test some recipes and if I can do this, I'm sure I'll get into contact with her and look into larger ordering for storage.