A four-way partnership has been set up between BREAZE, the Uniting Church, Central Highlands Agribusiness Forum and Enterprising Communities to set up a community food co-op in Ballarat.

A meeting is being held at the Ballarat South Mission Centre, Skipton St, on Saturday between 1-4pm to discuss where the project is at and how it will evolve.

Anyone interested in being involved - customers, volunteers, growers or suppliers - is invited to attend.

BREAZE project officer Andrew Bray said the co-op would probably be at the mission centre.

"We would hope to start it later this year," he said.

Uniting Church's Reverend Doctor Adam McIntosh said it was an exciting venture.

"I see it as a win-win situation," Rev Dr McIntosh said. "A win for local producers, a win for the environment and most importantly it's a win for the local Sebastopol community."

Mr Bray said it would make it easier to buy local food and minimise the resources, such as petrol, used in transporting it to the store.

"The food we eat is one of the biggest parts of our environmental footprint," he said.

He said the co-op would initially provide staples and then gradually bring in fresh food as it developed, with a "veggie swap" on the list of possibilities.

"We would be hoping to source stuff in large re-usable containers and people come in and fill their Tupperware container or sack," Mr Bray said.

For details contact Andrew Bray on andrewb@breaze.org.au