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FOOD CO-OP BASICS: Our Mission |
The Community Food Co-op is a project of
Crossroads Urban Center, a grassroots,
non-profit organization that has been working to
meet people’s basic survival needs and address
the root causes of poverty since 1966. For over four decades, in addition to our direct service
and advocacy efforts, Crossroads has played an
important role in Utah's non-profit community by
identifying and responding to unmet community
needs by spear-heading new initiatives and
programs. Several of these efforts have evolved
into independent organizations, such as Utahns
Against Hunger and Wasatch Community Gardens. It
is in this tradition that Crossroads is
launching the Community Food Co-op of Utah.
The goal of the Community Food Co-op is to:
- Reduce hunger in Utah by providing a
consistent way for people (particularly the
working poor and those on limited fixed
incomes) to stretch their grocery budgets
while being able to afford quality,
healthy food; and
- To build community by bringing people of
ALL backgrounds together to collectively save money, consume more conscientiously, and break down barriers that keep us apart.
The Community Food Co-op is
open to all people willing to work together to
make our community a better place for everyone
regardless of gender, class, race or ethnicity,
politics, or religion
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