The mission of the Natural Food Co-op is to enhance the wellbeing of the people in the community by making nutritionally, environmentally and socially healthy products easy to learn about and readily available. In keeping with this mission, the Natural Food Co-op offers high quality products including organic and non- GMO items. We work closely with local, organic, environmentally responsible grow
ers and CSA’s whenever possible to decrease our carbon footprint and promote and foster a healthy local economic environment. By doing this, it helps to keep nutritious food staples available at an affordable price. We are continually educating ourselves about new products, and new research developments that affect the food, health and environment of our customers. We pass along the information to our customers and in turn support them in making conscientious choices which affect themselves and their families. The fact that we are a co-op is unique in its principles and goals. It means that we are member owned and governed. We are a business that operates for the benefit of its members. We are governed by seven principles that were developed by the international cooperative community and are guided by these basic principles. They include; voluntary and open membership, democratic member control, member economic participation, autonomy and independence, education, training and information, cooperation among cooperatives and concern for community. The Natural Food co-op is not just about economic gain as is the goal of your typical store. It is about the health of the people we serve, the community we live in and the earth that we are responsible for.
