Planning Meeting: H Street Community Market

Food Co-op, Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Coffee Shop run by the Peoples Food Coop in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

From Tarek Maassarani--

If you are at all interested or curious... please read on (and distribute widely).. and come to a key meeting this Monday, June 13th (see details below).

WHAT IS A COOPERATIVE?

A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

Most Coops share the following Principles:
1) Voluntary and Open Membership
2) Democratic Member Control
3) Member Economic Participation
4) Autonomy and Independence
5) Education, Training, and Information
6) Cooperation Among Cooperatives
7) Concern for the Community

Who are we?

In November 2003, a meeting of neighbors came together interested in bringing alternative food to our area. We wanted more fresh, organic produce. We wanted healthy, quality, affordable choices here in Northeast. We wanted to be a part of a community who talked about food and health. Most importantly, we wanted to be part of the business, to participate in decision-making, and share the enterprise with our entire community.

Our Mission:
 To operate a consumer food cooperative, providing high quality natural products at a fair and reasonable price.
Our Vision:
 The H Street Community Market is dedicated to helping people live in ways that are ecologically and socially sustainable and that promote both personal and community health and well-being. We believe that this model can serve us in our vision and goals:
 To support local, organic, family-owned and sustainable agriculture.
 To make available healthy, fresh, delicious, diverse, and affordable natural foods.
 To increase consumer control of our local economies and sources of sustenance.
 To educate the community on important environmental, health, economic, and agricultural issues.
 To be open to all, bringing neighbors together in a common and spirited effort to achieve these goals.

Interested?.. please join us AND BRING ANYONE ELSE YOU THINK MIGHT WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED...

Monday, June 13th at 7pm
Sherwood Recreation Center
10th and G St. NE
RSVP: holly@emaesmith.com ­or- (202) 374-0368

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One of the best ways to get the businesses you want in your community is to create them yourselves. RL