Butte Food Co Op

Butte preliminary results show positive feedback for the idea of a community food cooperative in the mining city.

Butte food co op. One of the selling points of a butte co operative is that it would be owned by members of the community and would therefore be locally controlled rather than being. The meeting starts at 6 p m. Organizers say they re looking at next february or march to open a food co op in butte. The project partners include headwaters rc d ncat and food co op initiative a nonprofit that supports food co op starts nationwide.

After a community food co op was proposed last month community members are asking for feedback on whether people would shop there. 17 in the ballroom of. Butte food co op working group has 658 members. The butte food co op a start up committee of local residents is exploring the possibility of forming a cooperative grocery store in butte.

The co op would go in the former hennessy market building on granite street. Source food as close to home as possible and help reduce trucking in less fresh more expensive food from across the country to stock the shelves. A food co op is a member based organization that tries to offer affordable local and organic groceries. We will post updates.

Follow this page to stay up to date on our progress learn how you can help and to show your support for the project. Butte a butte food co op is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality as it s raised 20 000 in seed money so far. Butte is not a rural community but thompson considers the mining city a food desert ripe for such a co op. A food cooperative a community owned grocery store will only work if people embrace it said steve thompson of the national center for appropriate technology ncat.

Join the community conversation about establishing a food cooperative in butte. Jaksha tells pentilla that while lots of groups including the headwaters rc d organization she leads are helping to get the co op off the ground ultimately the co op will need to be community driven to succeed steve dubb. Butte in the wake of losing two grocery stores in butte two non profit groups are asking if it s time to open a food cooperative here. A food co op in butte.