Fertile Ground Food Co-op in Raleigh Hopes to Bring Good Food Back into the Community

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When a large grocery store closed in Southeast Raleigh, the community was left with few places to buy fresh produce. Banding together to brainstorm solutions, the Fertile Ground Food Cooperative was born.

Fertile Ground Food Cooperative is a Southeast Raleigh-based multi-stakeholder cooperative that highlights the community’s entrepreneurial spirit, helps create pathways to living-wage jobs, increases access to healthy/affordable food, and fosters collective ownership.

Board members gathered information and researched cooperatives during 2012. In early 2013, the founders settled on creating a cooperative in which producers, consumers and workers play equal roles.

The co-op will be opening up for membership at the end of July 2014. Membership is $100 and can be paid in installments. The cooperative aims to address the food desert while providing a gathering space for community events.

Fertile Ground currently has 22 members and hopes to have 100 by the end of the year.

Read more about the food co-op here.
Watch this video about the group’s mission and beginnings.