4th Street Food Co-op

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4th Street Food Co-op

Type	Consumers' cooperative
Founded	1995 (1995)
Headquarters	New York City, New York , United States
Products	Natural food
Members	300
Website	4thstreetfoodcoop.org

The 4th Street Food Co-op is a food cooperative located in New York City. The 4th Street Food Co-op runs a retail store at 58 East 4th Street, selling natural foods and household products. The co-op is member-owned and -operated, but open to the public, and focuses on offering locally grown organic, and ethically produced products.

History[]

The 4th Street Food Co-op is in the space formerly occupied by the Good Food Co-op that started in 1973 as a buying club and later opened a store front, going out of business in 1992.

In 1995 the Good Food Co-op was replaced by the 4th Street Food Co-op under the legal corporate name Good Harvest Cooperative, Incorporated.

Structure and governance[]

Membership[]

The 4th Street Food Co-op is lower Manhattan's only food cooperative.^[1]

Monthly meetings are held, open to all members, where working groups report on the state of the co-op and progress made towards projects and goals. Additionally, members may submit and vote on proposals such as reevaluating pricing and discounts, deciding marketing strategy, and organizing upcoming community and co-op events. Additionally, a large annual meeting is held to discuss major co-op decisions and review the past year.

There are several forms of membership, roughly divided into working and non-working. Working members can work 2.25 hours per week either in-store or as part of a working group and receive a 20% discount on all store purchases, or share such a membership for a 15% discount. The annual fee to be a working member is currently $48. Non-working members do not work, but pay a $60 annual membership fee for 8% off all purchases.

Working groups[]

Responsibilities in addition to staffing the store during opening hours are divided into 12 working groups, such as information systems, facilities maintenance, marketing, and an ethics committee.

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website and wiki

Coordinates: 40°43′39.36″N 73°59′32.59″W / 40.7276000°N 73.9923861°W / 40.7276000; -73.9923861