For the past year, the Medford Food Co-op Board of Directors has been considering the feasibility of an expansion opportunity on site at our current location.

On March 23rd, MFC submitted preliminary plans to the City’s Planning Department to determine the possibility of expansion at our current location. The Board is still assessing feasibility and feedback from the Planning Department is essential before involving owners, employees, and the community in a wider discussion. Submitting plans to the city is a preliminary step in determining if expansion is financially feasible.

Medford Food Co-op’s Board of Directors, comprised of up to nine community members, plays a vital role in the success and sustainability of our cooperative. They provide guidance, strategic planning, and oversight for the Co-op.

It seems like we’ve been talking about expansion for a very long time, and from a distance it may seem like not much is happening. Actually, the Board has been working diligently to move this process along.

The Medford Food Co-op annual owner meeting was held at the Co-op on May 1, 2022.

So far, we’ve learned that the original founders of MFC committed resources too soon but were responsible for instituting the groundwork and foundation for their successors.

When we left off, the foundation and groundwork had been laid for Medford Food Co-op, known then as Medford Market Cooperative.

Did you know? The first efforts to establish the Medford Food Co-op were unsuccessful.

An interview with Jon Steinman, author of Grocery Story – The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants.

These “seven basic international principles serve as guidelines to provide a democratic structure for co-ops around the world."

The “cooperative principles” are guidelines by which cooperatives put their values into practice. This month we will discuss Principles #3 and #4.

We celebrated our five year milestone on Saturday, October 8th with music, games, food, cake, and community.

Thank you to all of our owners who braved the weather last Sunday for our Picnic on the Farm & Annual Owner Meeting at Pheasant Fields Farm.

You are what you eat, so you want to eat good food. Your local food co-op has the good food you want.