Cooperative Community Fund
impact
In 2017, we created the Medford Food Co-op Cooperative Community Fund (MCCF) as a permanent endowment within the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation. Contributions to our fund by our Co-op, our co-op suppliers, and owners grow the fund. As the fund earns interest annually, the Co-op donates the earned interest to local non-profits. Each year, our Board of Directors selects one Positive Change recipient to receive an additional grant from the Cooperative Community Fund. Our first donation from the Cooperative Community Fund was made in 2020.
2023: $749.59
Rogue Farm Corps
Rogue Farm Corps trains and equips the next generation of farmers and ranchers through hands-on educational programs and the preservation of farmland. Rogue Farm Corps envisions a world in which land is deeply cared for, power is equitably shared, and farms, ranches, and the people who work them flourish. Rogue Farm Corps embraces the values of stewardship, mentorship, collaboration, and systemic change: protecting farmland and promoting agricultural practices that restore water, soil and biodiversity; sharing knowledge and experience across generations through hands-on, experiential education and learning; joining forces with partners and allies to advance shared goals and act together for a livable future; and addressing disparities in the food system to achieve equitable access to education, training, land, and capital, and building diverse, adaptable communities able to thrive in a changing climate.
2022: $614.52
Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County
The Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County is a non-profit agency that facilitates a multidisciplinary holistic trauma informed team approach to child abuse interventions. The mission of the Children’s Advocacy Center is to meet the needs of children and families in our community by providing a community-based, child-focused center that facilitates a compassionate, multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, treatment, identification, investigation, and prosecution of child abuse.
2021: $941.98
Pollinator Project Rogue Valley
2020: $624.21
Unete Immigrant Fire Relief Fund
Pollinator Project Rogue Valley is a volunteer-led organization providing resources and education about the importance of all pollinators, beyond honey bees, for our food systems and our ecosystems, and the direct harm caused by pesticides. They inspire and empower people through education, advocacy, and action, bringing communities together to create safe pollinator habitats. They educate homeowners, gardeners, businesses, and community leaders about the importance of growing a landscape with native plants and using practices that benefit all pollinators – native bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and more.
NOWIA Unete, Center for Farm Worker Advocacy which began in 1996, is a movement of farm workers and immigrants that strives to empower and enrich the lives of both groups through education, cultural presentations, advocacy, representation in issues that affect their lives and organizing to defend immigrant rights. The fire relief fund will distribute money directly to families for basic needs like food, gas and other essentials in response to the complications surrounding the recent fires in Jackson County. Unete is also assisting families with navigating community resources.
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Cooperative Community Fund
Growing cooperatives across the country and giving back to local non-profits. One fund, two benefits.
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Positive Change
View the current and future Positive Change recipients and learn more about each organization’s work to support the Rogue Valley community.
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Community Impact
Food co-ops are more than just grocery stores. See how we live up to our own high standards – the seven cooperative principles.