What makes Coteau Community Market different?
Local sourcing: The market places an emphasis on stocking many products from local producers, rather than brands from thousands of miles away.
Ethical sourcing: You know the products you find at the market are good for people and the planet because they meet the market’s sustainability and fair labor criteria.
Environmental sustainability: The market stocks products grown, raised, or made using sustainable and regenerative methods, reducing the collective impact on the environment and improving soil, air, and water at the same time.
Environmental sustainability: Buying locally and regionally cuts down on shipping, which reduces environmental impact.
Environmental sustainability: Buing in bulk and reusing customer containers and bags cuts down trash.
Economic sustainability: Buying local products at fair prices from local producers means more money stays here, generating jobs and sales taxes to improve our community.
Economic sustainability: The market is a for-profit business focused on benefitting people and planet over profit. It will be self-sustaining while selling local products at reasonable prices.
Economic sustainability: Buying locally makes our supply chain more reliable, especially during a crisis (like a pandemic).
Social sustainability: Access to healthy food is a right, not a privilege.
Everyone is welcome at Coteau Community Market.
Social sustainability: Buying from local producers at fair prices helps get producers closer to earning living wages without having to work multiple jobs.
Social sustainability: The market is committed to addressing food justice, food insecurity, and food sovereignty issues through education, access, and advocacy.
Affordable: Stocking local products in bulk cuts packaging and transportation costs. Those savings get passed on to customers.
Affordable: The market doesn’t charge more just because something is labeled organic or natural.
Locally owned: Coteau Community Market is owned by the people who shop here and who care about our community.
Become a member and make the market happen! Visit coteau.coop/capital for more details.