BRIARPATCH CO-OP MISSION STATEMENT

BriarPatch Co-op is a cooperatively-owned business committed to supporting our community by:
• Welcoming everyone
• Selling healthful, earth-friendly, affordable products
• Providing a quality work experience
• Offering excellent customer service and consumer education
• Building our local economy
• Serving as a resource center for conscious living

Being a co-op owner-member gives you the opportunity to:
• Have a voice in decisions that shape the co-op’s future
• Receive a discount that increases with volunteer work
• Support the cooperative ideal and share in its benefits

BRIARPATCH CO-OP VISION

BriarPatch Co-op is the leading natural food store in Nevada County. We are a vibrant, important community hub for gathering and for dialogue and learning about healthful food.

We seek to be a leader in social, environmental, as well as fiscal business responsibility, among both local businesses and food co-ops nationally.

We model community-mindedness and cooperative principles, and hope to inspire others to do the same, and in so doing, contribute to peace and prosperity for all within our reach.