Thanks to our community for sending us their comments and questions over the past few weeks. We appreciate hearing from all of you. Many of you had questions regarding the removal of a board member. While there are confidentiality matters that we must honor at this time, we can say that the board did not make this decision lightly and followed our code of conduct, policies, bylaws, and articles of incorporation in making the decision. We continue to learn from this experience as we move forward.

The Food Co-op is committed to fostering the values of equity, belonging, inclusion, and accessibility within our organization and in our community. We’re here every day working to nourish our community, and living our values of respect, inclusion, participation, integrity, love, stewardship and resiliency.

We’ve heard the concerns from our community. We are listening. We are taking action. And we are reaffirming our commitment to look deeper at how we operate and how we can improve our Co-op. At the same time, we remain committed to operating a strong, community owned grocery store, one that employees 111 staff, one that buys from over 139 local farmers and producers, and one that donates to a wide variety of community organizations that help enrich our neighbors’ everyday lives.

We know there is more that we can do and will continue to build upon our efforts. We promise to continue to be transparent and will continue to report on our ongoing initiatives. We are dedicated to operating with integrity and accountability to create a diverse, open and thoughtful community that is welcoming to all.

Owen Rowe
board president

Kenna S. Eaton
general manager