National Co+op Grocers (NCG) recently announced their 2022 Food Co-op Impact Report. NCG’s member co-ops ( Deep Roots Market being one of them) collectively report impact data to measure the benefits that the “average” food co-op brings its community. 
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The Food Co-op Impact Report is invaluable to NCG's work on federal policy and helps them communicate to lawmakers in D.C. why supporting food co-ops directly benefits their state or district’s economy, constituents, and farmers. This helps NCG advocate for the things that are important to NCG food co-ops and your customers, including racial equity in our food system, funding, and policies that support SNAP and SNAP incentive programs, local agriculture, strong organic standards, and the inclusion of organic agriculture in climate change policy.

Because of their social and economic benefits and resiliency, cooperative businesses are getting a lot of attention in Congress and that’s likely to increase. Having the data to communicate that impact helps NCG argue for more funds to support cooperative development and grow the cooperative economy.

Read the full 2022 Impact Report here