The name of this Corporation is Cultivate Community Food Cooperative, Inc 

This Corporation is a cooperative corporation organized under the California Cooperative Corporation Law. The purpose of this Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the law. 

Statement of Cooperative Identity  adopted by the

International Cooperative Alliance in 1995

Definition: A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

Values: Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for others.