MFC UPDATE
MFC wins Howard Bowers Fund Grant for Continued Worker-Owner Training!
We are overcoming the last of many hurdles and hope to break ground soon!
MEET THE MFC TEAM
We have been hard at work in preparation for opening our store on 7th Street.
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MFC is asking all of our future customers (YOU) to please give us your contact information so you can tell us how to best meet the food needs of you & your family and invite you to our Grand Opening later this year.
PAST ARTICLES
- 09-14-07: West Oakland’s Seventh Street Readies For Business: Community-led foods cooperative signs storefront(Press Release)
02-07-07: Grocery Co-Opted. Snubbing a homegrown food co-op, the developers of West Oakland's Mandela Gateway welcome their new tenant: a 99-Cent store. By Matthew Green
01-16-07: Poor Neighborhoods Lack Access to Fresh Produce. New America Media, News Feature, by Viji Sundaram.
12-28-06: Creative Enterprise Builds Community Health and Economy. Oakland Post
- 12-19-06: Developer Favors Dollar Store Over Mandela Co-op. Oakland Tribune, Dec 19, 2006, by Cecily Burt
- 11-7-06:MFC issues November Progress Report
- 10-31-06:Councilmember Nancy Nadel and Oakland City Council support MFC with $100,000
- 3-13-06:New Food Cooperative Taking Shape. Oakland Tribune, Mar 13, 2006, by Cecily Burt