Riverbend Market Cooperative grew out of a community-based discussion focused on the importance of developing a sustainable food system that brought together local producers and consumers who shared similar values. Out of this discussion grew a core group of volunteers who set out to build a food cooperative that would serve as a marketplace for local growers and producers as well as a regional center for sustainability.

To provide a community food cooperative where regional members and visitors can buy healthful food and related products that meet the standards of quality, sustainability and social justice and to serve as an educational and cultural center.

To provide a cooperative community based on sustainability principles and cooperative values that represents economic vitality, ecological soundness and social justice.