Urban Recipe

At Urban Recipe, we believe that fighting food security is a process. We take a few key ingredients: Care, Responsibility, Courage, Community, and combine them with a focus on dignity to produce our model: the Urban Recipe Food Co-op. In this model, co-op members take ownership of their food security, consistently showing up and participating in the food co-op. We provide a platform for leadership, food access, and community and our members bring the rest. The result: a food cooperative model that is a proven recipe for food security that reminds us that dignity tastes good.

Urban Recipe ​promotes food security and dignity through intentionally designed community-driven food cooperatives ​​prioritizing equitable food access, relationship building, and participation in decision-making.

We care about what we do to ensure we honor every neighbor’s dignity and meet the needs of our cooperative work. We approach our work with empathy and care to understand the diverse experiences of those we serve as well as each other.

We take responsibility for stewarding the food cooperative model and upholding high standards in all our actions. We believe we all have ownership in our quest to foster food security, equitable food access, and self-reliant communities.

We nurture a culture of courage that fuels innovation and drives us to adapt, refine, and discover new ways to combat food insecurity.