Principle Six

The Merc Co-op

P6 Co-op since October, 2010

Our Mission is to promote community ownership of this grocery store that encourages personal, community and environmental health.nnThe Community Mercantile will act as a model of cooperation that cultivates the wholistic well-being of all levels of community.nnWe are governed by our members and by the International Cooperative Principles. We strive to provide our community with outstanding selection of the finest and freshest foods in the region by emphasizing natural and organic foods, locally produced food, and food that was produced in a sustainable way. We are committed to our community and to education and outreach within our community. We invite you to come see for yourself why Community Mercantile is the only place in town with the greatest food, the greatest choices and the greatest service.

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Equal Exchange Tea,…
by Small Organic Farmers Association*
P6 June Hall of Fame entrant, Organic Green Tea, is the most important crop of Sri Lanka's Small Organic Farmers Association (SOFA).

Equal Exchange says, "We were deeply impressed with their commitment to small farmer organizations as a development model and to organic (and biodynamic) production as a way to protect the earth’s fragile and diminishing resources."
Equal Exchange Coffee,…
by CECOVASA*
Organic French Roast is Equal Exchange's best selling coffee and for good reason. Intensely dark, smoky, and full bodied, with a sustained aftertaste of bittersweet chocolate, this is a French Roast for French Roast lovers.
Equal Exchange Tea,…
by Sanjukta Vikas Co-operative*
Darjeeling tea comes from Darjeeling, India, and Equal Exchange's Darjeeling comes from their special partners in the region, Sanjukta Vikas Cooperative and Tea Promotors of India (TPI).
Equal Exchange Chocolate,…
by CONACADO*
Equal Exchange Very Dark Chocolate (71%) is made with cacao from small-scale farmer co-ops in the Dominican Republic and Peru, sugar from co-ops in Paraguay, and vanilla from a farmer association in Madagascar. All fairly traded and organic.
Alaffia Lotion Shea…
by Alaffia
This is the second P6 Hall of Fame product from small body care company Alaffia, because their work with shea-producing co-ops in West Africa is exemplary.

P6 member co-op store The Merc loves Alaffia's intensive moisturizing lotion made with the maximum amount of Alaffia's handcrafted, unrefined shea butter from West Africa.