page_title: Mandela MarketPlace
section_title: Food Cooperative
hierarchical_section_title: Mandela MarketPlace / Food Cooperative
caption_attribution_description: English: Mandela foods cooperative entrance in West Oakland.
context_page_description: Mandela Partners, formerly Mandela MarketPlace, is a non-profit organization in Oakland, California that works to aid low-income communities in improving access to food and health care resources.
context_section_description: In 2008, Mandela Partners opened The Mandela Foods Cooperative, a worker owned grocery store and nutrition education center. The inception of the co-op was in response to requests made to Mandela Partners by residents of West Oakland. The Mandela Foods Cooperative holds classes focused on nutrition and is centrally located two blocks from the West Oakland BART station making it accessible to both West Oakland residents and other residents of the San Francisco Bay Area.
  The co-op "sources their produce from small to medium sized local farms within a 120-mile radius from Oakland."  The Mandela Foods Cooperative helps "under-resourced farmers by establishing an alternative distribution network that passes on wholesale prices to community retailers and institutions."  The co-op has received the below awards for their achievements in the Food Justice Movement.
  2012: San Francisco Bay Guardian Small Business Award - Employee Owned Business
  2011: Oakland Indie Award -The Ripple Effect
  2011: Ella Baker Center - Ella Award
  2010: Robert Redford Art of Activism Award - James Berk, Mandela Foods Cooperative Worker-Owner
caption: Mandela Foods Cooperative entrance
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