Rise Community Market is an Award Nominee

Up and Coming Food Co-op Conference

Our second of three nominees for the 2023 ***Startup Innovator*** award is Rise Community Market a co-op that is NOW OPEN in Cairo, IL.

We're thrilled that representative from Rise will be sharing about their organizing experiences in a facilitated discussion on Friday afternoon (A Tale of Two Co-ops).

Here is some of why Rise is a Nominee!

This co-op’s journey to opening a community owned food co-op has been innovative on numerous levels, showing a new way forward for rural communities that have been deserted by corporate grocery chains.

In a time when grocery stores are disappearing from small rural communities as their economies struggle, Rise Community Market has found a way to bring a food cooperative to their community in a manner that fits the resources and needs of their community. Showing a way forward for many similar communities in the future.