The Southwest Cooperative Development Center works to improve economic conditions for New Mexico’s rural communities by helping to create, maintain, and expand sustainable, cooperative and mutually owned businesses, particularly related to healthy food access, and local and regional food systems.

The SW Center can help with:

• cooperative or community-owned food retail store
• local and regional food hub
• marketing cooperative for producers
• service and supply cooperatives
• buying club
• and other food and food-related businesses.