Rizoma Cooperativa Integral - Self-managed community grocery store
Rizoma makes it possible for the local community to jointly build a more socially, economically and ecologically sustainable neighbourhood by creating a multi-sector cooperative that includes a grocery store with sustainable and healthy products.
The community grocery store, participatory and self-managed by and for the community, guarantees quality products at fair prices for those who produce and co-operate. Every "member-consumer" is also an "owner" and "worker" and contributes 3h/month to the running of the shop. We offer hundreds of local products at competitive prices, we support more than 80 local and/or sustainable producers, and we practise transparency in terms of prices and product information.
The project is a collective citizens' initiative with over 400 active members in which all profits are reinvested in the project and which aims to combine quality, sustainability, health, affordable prices, transparency, collaboration, education, solidarity and critical citizenship.
- Nº de Cooperantes-Proprietários-Trabalhadores
- + de 500persons totalTarget8 ● 5Full employment and decent work with equal pay
- Nº de Produtores locais e/ou com práticas sustentáveis beneficiários
- + de 100persons totalTarget2 ● 3Double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers
- Nº de Produtos sustentáveis na mercearia comunitária
- + de 800variedades totalTarget12 ● 6Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices and sustainability reporting
- Eventos ligados ao cooperativismo, alimentação sustentável
- + de 100realizações
Participação e realização de conferências, formações, cine-debates, etc.
Target12 ● 8Promote universal understanding of sustainable lifestyles - Nº de Prossumidores
- 35persons
Membros que alcançam um rendimento extra ao vender seus produtos sustentáveis na mercearia
Target12 ● 5Substantially reduce waste generation - Produtos Portugueses
- 85%
Privilegiamos a produção local para reduzir os impactos ambientais ligados ao transporte e para apoiar a economia local
Target12 ● 2Sustainable management and use of natural resources - Produtos locais produzidos a menos de 50km da mercearia
- 46%Target12 ● 4Responsible management of chemicals and waste
- Produtos a Granel
- 45%
Privilegiamos produtos a granel para evitar o uso de plástico e papéis, e incentivamos a reutilização de embalagens
Target12 ● 5Substantially reduce waste generation - Parcerias com organizações e entidades locais
- + de 20Parcerias
Queremos fortalecer uma rede de entre-ajuda e cooperação à níveis locais, nacional e internacional.
Target17 ● 17Encourage effective partnerships
- Website:
- https://www.rizomacoop.pt/
- Social Network:
- http://www.instagram.com/rizomacoop.pt
- Promoter:
- Cooperativa
- No. of people reached:
- 500 – 5000
- Development Status:
- Taking root