MVS-started co-op creates community in Evansville, Ind.
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Mennonite Voluntary Service participant John Eads (right) and Jane Case Vickers work at the River City Food Co-op in Evansville, Ind.
“We wanted natural foods without having to drive two hours, pack three ice coolers and pay $300 to get them,” says Eads.
In the process, the new market has become not only a natural foods source but has also helped transform the surrounding neighborhood.
With his wife, Leah, Eads is completing his third year in Evansville with MVS, a service program of Mennonite Mission Network.
The idea for the co-op originated during Eads’ first year of service through conversations and neighborhood listening meetings.
He picked up the project and decided to use an additional year of MVS to tend this growing experiment.
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