VEGGI Farmers Cooperative

VEGGI Cooperative is a community-member-owned and operated farmer's co-op established in 2011 and based in New Orleans East that sells produce and products from cooperatively-growing farmers in Village de L'Est, a Vietnamese-American community, at markets throughout the city. Founded in response to economic hardship following the 2010 BP oil spill, VEGGI Co-op aims to empower growers in the Greater New Orleans area and create sustainable jobs in urban agriculture using green growing techniques such as aquaponics and greenhouse technologies while increasing local food access. Sells at the Crescent City Farmers Market in New Orleans.