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Membership

Membership

Become a member-owner with a USD 100 one-time joining fee and access to pure groceries sourced directly from farmer-owned organisations — better returns to farmers and better pricing for members through a middlemen-free supply chain.

What you get

Member Benefits

  • ✓USD 100 one-time joining fee — member-owned cooperative
  • ✓Access to pure products at better pricing
  • ✓Member fulfillment through cooperative retail stores (Costco model)
  • ✓Local WhatsApp groups coordinate group delivery at one location on scheduled dates
  • ✓Disintermediated farm-to-consumer supply chain
  • ✓Regional food baskets — Telangana, Tamil, North Indian, and more
  • ✓Membership in a community institution — not just a grocery customer

What it costs

Membership Fees

  • USD 100 one-time joining fee

Initial chapters in New Jersey, California, and Texas — with Texas store opening soon

Ohio domestic cooperative corporation (registered May 2026)

Democratic Governance

  • USD 1,000+ invested members receive voting rights — one member, one vote
  • Dividends proportional to capital investment
  • Board elected by voting members
  • Annual public reporting of finances
  • Sourcing principles charter amendable only by 75% member vote
  • Farmer-owned organisation advisory representation on the cooperative board

Investment & Voting Rights

Members who invest USD 1,000 or more in cooperative capital receive voting rights and dividends proportional to their investment — one member, one vote among voting members.

  • • Minimum USD 1,000 investment for voting rights
  • • Dividends proportional to capital invested
  • • One member, one vote among members with voting rights
  • • Separate from the USD 100 membership joining fee
  • • Open to cooperative members seeking to deepen their stake
  • • Patron capital supports Phase 1 shipments and farmer-owned partnerships

Investor benefits

Work in progress
  1. 1.Become part of HarvestLinx's growth

    Social Investors help provide the early capital needed to build and grow HarvestLinx. You become more than a customer—you become someone helping the cooperative establish and expand its farmer-to-consumer network.

  2. 2.5% Member Pricing

    Social Investors receive 5% preferred pricing on eligible HarvestLinx products. This provides an ongoing benefit when purchasing products through the cooperative.

  3. 3.$50 Annual Cooperative Credit

    Receive a $50 HarvestLinx credit each year that can be used toward eligible purchases. This benefit can begin once the cooperative reaches defined operational or revenue milestones.

  4. 4.Early Product Access

    Get early access to selected products, seasonal offerings, limited farmer batches, and new products before they are made broadly available.

  5. 5.Impact Updates & Future Economic Participation

    See how HarvestLinx is making an impact—farmers and FPOs engaged, products sourced, communities reached, and other measurable outcomes. Investors may also participate proportionally in future economic distributions when approved by the cooperative.

  6. 6.Quarterly Updates & Founding Investor Recognition

    Receive regular updates on HarvestLinx's progress, growth, sourcing, financial direction, and upcoming initiatives. Early investors can also be recognized as Founding Social Investors.

  7. 7.Impact Partners Become Long-Term Partners

    Higher-level Impact Partners can have a deeper relationship with HarvestLinx—helping support new farmer partnerships, markets, products, and community initiatives as the cooperative grows.

  8. 8.Opportunity to Participate in the Investor Advisory Council

    Selected investors can participate in an advisory group that provides feedback and ideas to HarvestLinx leadership. The council can help shape strategy while the cooperative retains its established governance structure.

  9. 9.Economic Participation Proportional to Investment

    Economic participation is based on the amount invested. For example, someone investing $5,000 would have five times the economic participation of someone investing $1,000, assuming investments are made under the same terms. Future distributions would depend on HarvestLinx's performance and the cooperative's approved distribution policy.

  10. 10.Returns Are Not Guaranteed

    HarvestLinx is a social-impact investment, not a guaranteed-return product. Any future economic distributions depend on the cooperative's performance, financial position, and applicable investment terms.

This is a work in progress. For additional clarification, please call 614-961-9552.

Members investing USD 1,000 or more receive voting rights and dividends proportional to their investment. Invest online or call 614-961-9552.

Invest online

Governance Safeguards

  • • Farmer-owned organisation advisory board seats for partner institution representatives
  • • Sourcing principles in articles — farmer-owned procurement, fair price floors, quality standards
  • • 75% member vote required to amend sourcing principles
  • • Annual public financial reporting
  • • Conflict of interest policy for board members in food import/export
  • • Multi-year supply agreements (3–5 year rolling contracts) with farmer-owned partners

How to pay

Pay with Zelle

Send payment from your bank app. Membership is activated within 1–2 business days after payment is received.

Zelle

harvestlinx@gmail.com

Open your bank app, choose Zelle, and send to this email address.

How to pay

  1. Open your bank app and send $100.00 via Zelle to harvestlinx@gmail.com.
  2. Include your application reference number in the memo.
  3. Email harvestlinx@gmail.com once sent so we can confirm receipt.

Prefer PayPal or a card? Those options appear on the join or invest form when they are enabled.

Members investing USD 1,000 or more receive voting rights and dividends proportional to their investment. Invest online or call 614-961-9552.

Join the Movement

Be part of a cooperative that puts farmers first, consumers first, and community first.

Become a Member — $100