worker and farmer owned food cooperative
LINC Foods
Industry Food
A worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub distributing regional produce, grains, legumes, meat, dairy, and pantry goods to grocery, restaurant, school, and institutional buyers. LINC Foods scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.
Why this matters: LINC is a strong regional-food entry because ownership spans workers and farmers while the product mix includes ordinary food staples rather than lifestyle-only goods.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
Final Score
52* A - Good
A* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from High-Carbon Products.
Strengths
- Ownership9/10
- Governance8/10
- Extraction7/10
Penalties
- High-Carbon Products-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims3
- Direct axis claims3
- Coverage3/10
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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9 / 10 |
The linked record identifies LINC Foods as a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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8 / 10 |
The linked record identifies LINC Foods as a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub. Linked evidence
|
Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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7 / 10 |
The linked record identifies LINC Foods as a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub. |
Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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6 / 7 |
The linked record identifies LINC Foods as a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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5 / 7 |
The linked record identifies LINC Foods as a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub. |
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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6 / 7 |
The linked record identifies LINC Foods as a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub. |
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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4 / 5 |
LINC Foods distributes regional food including produce, grains, legumes, dairy, meat, and pantry goods to grocery, restaurant, school, and institutional buyers. |
Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
LINC Foods distributes regional food including produce, grains, legumes, dairy, meat, and pantry goods to grocery, restaurant, school, and institutional buyers. Linked evidence
|
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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3 / 5 |
The linked record identifies LINC Foods as a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub. |
Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
High-Carbon Products
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Core products, services, financing, or supply chains that materially
depend on fossil-fuel combustion, high-emissions transport, industrial
animal agriculture, meat, dairy, or other unusually carbon-intensive
activity. This is scored separately from general ecological harm so
ordinary consumers can see carbon-intensive product exposure directly.
Range: -10 to 0.
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-1 |
The product category is food and agriculture, but the profile centers staples, produce, grains, beverages, or baked goods rather than meat or dairy. Linked evidence
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Bonus Credits
No bonus credits applied in this version.
Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 66/100
3 verified linked claims 3 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 3/10 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 18/20
3 verified linked claims
Source quality 11/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 6/18
3 direct claims across 10 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 3/10
3/10 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
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Claims and Sources
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* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1LINC Foods describes itself as a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub.
- LINC Foods AboutOfficial self-description · 68%
2LINC Foods distributes regional food including produce, grains, legumes, dairy, meat, and pantry goods to grocery, restaurant, school, and institutional buyers.
- LINC Foods ProductsGeneral web source · 58%
3LINC Foods has lower-carbon food with residual exposure high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A worker- and farmer-owned cooperative food hub distributing regional produce, grains, legumes, meat, dairy, and pantry goods to grocery, restaurant, school, and institutional buyers. LINC Foods scores well because owne…
- LINC Foods public siteGeneral web source · 58%
- Our World in Data: Environmental Impacts of Food ProductionGeneral web source · 58%
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