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Our MissionKuluntu Bakery is a non-profit bakery that co-creates a more equitable food system and community by connecting the food industry, consumers and partners to center women and humanize all food workers.What is Kuluntu?“Kuluntu” means community in isiXhosa, a South African language of the amaXhosa. It reflects our belief in Ubuntu—“I am because you are.” We operate as a community-driven nonprofit bakery, growing from a cottage bakery into a brick-and-mortar space designed for women’s power and collective action.Our VisionKuluntu Bakery envisions an interconnected and interdependent food system and hospitality industry with women at the center. This encompasses anyone who identifies as a woman or nonbinary person. This reimagined industry cultivates:Shared powerTransparencyIncreased accessSustainabilityStronger communitiesSocial changeKuluntu’s immediate goal is to open a brick and mortar bakery and community space that will be focused on this reimagined industry.