Editing Twelve Tribes communities (section)

== Communal businesses ==
The Twelve Tribes supports itself through means that allow its members to work together, without the need to seek outside employment. The communal businesses the group owns and operates include:

* Parchment Press: A printing company offering printing services and also printing and selling the group's literature.
* BOJ Construction: A general contractor based in Plymouth, Massachusetts and operating nationally, using unpaid and child labor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 4, 2016|title=FOX25 Investigates: Video Prompts Child Labor Investigation|url=https://www.boston25news.com/news/fox25-investigates-kids-working-on-local-construction-site/417099843/|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Boston 25 News|language=en}}</ref>
* Commonwealth Construction: Construction contracting, primarily in the Southeastern US.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Writer|title=Career forum at JFK school today|url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2008/04/04/career-forum-at-jfk-school/45067362007/|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Savannah Morning News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lebos|first=Jessica Leigh|title=Meet me at the Maté Factor|url=https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/meet-me-at-the-matandeacute-factor/Content?oid=2525457|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Connect Savannah|language=en}}</ref>
* Greener Formulas: A soap and body care research and development firm with ties to its other business, Common Sense Farm.<ref name="Rulison">{{Cite news|last=Rulison|first=Larry|date=June 4, 2018|title=State finds 'multiple' child labor law violations at Twelve Tribes Farm|url=https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Inside-Edition-airs-video-alleging-child-labor-12965339.php|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Times Union|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Maté Factor: A yerba mate import company that also runs two cafés, in Manitou Springs, Colorado and Savannah, Georgia.<ref name=Bradbury>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/07/yellow-deli-twelve-tribes-cult-exploitation/|title=Twelve Tribes' businesses like Yellow Deli exploit cult followers for free labor, ex-members say |website=[[The Denver Post]]|author=Bradbury, Shelly|date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref>
[[File:Tribal Trading store (Twelve Tribes), Irun, Spain.jpg|thumb|Tribal Trading store in Irun, Spain]]
* Tribal Trading: an organic foods distribution company based in Irún, Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Las Doce Tribus|url=http://docetribus.com/|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=docetribus.com}}</ref>
* A farm in [[Kansas]].<ref name=Bradbury/>
* A construction business in [[Colorado]]. For that particular community, construction using unpaid labor is their main source of income.<ref name=Bradbury/>
* Stoneybrook Farm Market in Hillsboro, VA. A restaurant, bakery, and market located on a 45-acre farm close to the border of West Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stoneybrook Farm Market in Hillsboro |url=https://www.twelvetribes.org/community/hillsboro-store |access-date=August 3, 2025 |website=Twelve Tribes}}</ref> 
The group also runs restaurant chains:

* Yellow Deli Restaurants<ref name=Bradbury />
* Common Ground Café Restaurants