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Podcast: How to Stay on the Leading Edge with Kootenay Co-op

You might think the bleeding edge is populated with high tech start-ups, but there are folks out there leading their respective packs you may have never thought of. Take grocery stores for instance.

So much more than just a mere grocery store the Kootenay Coop has grown from humble beginnings as The Vallican-Winlaw Food Cooperative in 1975, into Canada’s largest independent consumer owned natural foods retail cooperative.

Taking bold steps beyond the known boundaries of what coops have and can be, the Kootenay Coop has found a magical balance between for profit business, and a democratically run, consumer owned coop. The results speak for themselves with the latest bold step invovling the purchase of 3/4 of a prime downtown block in Nelson, BC and plans well underway to construct a four story mixed use development, that along with retail and condo’s will also feature a greatly expanded 20,000 square foot home for the coop.

Joining us on the podcast today are Deirdrie Lang and Jocelyn Carver of the Kootenay Coop.

Listen to the podcast at the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology

 

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