local living economies
Looking backwards and wanting what 'ought' to be
PBS Special on the Solidarity Economy
What can 2,500,000 Berkshares Buy
Park Slope Food Coop Impresses Fortune Magazine
The Park Slope Food Co-op (PSFC) earned $39.4 million in its last fiscal year, reports Fortune, which translates into a per-square-foot average of over $6,500. By comparison Trader Joe's leads its competitors with an average per-square-foot earning of $1,750, while one estimate has Whole Foods's doing less than $850.
The Fortue story examines how PSFC does it.
Worker Cooperative Section of the San Francisco Congress
Below is a report from Steve Rice (volunteer with the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives [NoBAWC]), Poonam Whabi (Design Action Collective), and Rick Simon (Just Alternatives for a Sustainable Economy) on the Worker Co-operative component of the Congress. This component calls on local government to...
San Francisco Community Congress: background and update
San Francisco Community Congress: background and update
(EDITOR’S NOTE: A very interesting grassroots development happening in SanFrancisco: The San Francisco Community Congress.The goal is to “devise practical, locally actionable proposals to shape and direct future policy affecting the local economy and the provision of critical human services.” Their mantra, “another San Francisco is possible.” If the devil is in the details, then this appears to be the beginning of a premier Solidarity Economy project.
GEO is...Doing Green Jobs Right
A Network of Cooperatives Gets Organized in New York City: Low-income and immigrant workers well-represented
Regional Alliance of Worker Co-ops to Publish a Movement Book
Tuesday November 3 marked a milestone for the book project of the Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives (VAWC). Food for Thought Books, a 33-year collective and member of VAWC, hosted an advance book sale for CO-OP VALLEY! THE WORKER COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. They organized the event to help finance the writing and publishing of the book.
Our purpose in publishing this book is three-fold: Co-opted: The Fall Of The Natural Foods Cooperative And What We Can Do About It
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by Bob St.Peter
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