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Food co-ops in America : communities, consumption, and economic democracy / Anne Meis Knupfer.
Author
Knupfer, Anne Meis, 1951-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Description
1 online resource (289 p.)
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Food cooperatives
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United States
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History
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Summary note
In recent years, American shoppers have become more conscious of their food choices and have increasingly turned to CSAs, farmers' markets, organic foods in supermarkets, and to joining and forming new food co-ops. In fact, food co-ops have been a viable food source, as well as a means of collective and democratic ownership, for nearly 180 years.In Food Co-ops in America, Anne Meis Knupfer examines the economic and democratic ideals of food cooperatives. She shows readers what the histories of food co-ops can tell us about our rights as consumers, how we can practice democracy and community, and how we might do business differently. In the first history of food co-ops in the United States, Knupfer draws on newsletters, correspondence, newspaper coverage, and board meeting minutes, as well as visits to food co-ops around the country, where she listened to managers, board members, workers, and members.What possibilities for change-be they economic, political, environmental or social-might food co-ops offer to their members, communities, and the globalized world? Food co-ops have long advocated for consumer legislation, accurate product labeling, and environmental protection. Food co-ops have many constituents-members, workers, board members, local and even global producers-making the process of collective decision-making complex and often difficult. Even so, food co-ops offer us a viable alternative to corporate capitalism. In recent years, committed co-ops have expanded their social vision to improve access to healthy food for all by helping to establish food co-ops in poorer communities.
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
Language note
English
Contents
Introduction : a democratic impulse
Food co-operatives before the Depression
Food co-operatives, 1930s to 1950s
Ithaca Consumer Co-operative Society
The Hyde Park Co-operative Society
Hanover Consumer Co-operative Society
Adamant Food Co-operative and Putney Food Co-operative
Food co-operatives, 1960s to 1990s
North Coast co-operatives in Arcata, Eureka, and Fortuna
New Pioneer Co-operative Society
Co-operatives in the Twin Cities
Epilogue : the age of the "organic-industrial complex."
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ISBN
0-8014-6770-5
0-8014-6771-3
OCLC
843997138
966768014
979880980
Doi
10.7591/9780801467714
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