The Benefits of a Fresh Perspective Sometimes it is true that “you can’t see the forest for the trees.” Co-ops in the midst of daily operations can find themselves busy with details, but unsure whether they are grasping the big picture of their business. A very useful tool to regain perspective is a review of […]
Home Care Co-op Works for Its Owners
Paradise Home Care Cooperative (PHCC), located on the Big Island, Hawaii, provides home care services to clients in their homes. As a worker-owned cooperative, PHCC is owned and directed by the home care workers. A Board of Directors elected by the member-owners oversees the business. The Board of Directors has provided oversight resulting in steady […]
Worker Ownership Brings More Than Jobs
The Blue Scorcher Bakery and Café of Astoria, Washington is a place of more than good food. Since its 2004 origins as The Bread Collective, it has also been about community, sharing, respect and joy. For co-founders Joe Garrison and Iris Sullivan Daire, ownership of the business reflects those values. In 2009, they and the […]
Cooperatives — the business model of the future
GoodFoodWorld.com featured the Cultivating NW Co-ops conference, held in October 2012 in Seattle and co-hosted by NWCDC and three other partners. The six-state conference considered how cooperative business models will contribute to the future of our local and regional food systems. Gail Nickel-Kailing of GoodFoodWorld spoke with Jan Tusick, Center Director for Mission Mountain Food […]
Your Food Co-op IS Local!
Here are inspiring statistics of the value added to your community by your food co-op: 20% of the products are locally sourced (versus 6% with conventional stores) and involve working with a surprisingly large number of local farmers and producers: 157 versus 65 by a conventional store. And there are the broader benefits of earning a […]
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