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Grocery Story

The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants

Jon Steinman

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English
New Society Publishers
15 July 2019
Hungry for change? Put the power of food co-ops on your plate and grow yourlocal food economy.

Food has become ground-zero in our efforts to increase awareness of how our choicesimpact the world. Yet while we have begun to transform our communities and dinnerplates, the most authoritative strand of the food web has received surprisingly littleattention: the grocery store - the epicenter of our food-gathering ritual.

Through penetrating analysis and inspiring stories and examples of American andCanadian food co-ops, Grocery Story makes a compelling case for the transformationof the grocery store aisles as the emerging frontier in the local and good foodmovements. 

In this book, author Jon Steinman:

Deconstructs the food retail sector and the shadows cast by corporate giants  Makes the case for food co-ops as an alternative

Shows how co-ops spur the creation of local food-based economies and enhancelow-income food access

Grocery Story is for everyone who eats. Whether you strive to eat more local andsustainable food, or are in support of community economic development, GroceryStory will leave you hungry to join the food co-op movement in your own community. 
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Imprint:   New Society Publishers
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   515g
ISBN:   9780865719071
ISBN 10:   0865719071
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Food System Defined Preface Note from the Author: Big Food Introduction [1] Rise of the Grocery Giants A&P - The First of the Giants Other Giants Emerge Self-Service Regulating the Rise of Big Business Expanding the War on Chain Grocers Enter the Supermarket [2] Retailer Market Power Taming the Chains The Giants Break Loose The Accelerating of Supermarket Dominance Regulating Market Power Today The Generational Effect and Self-Reinforcing Apathy [3] Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our Food The Farm Crisis of the 1980s The Farm Share and Marketing Share of Our Food Dollars Squeezing Food Dollars Through Bottlenecks Farm Value vs. Retail Price Eaters Pay the Price for Concentrated Markets Mergers Decrease Prices Paid to Farmers The Most Extreme Expression of the Farm Income Crisis [4] Grocery Stores - The Food System's Control Center Shaping Food - Literally Losses in Flavor Cosmetic Requirements and Food Safety Genetic Diversity Food Standards as Buyer Leverage Standards and Food Waste Marching Orders for Suppliers Suppliers Finance Their Own Servitude Category Management Pay to Play, Pay to Stay Is It Bribery? Private Labels (Deliberately Anonymous) Barriers to Entry Setting Food Policy Eaters at the Controls INTERLUDE Welcome to What's Possible, North America Welcome to Resisterville (Nelson, British Columbia) Grocery Giants in Nelson The Regional Food Movement Viroqua, Wisconsin [5] Enter the Co-op What Is a Co-op? Mission-Driven and Transparent Resilience History of the Cooperative Movement The First Consumer Co-ops in Canada and the United States The Empowered Consumer [6] The Food Co-op Waves The Consumer Wave The New Wave The New Wave Grows Up The Newest Wave Beyond Natural Foods - Co-ops for Low-Income Communities [7] Consumer Food Co-ops Today There's Nothing Cookie-Cutter About Food Co-ops Food Co-ops as Community Centers Education Kitchen Skills Training Children's Programming Co-ops in Schools Food Access Inexpensive Meals for Community Building Community Giving Nonprofit Arms Positive Workplace Working Members Cooperation with Local Businesses The Co-op Footprint Community-Owned Good Food Media College Town Co-ops Governance and Ownership Profiles of Board Directors at Food Co-ops Engaging Members in Their Co-op Diversity Social Cohesion Activism On Prices Unleashing Potential [8] Co-ops as Food Desert Remediation Greensboro, North Carolina Cincinnati, Ohio Other Stories of What's Possible Starting a Co-op Isn't a Shoo-In for Success [9] Food Co-ops and the Local Economy Easier Access to Eaters True Local The Language of Economic Development Food Co-ops as Economic Development Local Food System Stimulation Anchors for Main Street Retention and Rearing of Community Leaders A Different Kind of Profit [10] Local Foodmakers - The People Behind the Products Co-ops as Small Business Incubators The People Behind the Products Where Does Your Food Dollar Go? Planning the Co-op Shelves with Local Producers [11] Threats to Food Co-ops Fierce Competition The Co-opting of Local The Whole Foods Effect The Demise of Co-op Atlantic Closed Relevance Ideology Institutional Isomorphism Member Engagement [12] Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the Movement Start-ups Financing Food Co-ops Co-ops Supporting Co-ops Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here? Acknowledgments Grocery Story's Supporters Endnotes Index About the Author A Note about the Publisher

Jon Steinman a television and web series currently streaming online. Jon coordinates and curates the annual Deconstructing Dinner Film Festival of compelling food documentaries and was an elected director from 2006-2016 of the Kootenay Co-op Canada's largest independent retail consumer food co-op, serving as Board President from 2014-2016. He lives in Nelson, BC.

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