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Why community-owned grocery stores like co-ops are the best recipe for revitalizing food deserts

Posted on September 11, 2019September 11, 2019

The Mandela Co-op, which opened in a West Oakland, California, food desert in 2009, is a great example of this. The worker-owned grocery store focuses on purchasing from farmers and food […]

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A Worker Co-op Movement Emerges in Los Angeles

Posted on August 31, 2018September 3, 2018

Collective Avenue Coffee is moving from pop-up to brick and mortar business as part of COOP LA, a 10-person collective venture of four co-located cooperative businesses. Along with the coffee […]

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