Co-operatives
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  Food Co-ops and the Local EconomyFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes the benefits of food co-ops to the local economy via the retention of profits, local supply chains, and the value of using the language of "economic development" … | John Steinman | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Many Galaxies of CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Indigenous peoples were there first. They refined the art of commoning long before hackers began to share software code and social scientists developed complicated theories about the commons. And … | David Bollier | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From Local FoodmakersThe People Behind the Products From: Grocery Story |
Examples of local foodmakers and the pitfalls they experience in supplying grocery chains are described. The role of food co-ops as small business incubators and the fair dealiing policies co-ops … | John Steinman | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From The Commons as a Different Way of Seeing and BeingFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Our tacit metaphysical commitments are the very basis for our “free market” economic and political structures. What’s so intriguing is that many scientists are starting to see … | David Bollier | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The Crisis of CommunityFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
The Decline of Social Capital The End of Authenticity Shadowland Reciprocity and Restoration The Meaning of Work | John Restakis | 25 | 2010 | $2.50 Add |
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From Humanizing the EconomyCo-operatives in the Age of Capital From: Humanizing the Economy |
The Future of an Idea Happiness Matters Commons Sense Japan’s Fishing Co-operatives Ozone Globalizing Localism | John Restakis | 29 | 2010 | $2.90 Add |
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From  Sweet!How Fair Trade Powers the Sugar Revolution From: The Fair Trade Handbook |
This chapter explores fair trade in the sugar industry; how sugar farmers are often deprived of market access; and how a Paraguayan co-operative is positively disrupting the status quo. | Martin Van den Borre | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Future of the CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
There is much more that can be said about the commons — in greater depth, with greater precision, from different cultural perspectives, and with the wisdom of historians, poets and artists. … | David Bollier | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From Threats to Food Co-opsFrom: Grocery Story |
The co-opting by grocery chains of co-op values as marketing strategies is described, as well as the challenges of the "cornucopia effect", caused by a dizzying variety of choice. The … | John Steinman | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From Additional Content- The Commons, Short and Sweet - The Logic of the Commons and the Market From: Think Like a Commoner |
A quick synopsis of what the commons is and what is means. Plus the logic of Commons and the Market – A comparison of their core beliefs. | David Bollier | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the MovementFrom: Grocery Story |
The Kootenay Co-op expansion to a new location is described through member loans and– a first in food co-op history– as a developer of Nelson Commons, residential units above the … | John Steinman | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From EpilogueWhere Do We Go from Here? From: Grocery Story |
The author asserts that capitalist economies do not serve the food needs of entire nations, and that the co-operative model is the means through which public spaces like the food supply can … | John Steinman | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
