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

Food & society; Employee-ownership & co-operatives; Food manufacturing & related industries; Retail sector

Hungry for change? Put the power of food co-ops on your plate and grow your

local food economy.

Food has become ground-zero in our efforts to increase awareness of how our choices

impact the world. Yet while we have begun to transform our communities and dinner

plates, the most authoritative strand of the food web has received surprisingly little

attention: the grocery store - the epicenter of our food-gathering ritual.

Through penetrating analysis and inspiring stories and examples of American and

Canadian food co-ops, Grocery Story makes a compelling case for the transformation

of the grocery store aisles as the emerging frontier in the local and good food

movements.

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 enhance

low-income food access

Grocery Story is for everyone who eats. Whether you strive to eat more local and

sustainable food, or are in support of community economic development, Grocery

Story will leave you hungry to join the food co-op movement in your own community.

By: Jon Steinman
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: 15 July 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jon Steinman has studied and worked with all things food for over two decades. He was the producer and host of the internationally syndicated radio show and podcast Deconstructing Dinner, once ranked as the most-listened-to food podcast in Canada. Jon was the writer and host of Deconstructing Dinner: Reconstructing our Food System - 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.