Grocery Story

667 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 8h20min.
Hungry for change? Put the power of food co-ops on your plate and grow your local food economy 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. 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. "Food System" DefinedPrefaceNote from the Author: Big FoodIntroduction[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 ControlsINTERLUDEWelcome 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-opsEpilogue: Where Do We Go from Here? Acknowledgments Grocery Story's Supporters Endnotes Index About the Author A Note about the Publisher