The national business and innovation magazine, Fast Company, published an in-depth story about the power of startup food co-ops!

Dollar stores are killing some supermarkets. Could co-ops help cities fight back?

by Adele Peters | Fast Company | December 12, 2023

Journalist Adele Peters interviewed Faye Mack from FCI, along with five startup food co-ops that we are supporting and one open food co-op that we supported when they were still a startup. “Dollar stores are killing some supermarkets. Could co-ops help cities fight back?” tells the story of how communities are organizing to take back their power in determining where and how they can buy the food they want to eat. Check out the full article to hear how startups across the country, including Goodness Gracious Grocery, The Marmaton Market, Caledonia Food Co-op, Magdalena Food Co-op and the Detroit People’s Food Co-op are building food sovereignty in their cities and towns.

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