tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post3139418182312501828..comments2024-03-19T19:48:17.585-04:00Comments on New York Daily Photo: Co-opBrian Dubéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12579167361224067819noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-47577345772023867822008-04-24T13:37:00.000-04:002008-04-24T13:37:00.000-04:00Pittsburgh as well has its own coop. It's great, g...Pittsburgh as well has its own coop. <BR/>It's great, good food, nice people, fair enough !! <BR/>I like itEmanuele Caudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186410603461963863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-44640093864374182572008-04-21T16:06:00.000-04:002008-04-21T16:06:00.000-04:00I, too, love co-ops. There's something both comfo...I, too, love co-ops. There's something both comforting AND delicious about paying less for locally grown food (even without membership fee) over paying <I>more</I> at a grocery store for something sprayed with who knows what and flown in from who knows where. <BR/>Nice shot, by the way. Cute pup. Looks kind of like a dingo. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-35488053052872070482008-04-21T14:55:00.000-04:002008-04-21T14:55:00.000-04:00I love the co-ops. New Yorkers who are really com...I love the co-ops. New Yorkers who are really committed to shopping and eating responsibly often commit to community sponsered shares of agriculture. All the same values, but food direct from one group of farmers every week! Its delicious, and I know some of your fans are members too!!<BR/><BR/>Check it out: www.justfood.org/csa/Naomidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116374070462482669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-30339691633686246272008-04-21T10:17:00.000-04:002008-04-21T10:17:00.000-04:00I do agree with the previous reader: yes definitiv...I do agree with the previous reader: yes definitively. Even here in Arizona home gardens are starting to pop up. A large demand for organic seeds too...Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-78599940807711741642008-04-21T07:22:00.000-04:002008-04-21T07:22:00.000-04:00Coops may come back in a big way if the organic fo...Coops may come back in a big way if the organic food prices keep rising and the products become less available because the farmers can't afford to work that way, and according to the NYT that is beginning to happen now. Or we may have to start gardening in community gardens again, as they did in WW2. I read that Americans grew half of their own vegetables during those years, surprisingly.indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-32737472363185038962008-04-21T07:17:00.000-04:002008-04-21T07:17:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-77791011705088839092008-04-19T00:28:00.000-04:002008-04-19T00:28:00.000-04:00Well, it's going to be a bloody rude shock for tho...Well, it's going to be a bloody rude shock for those people when there is no choice! If peak oil is a biggie, peak food will be somethign else entirely....see the front page of yesterday's NY Times abotu the global impact of the drought in Australia!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/2008/04/sydney-dps-2nd-birthday.html" REL="nofollow">Sydney Daily Photo Turns 2 today! </A>Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06459567597804197579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-5868044227682722992008-04-18T22:16:00.000-04:002008-04-18T22:16:00.000-04:00Sounds like you have the food thing figured out. ...Sounds like you have the food thing figured out. We just have a few regular grocery stores and a backyard plot for homegrown tomatoes.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187924454780490386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-52946811327168204762008-04-18T16:17:00.000-04:002008-04-18T16:17:00.000-04:00I was brought up with the co-op in Scotland, altho...I was brought up with the co-op in Scotland, although it's much more restricted now than it used to be.<BR/><BR/>There was a wholesale society that bought and manufactured in bulk and sold to the individual retail societies. These retailed practically everything; food, clothing, hardware, even funerals. (I used to rub down the shire horses it used for milk and coal deliveries!)<BR/><BR/>Each member had an individual society co-op number and any annual profit from that society was split up amongst the members - staff and management were employees and paid as such.<BR/><BR/>Each individual society was overseen by a committee consisting of the senior managers and elected members of the society and each society had a representative on the committee overseeing the wholesale society. Every large town, quite a few small towns and even some villages had its own society at one time, but that is very much a thing of the past.<BR/><BR/>BTW, that is not a German shepherd is it? Doesn't look like any German Shepherd I've seen.An Honest Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03737317978687717195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-28113613040781152692008-04-18T15:28:00.000-04:002008-04-18T15:28:00.000-04:00I love the co-op we have up here in Albany. We do...I love the co-op we have up here in Albany. We don't have the luxury of a Whole Foods or Trader Joes and, being a vegetarian, it's hard to find some of the ingredients I need at the regular grocery store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-56974475868033459652008-04-18T14:03:00.000-04:002008-04-18T14:03:00.000-04:00there's actually 2 in brooklyn. one in park slope ...there's actually 2 in brooklyn. one in park slope and one in flatbush.J$https://www.blogger.com/profile/07526309129182495617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-50560564204841844452008-04-18T11:35:00.000-04:002008-04-18T11:35:00.000-04:00Curiously we have PCC stores in Seattle which bega...Curiously we have PCC stores in Seattle which began in this fashion, still require membership dues up to a certain $ figure. I assume there was provision for contributing work hours in the early days, though not sure of that. Today PCC stores somewhat rival Whole Foods. Main difference is PCC remains within Seattle proper rather than nationwide. <BR/><BR/>Love the patient German shepherd.Chuck Pefleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886326288618029812noreply@blogger.com