FOOD COOP Panel Discussion - 11/14/22
Channel: Grassroots Economic Organizing
Date: 2022-11-17

A panel discussion of the documentary film FOOD COOP, about the Park Slope Food Coop. Hosted by GEO on Nov. 14th, 2022. 

Panelists:
Tom Boothe: the filmmaker, and founding member of La Louve food cooperative in Paris, France. https://cooplalouve.fr/

Erin Dale Mclellan: President of Fertile Ground Food Cooperative in Raleigh, NC. https://www.fertileground.coop/

Ben Sandel: worker-owner at Columinate, a consulting cooperative that has worked with many food co-ops in the US. 
https://columinate.coop/

Elizabeth Jesdale: UE Local 255 representative at Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, VT. 
https://www.facebook.com/UELocal255/

Alan Berger:  a Park Slope Food Coop member for 22 years.
https://www.foodcoop.com/

Suzette Snow-Cobb: Sourcing Coordinator at the Neighboring Food Co-op Association. 
https://nfca.coop/

Moderated by Laurie Wayne: US director of the Open Food Network
https://openfoodnetwork.org/

Introduction by Ajowa Ifateyo: GEO member and co-founder of the Ella Jo Baker Intentional Community Cooperative in Washington, DC.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064918710717

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Intro and outro music: Resonance by acrylic bathhouse
http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/acrylicbathhouse