On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:50:19 Dyna Sluyter wrote: > Good luck in the grocery store graveyard, AKA North Minneapolis. > > Consumer grocery co-ops in this area tend to be a bastardation of the > concept, pretty much providing high priced organic food to their > affluent members.
I agree that the coops in Mpls tend to be oriented toward serving a narrow segment of the population tho it is conceiveable they could serve both. The examples sited on the proposals web page are - to the degree I am familiar with them - more likely to have broader appeal. There was a typo in the proposal's url as previously posted, the corrrect address is: http://www.c-d-g.org/ati/co-op/ Meeting to discuss forming a food cooperative on the Northside December 2, 2004 at 6:30 p.m. at Unity House, 2507 Fremont Ave N. A dinner with food donated by local farmers will be provided. I wish this effort well and may get to the meeting. Fred, Homewood (in Near North) and former member of the Northside Food Coop (about 1976-1980) -- Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) Communications for Justice - My new listserv org. UU, Linux My Link Page: http://fholson.cohousing.org Ham radio:WB0YQM fholson at cohousing.org 612-588-9532 (7am-10pm Central time) REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
