Cooperatives
Eggnog, Thanksgiving and Thank You
At Organic Valley, we are thankful we get to work together to build a healthier, more just and fair food system. And we are thankful for you this Thanksgiving. Without you, there would be fewer family farms doing what they love and making the world a
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Conscious Alliance: Fighting Hunger, Empowering Youth
Justin Levy is the executive director of Conscious Alliance, a nonprofit organization that supports communities in crisis through hunger relief and youth empowerment. Justin began working with Conscious Alliance in 2004, and quickly broadened the..
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Alternatives To Capitalism
Marjorie Kelly is the Senior Fellow and Executive Vice President of The Democracy Collaborative, a non-profit organization that works to shift our economic system toward shared ownership and control, rather than concentrated wealth built on greed..
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Frances Moore Lappé on Reclaiming Democracy
Described by Smithsonian as a “woman whose words have changed the world,” Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of a total of 19 books about world hunger, living democracy and the environment, beginning with the three million copy Diet for..
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Cooperation Equals Happiness
This week on Rootstock Radio, host Theresa Marquez speaks to Frances Moore Lappe, author, activist, and cofounder of three organizations. Most recently, Frances participated in Democracy Spring, a movement committed to taking money out of politics..
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"We Instead of Me": The Cooperative Way with Adam Schwartz
This week we continue our discussion of cooperatives in an interview with Adam Schwartz, founder and principal of The Cooperative Way, a consulting firm dedicated to assisting cooperative businesses succeed. The Cooperative Way is a strategic..