Download or read book Grocery Story written by Jon Steinman and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hungry for change? Put the power of food co-ops on your plate and grow your local food economy. Food has become ground-zero in our efforts to increase awareness of how our choices impact the world. Yet while we have begun to transform our communities and dinner plates, the most authoritative strand of the food web has received surprisingly little attention: the grocery store—the epicenter of our food-gathering ritual. Through penetrating analysis and inspiring stories and examples of American and Canadian food co-ops, Grocery Story makes a compelling case for the transformation of the grocery store aisles as the emerging frontier in the local and good food movements. Author Jon Steinman: Deconstructs the food retail sector and the shadows cast by corporate giants Makes the case for food co-ops as an alternative Shows how co-ops spur the creation of local food-based economies and enhance low-income food access. Grocery Story is for everyone who eats. Whether you strive to eat more local and sustainable food, or are in support of community economic development, Grocery Story will leave you hungry to join the food co-op movement in your own community.
Download or read book Under Construction written by Leslie Cole and published by Borealis. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Co operative Development Strategy for Canada written by National Task Force on Co-operative Development and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extract: The Task Force was organised to investigate ways in which co-operatives could better contribute to meeting the economic and social needs of Canadians. Main recommendations concerned strengthening capital formation ; renewing the commitement to education, increasing research, boosting exports, fostering worker-owned co-operatives, encouraging health services co-operatives, assisting fisheries co-operatives, expanding housing cooperatives, strengthening co-op support organisations, improving government structures.
Download or read book Empowering Electricity written by Julie L. MacArthur and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2016-07-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is known for being an energy-producing nation – with much attention being paid to the Alberta tar sands and their large carbon footprint. This book looks at a very different part of the Canadian energy sector: the hundreds of renewable energy co-ops that have sprung up across the nation. These co-ops are democratically structured, community-based organizations that use sun, wind, rivers, tides, and plant and animal waste as sources of local power generation. Empowering Electricity offers an illuminating analysis of these co-ops within the context of larger debates over climate change, renewable electricity policy, sustainable community development, and provincial power-sector ownership. It looks at the conditions that led to this new wave of co-operative development, examines their form and location, and shines a light on the promises and challenges accompanying their development.
Download or read book Humanizing the Economy written by John Restakis and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the largest social movement in history is making the world a better place.
Download or read book Co operative Canada written by Brett Fairbairn and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shift in US bank policy. A demonstration in Greece. A tsunami in Japan. In recent times, these kinds of events have had profound effects on the economic well-being of Canadians. In such a heavily globalized environment, it may seem that only large corporations with access to transnational resources can operate successfully, but Co-operative Canada demonstrates that this is not the case. Despite economic pressures following the 2008 recession, co-operatives in Canada are thriving. In fact, there are approximately nine thousand co-ops across the nation with a combined membership of about 18 million members – more than half the population of Canada. Drawing on the results of a large research project that examined co-operatives in communities from coast to coast to coast, Co-operative Canada reveals how Canadians are using the co-operative model to collectively respond to the forces of globalization through local, community-owned enterprises. It does this through specific examples that vividly describe the pragmatic realities of the communities these co-ops serve.
Download or read book A Report on Aboriginal Co operatives in Canada written by Lou Hammond Ketilson and published by Saskatoon : Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appendix I includes case studies : Arctic Co-operatives Limited, Ikaluktutiak Co-operative, Caisse Populaire Kahnawake, Puvirnituq Co-operative, Apaqtukewaq Fisheries, Anishinabek Nation Credit Union, Native Inter-Tribal Housing Co-operative (First Nations Housing), Akochikan, Neechi Foods, Amachewespimawin, Wilp Sa Maa'y Harvesting.
Download or read book Co operatives in Canada written by J. G. (John George) Craig and published by Saskatoon, Sn : Co-operative college of Canada. This book was released on 1976 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Co operatives in Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Co operatives in Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Co operatives in a Post Growth Era written by Tom Webb and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past three decades, neoclassical doctrine has dominated economic theory and policy. The balance of power has shifted to protect private interests, resulting in unprecedented damage to the environment and society, with no solution in sight as more austerity and less government continues to be posited as the answer to the oncoming waves of crisis. It doesn't have to be this way. Featuring a remarkable roster of internationally renowned critical thinkers, Co-operatives in a Post-Growth Era presents a feasible alternative for a more environmentally sustainable and equitable economic system - specifically, the co-operative business model. With more than 100 million people working in co-operatives and more than a billion members around the world, the time has never been better for co-operatives everywhere to recognise their potential to change the economic landscape. An essential book for students, policymakers and concerned citizens looking for a practical way to change the current stagnant economic paradigm.
Download or read book Co operatives the Alternative Solution written by Canada. Co-operatives Secretariat and published by Co-operatives Secretariat. This book was released on 1998 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Co operation in Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cooperatives and the World of Work written by Bruno Roelants and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world of work and jobs is more uncertain than ever because of various trends impacting it, including the rise of robotics and the gig economy, Cooperatives and the World of Work furthers the debate on the future of work, sustainable development, and the social and solidarity economy of which cooperatives are a fundamental component. Throughout the book, the authors, who are experts in their respective fields, do not limit themselves to praising the advantages of the cooperative model. Rather, they challenge the narrow understanding of cooperatives as a mere business model and raise debate on the more fundamental role that cooperatives play in responding to social changes and in changing society itself. The book is unique in tracing the historical connection between cooperatives and the world of work since the end of the First World War and the recent shifts and restructuring in enterprise and the workplace. It presents a redefinition of the very concept of work, focusing on organizational innovation. This book is published in recognition of 100 years of the International Labour Organization, and gathers together research from leading experts who were brought together at an event co-hosted by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Download or read book Building a Dream written by Brett Fairbairn and published by Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Status of Co operatives in Canada written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Special Committee on Co-operatives and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Special Committee on Cooperatives met in Ottawa on July 10 and from July 24 to 27, hearing from a total of 46 organizations. The Committee also received more than 60 written documents from the co-operative sector stakeholders. This report provides a summary of that evidence and contains recommendations to the Government of Canada. The report's structure is based on the motion adopted by the House of Commons, and the recommendations to the Government of Canada are presented in the report's conclusion (Chapter V); the report's four other chapters provide background to those recommendations. Chapter I describes the strategic role of co-operatives in the Canadian economy. Chapter II examines the fiscal and monetary issues respecting co-operatives in Canada, while the issue of access to funding for co-operatives is addressed in Chapter III. Chapter IV discusses certain legal issues associated with Canadian co-operatives.
Download or read book Taxation of Co operatives Canadian Public Policy written by Co-operative College of Canada and published by Saskatoon : Co-operative College of Canada. This book was released on 1982 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This paper summarizes the history of the taxation of cooperatives and examines the evolution of public policy about co-operatives in Canada.
