An evening with Jon Steinman: "Who Owns Your Grocery Store?"

Who owns the grocery stores you shop at? Does it matter? Grocery stores might just be THE most powerful institutions shaping the future of food, and yet most of these stores are privately-owned -- leaving their future in the hands of a single individual or company. The choices they make affect everything from the products we have access to, to the prices we pay, and even the values that guide these stores.

This talk celebrates and inspires a radical alternative - the 'cooperative'. For over 200 years, cooperatives around the world have embedded democratic principles into the economy by placing the stewardship of businesses and services into the hands of the people who use them - YOU!

There are 325 community-owned grocery stores across the country, and Hillsboro is about to join the movement. Why should you get involved? And how do we maintain momentum and success?

JON STEINMAN is the Author of Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants (New Society Publishers). Jon's Grocery Story Press is the publisher of THIS COULD BE OURS - a PHOTO ALBUM to inspire your food co-op dream and the Food Co-op Finder mobile and web app. He regularly delivers educational sessions to food co-op boards and staff and is a frequent keynote speaker at food co-op annual meetings. Jon was an elected director of the Kootenay Co-op in Nelson, British Columbia - Canada's largest food co-op specializing in natural foods - serving as board president in his final two years (http://www.kootenay.coop). Previous to his work with food co-ops, Jon was the writer and host of Deconstructing Dinner - a radio show, podcast and television series.
Event will be held in the auditorium. Please RSVP. Donations are accepted when RSVPing through eventbrite or will be accepted onsite to help cover the speaker cost. Donations are not required to attend.

Host or Publisher Hillsboro Food Co-op