The June feature in our 2018 Film Series is “Food Coop”. Join us for the FREE screening at 7 pm and stick around afterward for discussion with Pamla Wood,  long time owner at Good Foods Co-op and an early Board Member.
In the middle of an economic crisis, in the shadow of Wall Street, an institution that represents a less well-known American tradition is booming. The Park Slope Food Coop: a cooperative supermarket where all 16,000 members work 3 hours per months to earn the right to buy the best food in New York at incredibly low prices. The success of this cooperative is bad news for capitalism and aggro-alimentary business, and an opportunity to change the food production and distribution systems. We will see what has become of the Park Slope Food Coop, now a well-rooted institution in the heart of Brooklyn: the way it functions, its hundreds of rules, the diversity and eccentricity of its members. We’ll see how the culture that has been created at the coop gives its members daily visceral lessons in democracy, how this could represent a potential change in mentality for Americans faced with increasingly difficult economic times.
Mark you calendar for many more thought-provoking films to be screened at Good Foods Co-op through the end of the year:
July 11 – Evolution of Organic
August 8 – Dr. Feelgood
September 12 – Shift Change
October 10 – Planeat
November 14 – Bringing It Home
December 12 – Just Eat It
