Hot off the press! "GROCERY STORY: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants," a new book from New Society Publishers, has just been released! Join us in welcoming author JON STEINMAN to Weavers Way Ambler for a presentation, reading and discussion in our Café. You'll get a great taste of this exciting work as Steinman shares passages addressing the unique power of cooperatives to revitalize and grow sustainable communities. An open discussion will follow, and your questions will be invited! Enjoy light refreshments from our kitchen and BYO beer/wine if you like.

PRAISE FOR "GROCERY STORY:"

"A great read! Full of energy and eyes-wide-open hope. In an era of extreme economic concentration, Jon Steinman awakens us to elements of an arising democratic economy, hidden in plain sight. Grocery Story is, above all, an empowering tale we need now more than ever." — Frances Moore Lappé, author, "Diet for a Small Planet" and "Daring Democracy"

"Wake up folks! Co-ops are cool. They bring power back to conscious citizenship. Co-ops are democracy at work in an age calling out for common sense." — Joel Solomon, co-author, "The Clean Money Revolution"

"Steinman skillfully blends the history of food retailing with contemporary examples to explain how cooperative food stores consistently have served as a principled alternative and moderating influence on corporate consolidation of food retailing in North America." — John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia

"An important consideration of the impact that can happen when going to the grocery store becomes an activity and not a chore, and when a grocery cart can ultimately become a vehicle for social change." — Melissa Cohen, General Manager, Isla Vista Food Co-op

"On par with many of the other food books that have inspired me — "Diet for a Dead Planet," "Food Politics," "Slow Money," "Stolen Harvest," "Fast Food Nation," "Omnivore’s Dilemma," "In Defense of Food." — Ari Derfel, General Manager, Kootenay Co-op, past Executive Director, Slow Money, and cofounder, Gather Restaurant