https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/cooperatives/ Recent content in Cooperatives on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:05:46 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2011/03/27/park-slope-food-coop-will-work-for-food/ Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:05:46 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2011/03/27/park-slope-food-coop-will-work-for-food/ <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/nyregion/25coop.html"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/10/25/nyregion/25coopx/articleLarge.jpg" class="aligncenter" width="600" height="363" /></a><br /> <em>Photo: Michael Nagle/<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/nyregion/25coop.html">NYT</a></em></p> <p><em>&#8220;The co-op is worse than socialism. Because at least in a socialist country, if you know the right people, you can get out of it.&#8221;</em></p> <p><em>&#8220;For a long time, the co-op member who lived furthest away was from—can anyone guess?—Ithaca, NY. Once a month, he would drive all the way to Park Slope, do his work shift, and then load up his car with groceries. There’s a food co-op in Ithaca too, but apparently it was still worth it to come all the way here.&#8221;</em></p>