• jerkface
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    Neighborhood food cooperatives used to be common. People would simply buy their groceries collectively from farmers and wholesalers and distribute it through the co-op to members. Government agencies could be filling the role of food cooperatives, or fostering the creation of a new generation of co-ops.

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        There are tons of coops across western Canada. It’s basically a chain at this point. Every small town has one. But for some reason they are very rare in the east

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          @TheGayTramp that’s true. There was one in a village near our cabin. It’s the only one I’ve ever heard of in Québec.