Community-owned farms can help traditional farms transition to organic growing practices

Benjamin Harrison

15% off and free delivery for members* MAY 22, 2023 Why we need community ownership ____ “When modern industry can provide abundance for all, nothing is more vicious to poor people than a lifetime of poverty." –Murray Bookchin   Only 1 percent of US farmland is organic. A future of...

Invest in communities of color, or die! [Part IV: The last capitalist]

Benjamin Harrison

Let’s face it. Co-ops are freak institutions. Investors want nothing to do with them because they’re goal is to meet a need in the community more than it is to generate profit.

Invest in communities of color, or die! [Part III: How to fail]

Benjamin Harrison

“The time has come now when we are going to have to get what we need ourselves. We may get a little help here and there. But in the main, we’re going to have to do it ourselves.” –Fannie Lou Hamer

Invest in communities of color, or die! [Part II: Food deserts aren't real]

Benjamin Harrison

Food deserts (sacrifice zones) are microeconomies, from which wealth is extracted faster than it can be replaced by wages. That’s why there’s no grocery store: the community simply doesn’t have the buying power to keep one open.