Back in March 2007 I wrote a blog post entitled “Urban Grocery Store Gap” about the entrance of Fresh & Easy into urban neighborhoods and my concerns that this would eclipse the opportunity for local entrepreneurs to start grocery stores to meet local food needs and, thereby, capture local spending power for local reinvestment. When […]

Much fanfare is being made about the upcoming Slow Food Nation conference, to be held from Friday, August 29 to Monday, September 1, 2008 in San Francisco. Among this fanfare were criticisms laid against Slow Food by Bruce Sterlings in the March 2008 issue of the online magazine Metropolis, where he accuses Slow Food of […]

The Global Oneness Project recently produced a short video about People’s Grocery. according to the website, the purpose of the Global Oneness Project is to explore “how the simple notion of oneness can be lived in our increasingly complex world”. They have produced lots of great videos in addition to the recent one about People’s […]

I spent all of last week meeting and studying with the great people at New Seasons Market, an amazing values-driven grocery company in Portland, OR. My trip was paid for by Leaderspring, a two-year leadership development program for nonprofit leaders that I’m participating in. The purpose of my visit to New Seasons Market was […]

Since 1972 the WIC Program, which is meant to improve the nutrition of low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants and children under the age of five, has remained unchanged. For decades the federal program has operated “WIC stores” which only sell food for vouchers issued by the state WIC program and do not accept […]

In January 2008 I made two trips to New York to build bridges with important movements.
Green for All Planning Retreat: In early January I attended a planning retreat for Green for All in upstate New York. Green for All is a new initiative to “to help build a green economy strong enough to lift […]

For years food justice organizations, urban agriculture projects and small farmers have been trying to figure out how to adapt the popular Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model to enable low-income people to participate and have access to healthy and fresh farm produce. While offering the usage of food stamps as a way of participating in […]

People’s Grocery is a partner with Green for All in advancing a movement for green jobs and economic opportunities for low-income communities that help move our society towards greater sustainability through greener energy systems and food systems. Below is an announcement of a momentous and historic event being organized by Green for All. People’s […]

On Wednesday Feb. 13th at 12pm a very important event will be taking place to try to turn the direction of the 2007 Farm Bill in favor of farmers, urban folks and the environment. People will gather at the Farmers’ Market at UN Plaza to call upon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Joe […]

PCC Natural Markets, the oldest consumer cooperative grocery store in the United States (founded in 1952), is a chain of stores in the Seattle region. Over the last 6 months I have been able to talk with and learn from some of the key leadership at PCC Natural Markets. They have been generous to give […]