Social coops offer a wholly new model of social care. They are community-led, multi-stakeholder, democratically governed, and highly relational. Community benefit, not maximum profit, is prioritized to provide high-quality care.
"These workers have dreams, hopes. A lot of them are saying: 'We don't want to be abused, be taken advantage of – not being paid or being overworked.' ”
Colorado Mushroom Farm and Sand Dunes Mushroom Cooperative both hope to begin providing mushrooms in the state as the farm tries to emerge from bankruptcy and the cooperative seeks funding.
Colorado Mushroom Farm and Sand Dunes Mushroom Cooperative both hope to begin providing mushrooms in the state as the farm tries to emerge from bankruptcy and the cooperative seeks funding.