{"product_id":"the-co-op-revolution-jan-degrass-9781987915952","title":"The Co-Op Revolution: Vancouver's Search for Food Alternatives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"We were undercapitalized, inexperienced, practiced democratic decision-making and some of us smoked dope occasionally. All elements that would make us grow as human beings and as business people. We ran a helluva show.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the spring of 1975, a free-spirited Jan DeGrass backpacked across Canada in search of adventure and greater meaning in life. When she arrived in Vancouver, she met a group of people committed to social change; together they re-imagined the food industry in BC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Co-op Revolution: Vancouver's Search for Food Alternatives, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor and journalist\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDeGrass writes about her journey as a founding member of the Collective Resource and Services Workers' Co-op. Bounding to life during the heady, activist, grant-funded years of 1974-1980, the CRS Co-op became one of the most successful co-ops in BC and was committed to co-operation and worker ownership. While the decade of the seventies is remembered for its new wave of co-ops--usually organized by a \"free-flowing\" collection of women and men in their twenties--CRS was unique in its success. Among its many accolades, it created the Tunnel Canary cannery, the Queenright Co-operative Beekeepers, Vancouver's popular Uprising Breads Bakery and a food wholesaler, which later became Horizon Distributors. The economic, political and social skyline of Vancouver was changing. For some, the co-op movement was about crushing capitalism; for others it was simply about buying cheap, wholesome food from people they trusted and living in communal camaraderie. No matter the pursuit, co-operation was the answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Degrass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 198791595X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781987915952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Caitlin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Jan Degrass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446039752959,"sku":"9781987915952","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_444a5aab-82ba-4c03-9636-7e7212b3e98a.jpg?v=1777222222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-co-op-revolution-jan-degrass-9781987915952","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}