Food cooperative

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A food cooperative or food co-op is a grocery store organized as a cooperative. Food cooperatives are usually consumers' cooperatives and are owned by their members. Food cooperatives follow the 7 Cooperative Principles. The cooperative movement started in the 1840s and the first notable food cooperative was in Rochdale, England, started by industrial weavers. The cooperative movement saw a resurgence in the United States in the 1970s when many "second wave" cooperatives started. The National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) is a cooperative federation in the United States that is composed of 108 food cooperatives.

[edit] See also

• cooperative
• Consumers' cooperative

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Types of Cooperatives
Agricultural cooperative | Building cooperative | Credit union | Consumers' cooperative | Cooperative banking Cooperative federation | Cooperative union | Cooperative Wholesale Society | Housing cooperative Mutual insurance | Retailers' cooperative | Social cooperative | Utility cooperative | Worker cooperative
The Rochdale Principles
Voluntary and open membership | Democratic member control | Member economic participation Autonomy and independence | Education, training, and information | Cooperation among cooperatives Concern for community
Political and Economic Theories
Cooperative federalism | Distributism | Owenism | Socialism Social enterprise | Socially responsible investing
Key Theorists
Robert Owen | William King | The Rochdale Pioneers | G. D. H. Cole Charles Gide | Beatrice Webb | Friedrich Raiffeisen | David Griffiths
Organizations
List of cooperatives | List of cooperative federations | International Co-operative Alliance Co-operativesUK | Co-operative Party

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