Cooperative HISTORY AND PRACTICES
For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America by John Curl
Toolkit for Cooperative, Collective, & Collaborative Cultural Work by Kimi Hanauer and Lu Zhang
The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-State Economy by Mike Lewis and Pat Conaty π
Democratic by Design: How Carsharing, Co-ops, and Community Land Trusts Are Reinventing America by Gabriel Metcalf π
The Blueprint for the Co-operative Decade by Cliff Mills and Will Davies (available in Spanish)
Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by Jessica Gordon Nembhard π
Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy by Nathan Schneider
Guidance Notes to the Co-operative Principles by The International Co-operative Alliance
Anti-racism, ANTI-COLONIALISM and Food JUSTICE
Food Justice by Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi π
The Modern/Colonial Food System in a Paradigm of War by Marcelo Felipe Garzo Montalvo and Haleh Zandi
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde π
Stirrings: How Activist New Yorkers Ignited a Movement for Food Justice by Lana Dee Povitz π
Food Justice Now!: Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle by Joshua Sbicca
Beyond Inclusion: Toward an Anti-colonial Food Justice Praxis by Lauren Kepkiewicz, Michael Chrobok, Madeline Whetung, Madelaine Cahuas, Jina Gill, Sam Walker, and Sarah Wakefield
Food Cooperative history and practices
The Food Co-op Handbook: How to Bypass Supermarkets to Control the Quality and Price of Your Food by The Co-op Handbook Collective π
The Co-Op Revolution: Vancouver's Search for Food Alternatives by Jan DeGrass
Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-Ops in the Age of Grocery Giants by Jon Steinman π
Grocery Activism: The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota by Craig B. Upright
Food Co-ops in America by Anne Meis Knupfer
Startup Guides
The FCI Guide to Starting a Food Co-op by The Food Co-op Initiative
Bulk Buying Club Guide: How To Start and Run a Bulk Buying Club with Your Friends & Neighbors by CoFED
How To Start Your Own Buying Club 101 by Czarena Krell and Kimmy Gustafson
Nutrition
How Not To Die by Michael Greger, M.D.
In Defense of Food: An Eaterβs Manifesto by Michael Pollan π
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health by David R. Montgomery and Anne BiklΓ© π