Like many of you reading this, I drink Equal Exchange (EE) coffee at home and wherever else I can, and am happily aware that EE is both itself a worker cooperative and draws its coffee supply exclusively from small agricultural cooperatives throughout Latin America, Africa, and Asia. But - again, like many of you - until recently I knew next to nothing about these other co-ops, aside from some few sentences and photos on EE coffee bags.

David Roach is doing incredibly important work in Oakland with Mo' Better Food, schools, intergenerational learning, farmer's markets, and other things.  He was our incredible improvisational tour guide of Oakland.

by the Justice, Ecology and Democracy (JED) Collective

After more than seven years of planning, negotiating and organizing, the JED Collective has taken a big step forward in our work to build a rooted, sustainable, long-term collective land project. With the help of a generous and inspiring community of lenders and donors, JED has purchased 30 acres of land and secured conservation agreements on a surrounding area of more than 300 acres.