Beat capitalism with a carrot – with Tomek Sikora
In this seminar Tomek from the Warsaw Food Cooperative introduced us to the way their informal group organises around the purchase and distribution of food.
THINGS THAT CAME UP DURING THE SEMINAR
– coop slogan: “We will beat capitalism with a carrot”;
– creating connections with other coops;
– splitting into smaller coops rather than having one that is getting too big;
– a small amount of money from each purchase goes into a common solidarity fund;
– there is an attempt to source organic, but many small farmers can not afford the certificate even though they are producing organic produce;
– every two weeks food is bought from the farmers;
– the ordering of food happens on-line through a program written by one of the coop members;
– the day the food can be picked up from the coop also a coop meeting is scheduled;
– the coop does not have their own space, but is hosted by other organisations;