• Our Story & Work

  • Our Community

  • Our Future?

  • Other Stuff

    1220 Alabama Ave.
    Selma, AL 36703

    334-526-0615

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    OUR WORK COLLECTIVELY

     

    Our Story & Work...

    the Local Cooperative is short-hand for two new food cooperatives (co-ops) which were incorporated as cooperative businesses in 2018 & are located in Selma, AL: the Local Farm Cooperative & the Local Restaurant Cooperative. They are organized using fundamentals of cooperative economics, namely shared/democratic ownership & democratic management.

     

    The co-ops are in development & will grow & shift as our pilot phases continue to unfold. The origin story for this work dates back some years & has evolved along the way as a labor of love & commitment, but this is our working model as of now:

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    Interested in helping us build this work & the local economy, or just want to learn more? Contact us at info@thelocal.coop or 334-526-0615--we are looking for:

     

    • Volunteers for both co-ops

    • Additional owners of the co-ops (worker-owners, community-owners, & chef-owners)

    • And anyone interested in food, culture, farming, & everything in between...

     

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    Our Community...

    THE

    FIRST

    CONCERT

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    Our Future?

    Our future is evolving from month to month, "we make the road by walking" as the late Brazilian educator Paulo Freire put it--want to be part of figuring out & doing this work? Contact us at info@thelocal.coop or 334-526-0615, we'd love to hear from any & everyone. See our above list here to learn some of the type of volunteers, co-op owners, & others we're looking for to join us in this work...

    As shown above, these are some of the types of work we currently are experimenting with, or are considering experimenting with, in the two co-ops:

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