Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Food Co-op Blog Launched
Some Fort Greene residents who support the idea of starting a food co-op in their neighborhood have set up a blog. The site will be devoted to “posting information, ideas and appeals in support of creating a food co-op for Fort Greene and Clinton Hill,” and you can check it out here. Food Co-op Planned…
Some Fort Greene residents who support the idea of starting a food co-op in their neighborhood have set up a blog. The site will be devoted to “posting information, ideas and appeals in support of creating a food co-op for Fort Greene and Clinton Hill,” and you can check it out here.
Food Co-op Planned for Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill? [Brownstoner]
Rather ironic a “guest”calling PS Food Co-op members snarky. I don’;t know anyone snarkier than the anonymous commentators on this site. The Park slope Co-op keepts geting new members – why wouldn’t one try to replicate it? More power to the idea. I’ve been a member of the Clinton Hill CSA, but didn’t l;ike the lack of choice, and would welcome an alternative in the hood.
Despite being a co-op the PSFC is a business, and successful businesses are highly adaptable. So they listen to reasons prospective customers reject them like this. To NOT do that, to just get defensive and dismissive, and have no interest in anybody else joining the co-op – that’s exactly the attitude that’s turning people off. For me, the idea of joining a group where the longtime members are going to totally control everything and there won’t be room for newer members to change anything, ugh, no thanks. That’s the number one reason any nonprofit fails, is refusal to adapt and change. Look it up. There’s tons of papers on that out there.
i heart the PSFC, an establishment full of good food and good people. if you think the folks there are snobs or grumpy then maybe you should take a look in the mirror, hmm?
You know it, 7:40, Ft. Greene (and by extension, you) is STREET! Damn, son! You keep it real, “homes,” you keep it REAL. WORD! Peace for the New Year, you mufuckin’ badass.
Ah yes, the rebels and non-conformists of Ft. Greene and Clinton Hill. Too cool for school, not.
6:49 are you an anthropologist or just an observer or just appending the word to sound informed? FYI, we are ways apart:
-we have no food coop like PS
-we have fewer SUVs parked on the streets
-we have fewer twin strollers in FG
-we have fewer cafes and bistros
-we have more hi-rise going up
-etc
We are going to secede from your established and comfortable culture.
As an anthropological observer (who does not live in Park Slope or Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill): I see absolutely no difference between the “types” of inhabitants in these three neighborhoods. The mix of yuppie-ish families and hipster-type singles I’ve seen in Ft. Greene park and along Myrtle Avenue are EXACTLY the same as the ones I see on 7th or 5th Ave in the Slope, except that the Slope ones might look a bit dorkier and the Ft. Greene/CH ones appear to be more stylized and self-conscious. I don’t understand the animosity or competition. You people are ALL THE SAME!
I’m a member of the PS Food Co-op, and I don’t find the members to be any more snooty, snarky, arrogant, etc than any other group of folks found in any other grocery store in Brooklyn or Manhattan.
Perhaps there are a higher proportion of crunchy granola types to be found shopping there than in other grocery stores, but most folks are suprisingly friendly and accomodating, especially considering the madness of the place (i.e., it’s incredibly crowded during any time most average working folks want to shop). And I’ll admit that the work aspect can be a pain in the neck sometimes. But its not as bad as I thought it would be when I started, and I kind of like knowing more about the details of the food I buy, as well as the feeling of… community that I get shopping there.
Bottom line: what keeps me a member is the fact that I save a ton of cash by shopping there.
I live down the street from the PS coop and just shope at key foods and natrual land.