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Maryland Food Co-ops Born from Cooperative Movements: A Brief History

Maryland Food Co-ops Born from Cooperative Movements: A Brief History

"It seems doubtful to me whether in the United States distributive cooperation will ever succeed. The prevalence of the evil credit system, the mixed nationalities of our citizens, and the excited, everlasting rush in industrial life, tend to render our people impatient and indifferent to the results obtainable in

Investigation: Instacart Dynamic Grocery Pricing

Investigation: Instacart Dynamic Grocery Pricing

You grab a box of crackers marked $2.99 off the shelf at the grocery store and put it into your basket. As your wealthy neighbor approaches the shelf, the price increases to $3.09. A mother of three is stuck in the cereal aisle with her children pleading in

Food Apartheid: History, Cooperation, and Justice

Food Apartheid: History, Cooperation, and Justice

I. Introduction: Naming and Framing the Problem The language we use to describe inequities matters. For decades, policymakers and researchers have used the term “food desert” to describe neighborhoods, often Black, Indigenous, and poor, where residents have little or no access to full-service grocery stores. At first glance, the

A Dose of Hope

A Dose of Hope

The pinpoints of a dozen CCD spaces across a half-mile radius laid out a vision for the possible future of CCD in this historic West Baltimore community.