Urban Recipe Food Co-ops have structure for success
Though Urban Recipe has been running food co-ops in Atlanta for over 30 years, the concept of a food cooperative can be hard to grasp. Some parts of a co-op are straightforward: each co-op meets at a recurring location, at the same time bi-weekly, a total of 26 times annually. The food comes from Urban…
Growth and Adaptation in the Fight for Food Security
When Urban Recipe began in 1991, we operated out of a church basement in Grant Park. We ran a singular food co-op, distributing food out of a small pantry and regular household refrigerator. Fast forward 35 years, Urban Recipe is now one of the largest partners of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Distributing well over…
How Co-op Remains a Place of Security and Peace Amidst Crisis
Every single person experiences instability or crisis at some point in life. It can arrive suddenly and without warning: an unexpected job loss, the death of a loved one, a serious medical diagnosis, or a traumatic accident. In those moments, the systems we rely on every day – housing, income, health, and food, can quickly…
The Government Shutdown is Over, Now What?
The last two months in the United States have been stressful for many. For families in November who didn’t receive their anticipated SNAP benefits on time, it was even worse. Now that the government shutdown is over, and funds are slowly being released to states to then be released to families, we need to address…
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