Joe Holtz didn't just help build a grocery store, he also helped build a community.
The Park Slope Food Co-op is a Brooklyn grocery store owned by community members, each of whom must work shifts in exchange for being able to shop there. It's one of the oldest and largest food co-ops in the country.
Sean Carlson: You were only 22 years old when you helped to found the co-op with nine other people. Tell us more about how it was founded and why.: Well, there were many food co-ops that were founded in the late '60s, early '70s. It was known as the New Wave Food Co-op Movement because the old wave was in the 1930s. We wanted to be able to afford to eat better food.
And I say, “Okay, maybe I shouldn't have responded to every little thing that was wrong.” So that was a difficult time. But really, when I think about it, if I had to do it over again, the fact that we have a press that's basically a free press. I think that's a really important part of the co-op. I think the free press is an important part of any democracy.
I know that there are many families that were able to eat much better. We're able to afford to eat much better because of the co-op, and that makes me feel good. It makes those families feel good.
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