Alaska Food Co-op Collaboration

Room 3 Session J
Sustain Alaska has been working with Alaska Cooperative Development Center to facilitate monthly virtual meetings with the three food co-ops in Alaska: Sitka, Kodiak and Fairbanks. The purpose of the group calls is to support the sixth principle of co-ops: 'cooperation among co-ops'. We share what's working, what could be improved, and opportunities to help each other. We've collaborated on group projects, such as shared accounting and vendor lists so far, but that is intended to be just the beginning. Bigger projects, such as the cold storage co-op and joint shipping efforts could be explored in the future.
Speakers
Joel Cladouhos
Amber Quesenberry, Co-op Market Grocery & Dli, General Manager
Tyler Kornelis, Kodiak Area Native Association, Economic Development and Environmental Programs Manager
Andrew Crow, UAA
Hannah Green