Episode 8: What's a Food Co-op and How Do You Start One

Who wouldn't want a grocery store where they are part owners and can vote on the items being sold, where they come from and how they are packaged. Learn what a grocery co-op is and how to start one in our conversation with Ellery Richardson from Nashville Food Co-op.  

This is the first episode in a series about food waste and production.  The concept of Zero Waste is to be circular and regenerative instead of linear and destructive.  Food production, packaging, shipping, cooking and disposal all have large carbon footprints.  We need to be thinking different than a world where people go hungry as crops are plowed under because distribution methods are disrupted or where there are hundreds of branded sugar coated corn cereals in every grocery store contributing to malnutrition and obesity simultaneously.

Upcoming episodes will discuss food gleaning, school composting and regenerative farming.  Check out the episode transcripts on our website for links to the things we talk about and hit us up on IG @zerowastetrashtalk, Twitter @zwtrashtalk or Facebook