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Create a Food Co-op - PEP BB community.wood.foodcoop

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Community.

In this Badge Bit, you will create a food co-op!

Related Articles and Websites:
- How to Start a Farm-to-Family Food Co-op
- How to Start a Cooperative
- Food Co-ops and Collectives
- The Willamette Food Cooperative
- Food Co-op Initiative

Growing community through a food co-op: Michelle Lopez-Dohrn at TEDxOjai


The minimum requirements for this BB are:
 - Create a food coop
   - Distributing bulk food orders to individuals
   - Customers order food, bulk order, divvy up, distribute
   - At least 8 customers
   - Points awarded after $2000 of orders

To document this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):
- create a permies.com thread documenting the creation and implementation of the food co-op (must meet above stated requirements)
 
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