Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the Peopleâ s Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area

<p><em>Other Avenues Are Possible</em> offers a vivid account of the dramatic rise and fall of the San Francisco People&#8217;s Food System of the 1970s.</p><p>Weaving new interviews, historical research, and the author&#8217;s personal story as a longstanding co-op member, the book captures the excitement of a growing radical social movement along with the struggles, heartbreaking defeats, and eventual resurgence of today&#8217;s thriving network of Bay Area cooperatives, the greatest concentration of co-ops anywhere in the country.</p><p>Integral to the early natural foods movement, with a radical vision of &#8220;Food for People, Not for Profit,&#8221; the People&#8217;s Food System challenged agribusiness and supermarkets, and quickly grew into a powerful local network with nationwide influence before flaming out, often in dramatic fashion. <em>Other Avenues Are Possible</em> documents how food co-ops sprouted from grassroots organizations with a growing political awareness of global environmental dilapidation and unequal distribution of healthy foods to proactively serve their local communities. The book explores both the surviving businesses and a new network of support organizations that is currently expanding.</p>