A few people in the neighborhood (including the people who write this blog) are looking at forming a food co-op in Fort Greene. The first meeting about this is happening tonight and we thought we’d take a look at produce prices on Fresh Direct and compare them to with the food co-op in Park Slope. Everyone seems to have an opinion about that food co-op, but it’s hard to argue with low prices for good food. There’s just one catch: you have to work for it! Come tonight if you want to find out more at the Fort Greene Co-op blog:
Wednesday, January 23, 7-8:30 p.m.
The Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85 South Oxford (btw Lafayette and Greene/Fulton)
General Nathaniel Greene, our namesake. Read more about him 
[...] 23, 2008 · No Comments Over on General Greene, Jim has whipped up a handy little chart comparing prices at the Park Slope Food Co-op to Fresh [...]
Yup, make no mistake: To get prices that low, you’ve got to go with the truly cooperative model, where everyone who shops there also works there. If you go the “cooperative only in name” route, there’s no way to offer such low prices.