Fly with Fig Wasp: Cooperatives in the San Francisco Bay Area: Rainbow Grocery

Generating a list of cooperatives and collectives in the San Francisco Bay Area:


Cooperatives in the San Francisco Bay Area: Rainbow Grocery (in S.F.), Arizmendi's Bakery (in Oakland), Nabolom's Bakery & Cafe (in Berkeley), the Missing Link Bicycle Collective (in Berkeley), Slingshot Publishing Collective (in Berkeley) ....


Here's an online list from the "Network of Bay Area Cooperatives": http://www.nobawc.org/article.php?id=56

So many of these emerged in the 1960s and 70s. It's interesting to see which one's are still around, and why ...


What's worked with them and what hasn't?

How might the great aspects of them grow?


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What would you add?


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There are many fascinating cooperative (called symbiotic relationships in evolutionary biology) adaptations in nature.

Fig - Wasp is one amazing symbiotic relationship ...


In what ways are DNA relationships like this one information technology relationships, in nature?





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(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2009/10/fly-with-fig-wasp-cooperatives-in-san_21.html - October 21, 2009)