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With a healthy dose of insight and wit, FOOD COOP takes an inside look at the Park Slope Food Coop, one of America’s most successful cooperative food supermarkets. In Brooklyn NY, in the shadow of Wall Street, an institution that represents a less well-known American tradition is booming. The Park Slope Food Coop, a cooperative supermarket where all 16,000 members work 2.75 hours per month to earn the right the buy the best food in New York at incredibly low prices. We see first-hand how the Park Slope Food Coop works, the rules that make it function, and the diversity and eccentricity of its members. Through FOOD COOP, you will see this institution come to life and witness how the enthusiasm that animates the collective demonstrates a potential for change, and how the coop’s mode of participation viscerally teaches democracy to those who take part.