Food & Ecology

Below, are the recordings for NASCO Institue 2020 sessions by room. Please share lessons learned with your cooperatives and communities. 

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Presentation for Workshop at NASCO Institute 2017.

These materials are from a workshop titled "Keeping Yourself and Community Safe - Protest Health and Safety", presented by Noah Saperstein at NASCO Institute 2017.

The Berkeley Student Cooperative buys organic produce in bulk from farmers and wholesalers for its 1000+ members. At the Central Kitchen warehouse, Central Level workshifters split up cases of produce for delivery to each of the 17 room and board houses.

These resources are from Eric DeLuca's workshop on regional food systems at NASCO Institute 2010.

This is a 2007 study of housing cooperatives in the upper Midwest (in Madison, Chicago and Iowa City) entitled 'Housing Cooperatives and Health'. It aims to investigate the relationships between living in a housing cooperatives and tenant-shareholders' physical and emotional health. Questions and comments welcome. Contact Jeff Bessmer (jeffbessmer@gmail.com).

List of eco-sustainability resources

One of the benefits of group living is the ability to share resources in a more efficient way. This is a small collection of recipes which can be made with inexpensive ingredients and in little time, using coop labor. These recipes are aimed at people without significant culinary training, and are intended to be foods which can keep for a long time. Enjoy!