DARK NECTAR CO-OP

Today, the only places we see food are inside stores. This is not natural, but is a result of centralized industrial food production. People drive far to go to farmers markets, because it feels good to be in outdoor places where food is visible. We want to reclaim food as a natural and ubiquitous part of our environment... Industrialization of food, turning food into a mass-produced product, demanded centralization of food production. Food like most products are not produced anywhere near where they are consumed and consumers are disconnected from the labor and environment that produces the food. Therefore the labor and environment are often exploited. We want to bring food production right in the neighborhood where it is consumed. When it is integrated in people's daily lives they will be invested stewards of the work force and the environment... Community and Connection. When food is grown adjacent to where we live, we become stewards of that resource.