Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 3 PM E / 2 PM C / 1 PM M / 12 PM P
Converting to Co-op: Stories from the Field
Facilitated by Chris Dilley, FCI with Panelists from the Blackberry Food Co-op, Hudson Grocery, and Tip Top Co-op
Join organizers from Blackberry Food Co-op (Cottage Grove, OR), Hudson Grocery (Hudson, WI), Tip Top Community Co-op (Brookfield, MA), others to hear about their journey bringing a local, privately owned food store into community ownership. With a growing wave of independent grocery store owners retiring, the interest in a cooperative future for small-to-mid size grocery stores that are essential to their communities is increasing rapidly. Moderated by Chris Dilley, FCI's Director of Startup Support and facilitator for FCI’s Peer Learning Group that is especially for co-op grocery conversion organizers.