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Weavers Way Turns 40!

10/1/2013

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Weavers Way Cooperative celebrated its 40th birthday in October with a fall membership festival.  The co-op began in 1973 as a buying club in a church basement; then opening a store front on Carpenter Lane in Philadelphia.  In the store’s first year, five hundred members supported the tiny, unheated space. Gradual growth has led the cooperative to purchase multiple properties as they expanded to serve their community’s needs.   A milestone was in 2010 when the co-op opened a second location in Chestnut Hill.   The cooperative’s focus remains on healthy, sustainable food produced and distributed under fair food practices.    

Today it has 5,000 households representing more than 10,000 people.  For more information, check out their website.  It includes a slide show and details of the Co-op’s history. 

Weavers Way continues to be a leader in the growth of multiple cooperatives in the region both by example and dedicated support.  The recent and exciting initiation of a Delaware Valley food cooperative effort is a project of the cooperative.

KDC offers a hearty congratulation for the first 40 years!

By: Peggy Fogarty

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