Our food cooperative was established to be more than just a place to buy healthy food. We are a resource for the community that practices and promotes nutritional awareness, local farming and production, environmental responsibility, social and economic justice, community decision-making and collective management of the store.

Our management is currently undergoing change. The interim manager, Gary Davidson, is doing a fantastic job of filling in while we search for a permanent manager. He has been a member of the store since it opened in 2006, and has volunteered numerous hours since joining. Stop by and say hello next time you are in the area!

Welcome From the Manager!

Dear Neighbors,

My name is Gary Davidson and I am the new interim shopkeeper at the store. I’ve lived in the East New York area all of my life, in a house that my family owned for over 100 years. Growing up on Logan St. in the 1960’s, it was easy to be conscience of, and involved in, social justice issues. There has been quite a few of them in the last 40 years. They all seem to boil down to one thing, dignity! Dignity to expect the right to a government that serves all its people and how the “system” responds to our needs, or “rights”. One of these rights is to have access to affordable and healthy foods.
I’ve been involved in everything from voter registration for Jesse, to WBAI’s listeners’ action on homelessness and hunger. One of my proudest moments was being part of E.B.C when we built our first Nehemiah house (8000 houses ago!).
As stated by Beverly Love, our former manager, “My goal at the Co-op is to make fresh and organic produce, and foods in all forms, available and affordable to a community that has traditionally traveled into other neighborhoods to obtain.”
We, as a community have come a long way. But, as we know all too well, there are miles to go before we rest. Education, jobs, health care, policing and economic justice are just a few areas we can make a difference. A keystone of economic and social justice is nutrition and health. I am so proud to be a part of something that East New York has deserved for years. Good (organic) eats at a good price!

Sincerely,
Gary Davidson