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And now for something completely different. The thing you've been wishing for. A worker-owned organic grocery store in Harlem.
417 backers pledged $24,695 to help bring this project to life.
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Harlem, Manhattan, NY Food

$24,695

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Thank you again everyone for making this real!!  

Please note the new video in UPDATE #8, documenting the next step in this process: involving a worker.

We would like to continue collecting pledges.  If we could we make it to $27,500 that would cover the costs of:

1.  A 16-week cooperative development course.  Knowledge building, team-building, and equalizing— that's what this crash course could do.

2.  Removal of the exterior signage from the store's site.

3.  The hiring of an architect to precisely measure out the space, draw plans, and detail the layout of the store.

4.  The hiring of an accountant to do payroll and quarterly taxes.

The full fundraising effort (see the business plan) requires more than a quarter of a million dollars, so... we're not turning down supporters yet!!

Thank you all for all the thought, hard work, scheming, strategizing, spamming, sharing, and sending that you all did;  it worked!  NOBODY DID THIS BUT US.

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    For a pledge of $25 or more, Catherine Gund and Aubin Pictures offer the BOOK COMPANION to Gund's perception-shattering film, WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE? In case you don't know:
    Seven kids and their families explore the food chain. With honesty, humor, and creativity, they face serious issues, including lack of access to fresh food, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and food allergies. They celebrate time together by cooking and gathering at the table. The stories, recipes, and terrific activities in this book will inspire readers of all ages to be conscious of what they're eating and where it comes from.

    WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE? started out as a documentary film from the point of view of two curious 11-year-old girls, Sadie and Safiyah. The film was broadcast on The Discovery Channel's Planet Green and has been screened hundreds of times around the world, from Washington to Wisconsin, Glasgow to Seoul.
    As Sadie and Safiyah say, "We're talking about our neighborhood. What about yours?"

    WOW! This is our kind of story.
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    For supporters at the $100 level or above, ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ is offering signed copies of her contemporary classic, VEGAN WITH A VENGEANCE— the book that started a new era in vegan cooking, no exaggeration. Support our radical worker-owned organic grocery store with $100 or more and receive this book as a gift. Limited time. Thanks to Isa Chandra!!
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    Back in 2004, the band HOT CHIP did a remix of the song "TKO" by the band LE TIGRE. The song was pressed on 7" vinyl in a very very very limited run; the next two supporters at the $250 level or above can choose this prize in addition to the other rewards offered in that category!!

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    For supporters at the $500 level or above, ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ is offering signed copies of the ENTIRE COLLECTION of her cookbooks— six books in all! You'll receive:
    VEGAN WITH A VENGEANCE, VEGAN CUPCAKES TAKE OVER THE WORLD, VEGANOMICON, VEGAN BRUNCH, VEGAN COOKIES INVADE YOUR COOKIE JAR, and
    APPETITE FOR REDUCTION.
    Support our radical worker-owned organic grocery store with $500 or more and receive ALL SIX books as a gift. Limited time. Thanks to Isa Chandra!!
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    Johanna Fateman: entrepreneur, musician, writer, and artist. Beloved by all who know her, and even by some who don't. We were able to convince her to go for the heart, and she has agreed to our suggestion: PET PORTRAITS. Your pet is a person you love in a special way, and Johanna is capable of evoking that love in a gorgeous watercolor portrait.
    Because this work is time consuming, and because Johanna, an artist with a reputation to precede her, has offered to produce these one-of-a-kind portraits for a radical, innovative, and necessary project that needs as much support as possible, this prize is being offered at the $500 pledge level. One watercolor portrait, on 8.5" x 11" heavyweight paper, will be painted from photographs provided by each project backer who selects this prize. DELIVERED BY CHRISTMAS.

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