The Washington Post highlights how Seed Commons network member BRED is powering a worker-owned food industry in Baltimore:

BALTIMORE — On a recent fall morning, despite the chill in the air, workers at Taharka Brothers Ice Cream were packing a freezer truck and a van with pints of honey graham, peanut butter cup and pistachio. In the office, business metrics on retail performance, catering and home delivery moved across a screen on the wall. “It’s a really busy day,” said Detric McCoy. “Even right now, I don’t think I could run it by myself.”

He doesn’t have to.

In December 2020, Taharka officially became a worker-owned cooperative, and McCoy shares responsibilities that would typically fall on one person’s shoulders with four other worker-owners.

The structure has become almost commonplace among the city’s food businesses, whether they’re churning sweet treats, making vegan sandwiches or roasting coffee. 

Read the article now. ("Amid food-industry upheaval, Baltimore businesses are handing workers the keys," Lisa Elaine Held, Washington Post, December 13, 2021)