LAist highlights the work of Seed Commons network member L.A. Co-op Lab:

With the motto "not business as usual," L.A. Co-Op Lab is a non-profit that consults with businesses hoping to implement a worker-owned model. (Yes, it's also run as a worker-owned co-op.) During the pandemic, co-founder Gilda Haas says the number of informational requests about worker-owned business models has tripled. At least half of them came from the food industry.

"People started reconsidering, existentially, what their work lives should be like. People who work in food — chefs, for example — just didn't want to go back to that crazy, hierarchical kitchen culture," Haas says.

Read the article now. (Zoie Matthew, "Why Worker-Owned Food Co-Ops Are Suddenly Hot In The Rise And Grind Era", LAist, November 16, 2021)