SCORAI Webinar on Cooperative Business Models - TOMORROW May 21, 10 am eastern

[Ashley Colby]

Reminder: this webinar is TOMORROW May 21st at 10 am eastern. Join us for a nice discussion on cooperative business models in sustainable food supply chains.

Testing Cooperative Business Models for the Future the Organic Retail Market: Intervention-Based Research in South-West Germany
 
Time/Date: May 21, 2025
10 am EST/4 pm CEST
 
Register: zoom registration
 
Description:  


Sophia McRae (University of Freiburg) will present an ongoing case study from her doctoral research on the potential of cooperative business models to support the long-term sustainability and economic resilience of independent organic retailers in Germany. This study is part of a multi-level transdisciplinary research project that explores the mechanisms, impacts, and scaling potential of cooperative food economy governance for the transformation of regional food economies toward sustainability.

Speaker: 
 
Sophia McRae is a research associate at the Humboldt Professorship for Sustainable Food Economy at the University of Freiburg, directed by Prof. Dr. Arnim Wiek. Her research focuses on sustainability innovations in food retailing, particularly through cooperative and community-based approaches, and the ecosystem functions required to support and scale cooperative food economies.

Part of the Co-creation of Sustainable Food Supply Chains project:
https://www.sustainablefood-sc.org/

Ashley Fitzgerald

PhD, Environmental Sociology

Co-founder Rizoma Field School

My book: Subsistence Agriculture in the US

Twitter @RizomaSchool

See my most recent writing here

[Ashley Colby]

Hello All: this webinar begins in 20 minutes! Join us for a discussion about the role of cooperative businesses in sustainable food supply chains, using a case study in Freiburg Germany as an example. See you there!