Deconstructing Dinner

11/26/2021

November 23, 2021… 8 days since climate change-induced landslides took out every major highway between BC’s interior and the coast. These are the yogurt coolers at the Kootenay Co-op in Nelson. Three of these four shelves are from local dairy Jerseyland Organics.

10/05/2021

Here’s DECEITFUL MARKETING from the grocery giants at its finest. The unsuspecting eater would naturally think this is WILD Atlantic salmon right? But how can that be possible when there isn’t a commercial Atlantic salmon fishery and they’re listed as “endangered”? Upon a closer look behind this private label product from the Farm Boy chain (Sobeys) this salmon is raised in an open net fish farm that happens to be located in the Bay of Fundy!!! salmon 🍣😕

Here’s DECEITFUL MARKETING from the grocery giants at its finest. The unsuspecting eater would naturally think this is WILD Atlantic salmon right? But how can that be possible when there isn’t a commercial Atlantic salmon fishery and they’re listed as “endangered”? Upon a closer look behind this private label product from the Farm Boy chain (Sobeys) this salmon is raised in an open net fish farm that happens to be located in the Bay of Fundy!!! 🍣🥸

10/15/2020

Join us for a Covid conscious dialogue and beats session with Jon Steinman this Sunday 1-3PM with appetizers provided by Roast 🌱

Dialogue with Jon on the Kootenay Coop model, his book findings about, insights from Deconstructing Dinner. Followed by digesting food for thought beats session. 🎶 Jon will guide us through his mystical beats transforming the Market into an immersive experience of music medicine.

Limited to 35 people with Covid measures in place - sign up through the eventbrite link below: ⬇️

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dialogue-beats-w-jon-steinman-authortv-hostfoodcoop-warriordj-apukuna-tickets-124963496181

07/29/2020

The influence of the Deconstructing Dinner podcast and the Kootenay Grain CSA 12 years later... 🍞❤️🌈

They include Yoshi Sugiyama, whose fascination with farming sprouted as a kid in Tokyo.

05/29/2020

It's been a long time since I hopped in a shopping cart!!! but it was the only way I could get the new AUDIOBOOK to work. Must be the reception... the cart acts like a big antenna. ☺️🛒📖🎧

Narrated by yours truly, the audiobook of GROCERY STORY: THE PROMISE OF FOOD CO-OPS IN THE AGE OF GROCERY GIANTS is now available on iTunes, Audible and direct from New Society Publishers - https://grocerystory.coop/buy-the-book

Jon Steinman, Deconstructing Dinner

05/21/2020

“Co-ops are like the “pioneer plants” that first appear on the landscape following a forest fire — society’s fireweed and morel mushrooms.”

[from the NEW audiobook, Chapter 5, Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants written and narrated by Steinman] 🛒📖🌈

https://grocerystory.coop/buy-the-book

05/14/2020

Flashback to the future! Canada’s first community supported agriculture (CSA) for grain was established in the mountains of British Columbia in 2008. To transport the grain from farm to plate, members of the project chose a unique method of transportation – sailboats!

05/11/2020

The AUDIOBOOK is now out for Jon Steinman's Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants

Narrated by Jon and recorded at Kootenay Co-op Radio - a co-operatively owned radio station! 🛒📖🎧🥳

Available through iTunes, Amazon/Audible and New Society Publishers. https://grocerystory.coop/buy-the-book