No Bosses Here!

You have probably heard the news that Valley Green Feast is now a worker-owned collective business. But what does that mean? Here is a little more information about what a worker owned collective is and why we chose this business model.

A collective business is owned and operated by its employees. There is no boss and no hierarchy. We make decisions together using a consensus model, about everything from what products we carry to how much we pay ourselves. Here in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts we are lucky to have a growing movement of worker owned cooperatives and collectives. Pedal People, Collective Copies and Food for Thought Books are a few of the local cooperatives who we took inspiration from. Our businesses are supported by the Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives, or VAWC. Please see VAWC's website for more info about cooperatives locally and worldwide: http://www.valleyworker.org.

As members of a worker-owned collective our experience of work is empowering, inspiring and nourishing. Instead of taking orders and following directions we might not understand or agree with, we get to make decisions about what we think will work best. We can be ourselves in our workplace without fear of being punished or fired. We are deeply invested in the business and we know that what we put into it, we will get out of it. Thanks for supporting us! Please support your other local cooperatives!