The Co-op Wars

Also known as The Violent Battles of the 1970s Counterculture: The Co-Op Wars

“What does it take to cooperate?”

Today, co-ops are multi-million dollar businesses, so successful they’ve prompted mainstream grocery stores to stock organic food. But in the 1970s, it almost ended before it began, as internecine battles and even hostile takeovers threatened this burgeoning movement.