Guest Contributor
Dana Shapiro
Dana Shapiro is co-founder and general anager of the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative, leading a statewide network of farmer-members across multiple islands to aggregate, process, and distribute ʻulu products while strengthening local food systems and farmer-owned economic models.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2019
How To Build An Economy That Works For Local Communities
Cooperatives are businesses owned and democratically governed by their members.