In an op-ed in the New York Times on 12/14/11, Professor Gar Alperovitz writes: “…worker-owned companies make a difference. In Cleveland, for instance, an integrated group of worker-owned companies, supported in part by the purchasing power of large hospitals and universities, has taken the lead in local solar-panel installation, “green” institutional laundry services and a commercial hydroponic greenhouse capable of producing more than three million heads of lettuce a year.”
Read the op-ed here.
Learn more about Cleveland’s Evergreen Cooperatives here.