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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Community Enterprise Clinic Transforms Businesses into Cooperatives

In 2021, the Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic completed Tennessee’s first conversion of a conventional business into a worker-owned cooperative. Since that time, cooperatives have become a growing part of Tennessee’s business landscape and the Clinic’s community engagement.

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One of those clients is Grow2Learn Cooperative, a start-up hydroponic cooperative that aims to disrupt the food system and to change how Nashvillians obtain their produce. Hydroponic systems allow the cultivation of high volumes of produce without soil, eliminating the need for a traditional garden and extending the growing season year-round. Grow2Learn hopes to distribute hydroponic systems throughout Middle Tennessee, but especially schools, residential rehabilitation and transition facilities, and families without easy access to affordable produce. Founder Danny Goldberg describes hydroponic access as “a powerful tool to end food apartheid and create health equity.”

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