Across the Country, Food Co-ops by the Students for the StudentsWhen I was at university, in the college I registered through and finally worked at, we had a food co-op that produced inexpensive, healthy lunches every day (it was called 'Ulcers' for some reason). People worked in the co-op one shift a week and got a substantial discount on their food. It worked perfectly for many, many years. Finally, something happened. Fewer and fewer students wanted to work a shift. More and more they wanted to be served their food and simply pay for it. A commercial cafeteria took over. More was lost than just the cheaper food. A sense of community that had existed in the college died with it. Most of the people who remember the old co-op are long gone from the college now, so there's no one to miss it. I hope that the trend written about here continues...
Perhaps only of interest to those who have more than a passing interest in Judaism.