This October, the Ypsilanti Food Co-op is celebrating National Cooperative Month and the 50th anniversary of its opening.
Corinne Sikorski has worked at the co-op since its opening in 1975. She started as a volunteer before the organization started hiring staff. As a vegetarian going to Eastern Michigan University, Sikorski found it difficult to find nutritious food on campus because there were fewer vegetarian options.
The purpose of the co-op is to bring nutritious food to the community at a reasonable price. The food it sells is often organic and has fewer preservatives and less packaging than other grocery stores. Sikorski defines it as keeping things as close to their original state as possible…