Uhuru Food Co-Op
Uhuru Food Co-op Advertisement 1979, Courtesy of Brooklyn History Center
The East opened its first food cooperative, the Uhuru Food Co-op, at 115 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Under the slogan food for life, it sold conventional and organic produce, bulk and packaged grains, legumes, nuts, and dried fruit; one could also purchase spices and herbs. In 1975 the co-op moved to 1107 Fulton Street at the corner of Fulton Street and Claver Place under the new name the East Co-op Food Store, it had 100 members and a larger location with operating hours Monday to Saturday from 9 AM to 8 PM. In 1978, the East changed the store’s name to the Uhuru food cooperative. The co-op had a vision to create additional cooperative retail stores, a distribution center, and an offer a food packaging service in central Brooklyn.
