We play a recording of a talk given on February 17th, 2011 at UVic entitled "Profits vs. Purpose: Lessons from US L3C Experience" by Dr. Jill R. Horwitz, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and Professor of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, as part of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy speaker series. Jill is introduced by Dr.

Lee Fuge speaks about her role as BC/Yukon representative of the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation, and Mark Sherman talks about the Victoria Community Health Co-operative including primary health care renewal and Integrative medicine.

In developing local food security, communities have been organizing farmer’s markets, food box delivery programs, collective kitchens, and community gardens: All great ways to build relationships between neighbours, farmers, and their food. However, what about naturally-derived consumer products that aren’t for eating? And what about the products, edible and otherwise, that are wildcrafted from forests, meadows, and other landscapes that are closer to nature than a farmed plot?

The episode opens with am excerpt from Guy Dauncey's speech in Nelson on April 23rd, 2007. 

The show starts off with a co-operative-themed folk song by Greg O'Neill, "The Big Idea". If you're accessing our free music-less podcast and would like to hear this tune, you can listen to it here.