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How to Form a Neighborhood Co-Op. Get neighborly with your community and form a neighborhood
co-op to help each other meet your common needs. You will need Participating neighbors
Gardening skills Cooking skills Household equipment and freezer (optional). Step 1.
Start a babysitting co-op. Take turns watching each others children without pay and let one
another enjoy a night out with their significant others. Step 2. Start a produce co-op. Have
different neighbors grow different fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and share the harvest
with each other. Step 3. Start a dinner co-op. Take turns cooking dinner with your neighbors.
You will each get a day off from cooking and get a chance to taste a variety of home cooked
meals. Make extra for everyone and store leftovers in the freezer. Step 4. Start a household
equipment co-op. Share everything from lawnmowers to snowmobiles with your neighbors. One neighbor
can supply the equipment, another can supply the gas, and a third can supply the labor.
Step 5. Enjoy your new community and all of the conveniences it affords. Did you know
Four out of every 10 Canadians are members of at least one co-operative.