Just Us! has been a worker co-op since its founding in 1995. From baristas and roasters to managers and administrators, everyone who works at Just Us! can be member-owners. This is inspired by the small producer farm co-ops that Just Us! partners with in the Global South.
More than two decades later, Just Us! continues to thrive as a wholly Canadian-owned worker co-operative, still committed to their founding mission. Just Us! proved the spirit and model of an alternative approach to business, while becoming a key rural employer in Nova Scotia.
Informing each decision the co-op makes is the belief that, in business,
people and planet should come first — and their success is proof that it can. As the business grows, a portion of the profits are redistributed to non-member workers, worker-members, and producer-partners.
To learn more about Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-Op, visit
https://justuscoffee.com/Joey Pittoello joined Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-operative as a chocolatier to support his organic farming habit in 2010. He is a worker-member and currently is responsible for producer relationships and management at Just Us!.
Although farming has become more of a “hobby” over the years, Joey continues to live the organic farming dream through the small-scale coffee growers from whom Just Us! buys their coffee.
Joey, his partner, and their two children live near Wolfville, Nova Scotia on their small organic farm.
To get in contact with Joey, find him on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joey-pittoello-82925080/For more information:
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