Jon Steinman is the author of Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants. Prior to this, he was the producer and host of the internationally syndicated radio show and podcast Deconstructing Dinner (and the television and web series of the same name). Steinman was an elected director from 2006 to 2016 of the Kootenay Co-op, Canada’s largest independent retail consumer food co-op, serving as board president from 2014 to 2016.