n 122 35 29 w 38.23074 n 122.59142 w 38.23074 ; 122.59142 alvarado street bakery type cooperative industry bakery founded 1979 headquarters petaluma california united states key people kevin haslebacher general coordinator ceo number of employees 120 website alvaradostreetbakery.com alvarado street bakery is a worker owned bakery located in petaluma california that produces certified organic whole grain breads and bagels . alvarado was featured in the 2009 michael moore documentary capitalism a love story . 1 alvarado is organized as a worker cooperative and each employee receives one share in the cooperative . the shares grant each employees an equal vote on business matters including employee benefits salaries and the reinvestment of profits . 2 as of 2009 more than half of the employees had been with the company for over 15 years and the average worker earned between 65 000 and 70 000 a year . 2 history edit alvarado street bakery began in 1977 as a part of an employee owned non profit business called the red clover worker s brigade 3 an umbrella organization for several naturals foods businesses in the san francisco bay area . by 1981 only two businesses still operated alvarado street bakery and santa rosa community market . five of the eight workers of the bakery including bruce gustin and diana thomas separated from the market to found the semper virens bakery food cooperative inc. which does business under the name of alvarado street bakery . the name comes from a knocked over alvarado street sign from venice beach los angeles from a sprouted wheat berry delivery run . 4 the bakery s rapid growth and dedication to organic ingredients was partly responsible for its success within the organic food industry in the 1980s . alvarado street bakery ships out over 40 000 loaves of bread a day that they bake in their solar powered bakery and is best known for the flour less sprouted wheat breads that they produce . 2 references edit folbre nancy . the case for worker co ops . new york times . 23 november 2009 . a b c hay jeremy october 1 2009 . michael moore s new film puts spotlight on petaluma company . the press democrat . retrieved 30 august 2010 . community market s history . community market website . salniker ferron . friends in kneed . edible marin and wine country . edible marin and wine country . retrieved 6 may 2015 . external links edit cooperatives portal food portal california portal official website article in baking management magazine retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alvarado street bakery & oldid 742047332 categories worker cooperatives of the united statesbakeries of the united statescompanies based in sonoma county californiapetaluma californiafood and drink in the san francisco bay area1979 establishments in californiaorganic foodbagel companiesamerican companies established in 1979food and drink companies established in 1979hidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 10 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view