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Did you catch Michael Pollan's Open Letter to the President-elect in a recent New York Times Magazine? It's a wonderful piece discussing the current state of our agricultural system and recommendations for how to improve it. Pollan makes specific recommendations for encouraging local food production and local food distribution (hey, those are our goals!). And best yet? President-elect Obama has read it!
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Now that the political season is over, is your lawn looking lonely without any political signs in it? Come pick up a Terre Foods Lawn Sign and help our Membership Drive! Our attractive signs feature our Terre Foods logo with the words "I'm a Member. Are you?" on it. These are a great way to get the word out about our work. Contact Robyn Morton or Tammy Tintjer to arrange picking up a sign. We request a $5 contribution per sign to help offset their cost. Thank you!
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Membership Update
 Last month we announced our goal of 50 new members in order to take the next step and commission a feasibility study. We are now at FORTY new members! We are so close! If you have been planning on purchasing a membership, but haven't found the time to do so, please sign up now! With ten more members, we will be able to move our project forward, and get that much closer to opening our co-op store! Visit our Membership page at www.terrefoods.org/membership.html, and apply for membership today. We have numerous plans to make membership available to anyone. Anyone who wants to be a member can be one--we will make it work!
As many of you know, Bloomingfoods Co-op in Bloomington, Indiana, has been active in helping us with the process of starting a new cooperative here in Terre Haute. Bloomingfoods has a wonderful public Flickr photo page! Check out all the great shots of their store, their shoppers, and their products, and imagine how wonderful it will be when we can have our own Flickr page with pictures of our co-op right here in our own hometown!
If you have any questions about memberships, benefits, responsibilities, or anything else, please don't hesitate to contact our Membership committee at membership@terrefoods.org. |
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Terre Foods Dairy Class, Nov. 24th
Clabber Girl Kitchens, 6-9 pm
Terre Foods would like to announce our first Course offering--a Dairy Products class, taught by Robyn Morton. This course will cover how to make all of the following products:
- Butter
- Buttermilk
- Yogurt
- Creme Fraiche
- Sour Cream
- Paneer (a mild Indian Cheese)
- Mozzarella
- Ricotta
All of these dairy products are easy to make, and require very little extra equipment or products than most people regularly have in their own homes. There will be a free raffle at the end of class for people to win the products made in class!
Course Fee: $5 for members; $10 for non-members. Fees due at beginning of class.
Fee covers: All course materials, including handouts, recipes, and Clabber Girl kitchen fees.
Register for class: email robyn@terrefoods.org
Register deadline: Friday, November 21
Class size: Registration is capped at 20 students, so register early! (If there is sufficient interest, I will schedule a second class early in 2009.)
Thanks to Clabber Girl for allowing Terre Foods to host this class in their wonderful kitchens!
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Baked Goods Fundraiser!
Collett Park Christmas Walk, Nov. 22nd
 Terre Foods will be selling baked goods during the Collett Park Christmas Walk on Saturday, November 24, from 9am-4pm. We are looking for donations of baked goods! Things that sell particularly well are items to serve for Holiday meals or items that make good Holiday gifts. Also good sellers are items that freeze well, so that people can have ready-made baked goods all through the Holiday season. Pies, tarts, cakes, packaged/wrapped cookies, and so on, make wonderful donations. Be creative! People love to buy homemade baked goods of all sorts!
Baked goods will be sold at Tammy Tintjer's and Robyn Morton's houses, both of whom will be participating in the Christmas Walk. If you would like to donate a baked good to this fundraiser, please contact either of us via email, or drop off a donation at either of our houses on November 22nd. The Christmas Walk is also a great time to pick up a Yard Sign for our Membership Drive (see sidebar, left, for more information).
And everyone come on out to the Christmas Walk. It's a wonderful event that showcases our local craftspeople!
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Robyn Morton
Terre Foods Cooperative Market |
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