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| An e-publication with your good health in mind | June 2013 |
Introducing Co+op Essentials
As part of our 10-year strategic plan, we are addressing our commitment to make high quality, nutritious, and affordable food more accessible to all. This commitment led to the creation of the Co+op Essentials program. Co+op Essentials includes a line of 50 to 60 deeply discounted, everyday, basic products throughout the store. Discounts are available to all Co-op shoppers, but member-owners receive the lowest marked price (which reflects an additional 5 percent off of the already discounted non-member price). This is not just a 2-week promotional sale, the Co-op will maintain low pricing on these basic items.
Look for Co+op Essentials signs throughout our stores to identify products, or see what's included on our website. |
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For shoppers and Co-op owners
Find the latest deals on our website or in-store. |
Healthy
Connections Classes
Check our website for a complete detailed listing of classes. All classes held at either the Downtown or Cordata stores.
Monday, June 3
Healthy Aging
Strategies on Stress
Richard Tran, DC
Tuesday, June 4 or Wednesday, June 5
Good Eats,
Hawaiian Style
Robert Fong
Thursday, June 6
Cooking with
Fresh Herbs
Mary Ellen Carter
Saturday, June 8
Make Your Own
Soft Cheese
Mark Solomon
Monday, June 10
How to be Healthy
on a Vegan Diet
Doug Walsh
Tuesday, June 11
Delaying Diabetes
Lisa Dixon, RD
Wednesday, June 12
Food Changes Everything
Demetree Robinson
Thursday, June 13
Brown Bag It!
Lisa Dixon, RD
Monday, June 17
Natural Fermentation
Sonja Max, RD
Tuesday, June 18 or Thursday, June 20
Strictly Sockeye
Robert Fong
Wednesday, June 19
East Indian Vegetarian Ayurvedic Cuisine
Christian Czingula
Tuesday, June 25
Summer Picnic Basket
Lisa Dixon, RD
Wednesday, June 26
Small Plates of the World: Eastern Mediterranean
Jesse Otero
Thursday, June 27
Grilling with Fresh Herbs
Paul Manthe
Saturday, June 29
Make Your Own
Hard Cheese
Mark Solomon
Monday, July 1
No-Diet Weight Loss
Lisa Dixon, RD
Tuesday, July 2
Summer Baking:
Berries and Cherries
Karina Davidson
Monday, July 8
Kids Can Cook: Burritos with Green and Red Salsas
Jean Layton
Tuesday, July 9
Spicy, Sassy Vegetarian
Robert Fong
Wednesday, July 10
Summer Greek Feast
John Kotsogeanis
Thursday, July 11
Kids Can Cook: Vegetarian Sushi
Jean Layton
Thursdays,
July 11, 18 and 25
Chado: the Way of Tea
Shelley Thomas
Monday, July 15
Bastille Day Picnic
Karina Davidson
Tuesday, July 16
Kids Can Cook: Snacking Rice
Paper Rolls
Jean Layton
Tuesday, July 16
Summer Main
Course Salads
Lisa Dixon, RD
Wednesday, July 17
From the Kitchen Bookshelf: Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook
Jesse Otero |
It pays to be a
Co-op Owner
Owner benefits include:
- Periodic discounts and special offers
- Special order pricing on bulk purchases
- Owner discounts with local business partners
- Opportunity to participate in governance |
Pick up our newsletter in
the store
or read it on our website. |
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Community Shopping Day Update
Thanks to everyone who shopped on Saturday, May 18. Because of you we donated $1,849 to Friends of the Nooksack Samish Watershed. |
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Two Fun Co-op Events this Summer
What's more fun than the Co-op's annual summer party? Two Co-op summer parties!! Along with our usual summer party, this year we are adding a second fun event that will benefit the Co-op Farm Fund. Save these dates so you don't miss any of the good times.
 16th annual Community PartySunday, July 28, at Maritime Heritage Park (note location change) Featuring an amazing show by the New Old Time Chautauqua, two live bands, burritos, and all the usual frivolity.
 Farm Fund Benefit HootenannySunday, August 24, at Firehouse Performing Arts Center in Fairhaven
Look for details about both events in the July/August Co-op Community News, on posters in our stores, on Facebook, and on our website.
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We All Scream for Ice Cream! June 1 is opening day for the brand-spanking new Mallard Ice Cream stand, located outside in the Cordata store parking lot! The stand will be open from 11:30 am to 6:30 pm daily throughout the summer. Mallard will debut their scratch-made cookie and ice cream sandwiches at the stand, before rolling them out at their downtown store. So...stop in, taste, and share your feedback! But seriously, who isn't going to love cookies and Mallard Ice Cream!? PS: Clip their $1 off coupon in the Summer 2013 issue of our magazine, In Season, arriving in mailboxes June 1. |
Learn About Your Environment
Upcoming tours that may be of interest to people who live on planet Earth.
 Rain Garden Tour de Bellingham
Saturday June 1, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Rain gardens function like native forests to filter polluted runoff and help reduce flooding. When planted with the right types of plants, rain gardens also attract birds, butterflies and bees. Visit a variety of local rain gardens, and learn about a new way to help prevent stormwater pollution in your own yard. Following the tour, participate in the Watershed-Friendly Project Expo at Bloedel Donovan Park from 1 to 3 pm.
$20, includes transportation and a box lunch.
Purchase tickets at Brown Paper Tickets.
 11th annual Imagine This! Home & Landscape Tour
Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, 10 am to 5 pm
Explore beautiful, innovative and eco-friendly homes and landscapes. Tour features the best in green building and smart growth practices with examples of affordable energy efficiency retrofits, solar panel installations, central downtown living, organic and edible landscapes, a huge green roof, innovative use of eco-friendly building materials, amazing stories of cost savings from energy efficiency upgrades, and sustainable design.
$15, kids 12 and younger are free. Tickets available at both Co-op locations. Includes access to all tour stops, Sunday reception/auction, detailed tour map and resource guide about featured products and services.
Details at Sustainable Connections website. |
 Momentum is Building for the YES on 522 Campaign to Label GMO Foods in our State
The YES on 522 coalition, including a representative from the Co-op, recently met to hear about recent campaign milestones, review early research findings, discuss strategy, and learn more about how to engage in the campaign. The November election will be here soon enough, and we need everyone to be informed about GMOs, and to discuss the issue with your network of acquaintances. You are critical to building the momentum that will carry this campaign to win in November!
A great resource to learn more, so you can help to educate others, is the Non-GMO Project website or Facebook. Start with their helpful GMO Facts page. |
Avoiding Superbugs in Meat
Responsible doctors don't give people antibiotics they don't need, but livestock producers feed healthy animals antibiotics to make them grow faster--no prescription needed. In 2011, pharmaceutical makers sold nearly 30 million pounds of antibiotics for use on domestic food-producing animals, amounting to nearly 80 percent of the total American antibiotics market, according to the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming. Pew calculates that the market for antibiotics for treatment of people has been flat for some years, hovering at around 7.7 million pounds annually.
Check out Environmental Working Group's excellent resource, the "Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change and Health," to learn more about antibiotics in meat and so much more. And take a look at the handy EWG tipsheet with "Tips to Help you Avoid Superbugs in Meat." |
Learn About the People and Insects That Make Our Food!
 Two upcoming tours that may be of interest to foodies.
Free Tour of Breadfarm in Edison
Co-op shoppers love Breadfarm, now you can get the insider tour of the bakery and learn about mixing, bread shaping, and baking in a hearth stone oven.
Tour date: Saturday, June 29 at 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm or 3 pm
Registration required by June 24 at office@breadfarm.com or 360-766-4065
The Honey Flow--Apiary Tour
Sunday, June 30 at 10 am, noon, 2 pm, or 4 pm
Sundays: July 7, 14, 21 at 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, or 3 pm
Field lesson and demonstration in beekeeping, honey tasting, queen finding, and bee humor.
$15. Register at www.bhambees.com or at the Backyard Bees booth at Bellingham Farmers Market. |
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York Farm Solstice Celebration 
Saturday, June 22, 4-9:30 pm
1400 James Street
The York Farm is an innovative project partially funded by Co-op Member Affairs Committee and Farm Fund grants. The farm is hosting a fundraising celebration that will include a barbecue, neighborhood artist fest, chalk drawing, farm tours, live music, dancing, belly dancers, juggling, and a rainwater harvesting demo. Everyone welcome.
Cost: Hot dogs or carrot dogs with local green salad $3, beer $2, soda $1; farm tours and fun are free
Contact: Farm@YorkNeighborhood.org. |
 Kids Can Cook--Get Your Kids Cooking with Classes Just For Them at the Co-op
Get your kids cooking this summer with Dr. Jean Layton, naturopathic physician, chef, and cookbook author, in these hands-on cooking classes for kids ages 8-18.
$29 each, or take all three for $72.
All classes held at the Downtown Connections Building from 10 am to noon. Recipes are gluten free and dairy optional.
Kids Can Cook: Burritos with Green and Red Salsas--Monday, July 8
Learn to make tempting burritos filled with potatoes, peppers, and homemade green and red salsas.
Kids Can Cook: Vegetarian Sushi--Thursday, July 11
Learn to make sushi rolls, beginning with how to make the perfect rice, chopping the freshest vegetables, and creating the perfect dipping sauce.
Kids Can Cook: Snacking Rice Paper Rolls--Tuesday, July 16
Learn to make Vietnamese rice paper rolls for snacks or lunch. Using a fun technique, we'll create miniature rolls for two-bite tastes, and larger lunch-sized rolls. We'll have both peanut and peanut-free sauces for dipping.
Register online. |
Upcoming Events
Board of Directors monthly meeting Wednesday, June 12, 7 pm, Downtown Connection Building Study and Engagement Topic: Local Food System Development Work in Skagit County, 7-7:30 pm, owners welcome Community Shopping Day: Friends of the Lynden Public Library Saturday, June 15, all day, both stores
3rd Thursday Local Music Series: Pretty Little FeetThursday, June 20, 6-8 pm, Downtown store deli Member Affairs Committee Meeting Wednesday, June 26, 5:15 pm, Downtown Connection Building |
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