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| An e-publication with your good health in mind | August 2013 |
 A benefit event supporting local food and farming projects
Saturday, August 24, 6 to 9:30 pm
Firehouse Performing Arts Center in Fairhaven
Kick up your heels at this fun event to support local farms!
Square Dance (6:30 pm) with some of Bellingham's finest old-timey musicians and callers.
Hot Damn Scandal (8 pm) Tipsy American Gypsy Blues.
Silent auction, local food and drink, artists painting live on site.
Admission: $5 to $20 donation at the door.
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For shoppers
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member-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.
Tuesday, Sept. 10
Delaying Diabetes
Lisa Dixon
Wednesday, Sept. 11
Inner Keys in Speaking Truth to Power
Ellen Murphy
Tuesday, Sept.17
Sauerkraut Demystified
Bruce Horowitz
Wednesday, Sept. 18
Take Control of Your Intestinal Health
Jim Ehmke, CN
Thursday, Sept. 19
Locavore 101
Nancy Ging
Monday, Sept. 23
Preserving the Fall Harvest
Susy Hymas
Tuesday, Sept. 24
World Wide Dumplings: China
Mary Ellen Carter
Wednesday, Sept. 25
September in Paris
Karina Davidson
Thursday, Sept. 26
Mexican Kitchen:
Ode to Masa
Ana Jackson
Monday, Sept. 30
Ethiopian Vegetarian Cuisine
Mulu Belay
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It pays to be a
Co-op
Member-Owner
Member-owner benefits include:
- Periodic discounts and special offers
- Special order pricing on bulk purchases
- Discounts with local business partners
- Opportunity to participate in governance |
Pick up our newsletter in
the store
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Community Shopping Day Update
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 Patronage Dividends to be Mailed in August--Update Your Mailing Address We are pleased to declare member-owner patronage dividends for the first time since 2008. Dividend coupons will be mailed to eligible Co-op member-owners in August, so please stop by the service desk today to update your mailing address (particularly if you live in Sudden Valley and joined prior to the address reorganization). Learn more about patronage dividends on page 2 in the July/August newsletter. |
Have You Seen Our Cool New Videos Yet?Check out these two super-short time-lapse videos of our speedy grocery department managers building end caps in our stores.Wow--mad skillz! |
 Downtown Parking Lot Improvements The main parking lot at our Downtown store will be closed August 20-23 for repaving. During the lot closure we encourage shoppers to bike, use public transportation, walk, or shop at the Cordata store (and get some ice cream from the Mallard Duckling while you are there!). Optional parking is available: in our small back lot (off Holly Street)on-street metered parking on Forest and Holly streetsWe appreciate your patience while we improve our parking lot. |
 Apply for a Community Shopping Day Local nonprofits and community organizations have until September 1 to apply for a 2014 Community Shopping Day at the Co-op. Learn more and complete the online application at www.communityfood.coop. |
Justice Begins with Seeds International Conference featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva
Hosted by Biosafety Alliance
August 2 and 3
Seattle, multiple locations
This annual conference is the largest gathering in the U.S. focused on educating and creating awareness about the implications of GMO seeds. As an international platform to share, learn and launch campaigns in support of a GMO-free food supply, speakers from various backgrounds will examine GMO seeds' relation to health, social justice, environment, and corporate consolidation within local to global contexts.
For more info see the Biosafety Alliance website. |
 "MyVote" Voter RegistrationYou can't vote YES on 522 to support labeling GMO foods in Washington State if you're not registered to vote or your address is not current. Use this handy link to the MyVote website to register or to verify the accuracy of your voter's registration. We need every vote to defeat the big-bucks opposition campaign. Vote YES on 522 and demand your right to know if your food is GMO. |
 Common Threads Farm Camps
There's still time for kids to join in the summer fun at Common Threads Farm whose mission is to connect young people with healthy food through hands-on, seed-to-table educational experiences.
Camp Pasta
Why not start the conversation about healthy food by delving into the story of a well-loved standby. What does is take to make pasta? How many different kinds are there? Do you need special tools to make pasta from scratch? Join us as we go from soil to grain to flour to dough; from milk to cheese; and from from seeds to veggies to garden-fresh sauce. The week culminates with delicious pasta made with our friends from The Table restaurant and a chance for kids to run their own farm stand. Includes field trips. Recommended for kids ages 7-12.
August 5-8; 9 am-3 pm
$185/person (Need-based fee reductions available.)
Farm Camp
Plant and tend vegetables, prepare delicious food straight out of the garden, visit with animals like ducks and sheep, and learn through hands-on exploration and experimentation. Count on dirty hands, silly stories, and yummy fresh-from-the-garden snacks! Recommended for kids ages 4-7.
August 12-15 or August 19-22; 9 am to noon
$125/person (Need-based fee reductions available.)
Find complete information and registration forms at the Common Threads Farm website. |
 Chipotle is now the first restaurant to label GMOs in its food
By Holly Richmond
GMOs are kind of a sticky wicket. In a super-oversimplified nutshell, some people say they're bad (unless you're a huge corporation getting rich off them). Others are quick to counter, "OMG how else are we going to feed the world?! Shut the eff up already and grow the robot-food!" I'll make no pretense of neutrality. Robot food for everyone! (KIDDING. Shudder.)
So those of us in the skeptical-of-GMOs camp may be happy to hear Chipotle is voluntarily identifying GMOs in its menu items (although only on its website, not in stores) - making it the first restaurant chain in the country to do so.
Read the full story on the Grist website.
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Upcoming Events
Board of Directors monthly meeting Wednesday, August 14, 7 pm, Downtown Connection Building Study and Engagement Topic: Downtown zoning, development and the Co-op; presented by Darby Cowles, City of Bellingham; 7-7:30 pm, member-owners welcome 3rd Thursday Local Music Series: TR Ritchie Thursday, August 15, 6-8 pm, Downtown store deli Community Shopping Day: La Leche League of Bellingham/Whatcom County Saturday, August 17, all day, both stores Farm Fund Hootenanny Saturday, August 24, 6-9:30 pm Firehouse Performing Arts Center Member Affairs Committee Meeting Wednesday, August 28, 5:15 pm, Downtown Connection Building |
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