Sunday, November 13, 2011
Find GMO-free products with a simple search!
The Non-GMO project maintains a database of companies and products in their Non-GMO Product Verification Program. Click here to search for your favorite products and brands!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Annual Membership Meeting!
Join us for the Annual Membership Meeting!
Discuss current events and hear updates from the Co-op committees.
Meet your fellow members: staff members, volunteer working members, and the member-candidates for the Board of Directors.
All of this, of course, while sharing the gifts of our community, good wholesome food.
See you there!
Sunday, November 6th, 12:30 - 3:00pm
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Stage 2 -- Black Box Theater
512 Washington St. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
360.753.8585
http://www.washingtoncenter.org/location/
Discuss current events and hear updates from the Co-op committees.
Meet your fellow members: staff members, volunteer working members, and the member-candidates for the Board of Directors.
All of this, of course, while sharing the gifts of our community, good wholesome food.
See you there!
Sunday, November 6th, 12:30 - 3:00pm
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Stage 2 -- Black Box Theater
512 Washington St. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
360.753.8585
http://www.washingtoncenter.org/location/
Response to lawsuit against Co-op Board members
Yesterday, lawyers for the sixteen current and former Co-op Board members (including three staff members) named in the lawsuit that seeks to overturn the Israeli product boycott decision filed a motion to strike the lawsuit.
Read a full copy of our joint press release with the Center for Constitutional Rights.
You can view the original lawsuit and the motion to strike as well as other information on CCR's case page.
To comment on the boycott or the lawsuit, please contact the Board of Directors at 357-1106 x13 or email ofcboard -at- olympiafood.coop.
If you are a member of the press, please email publicrelations -at- olympiafood.coop.
Read a full copy of our joint press release with the Center for Constitutional Rights.
You can view the original lawsuit and the motion to strike as well as other information on CCR's case page.
To comment on the boycott or the lawsuit, please contact the Board of Directors at 357-1106 x13 or email ofcboard -at- olympiafood.coop.
If you are a member of the press, please email publicrelations -at- olympiafood.coop.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Ban plastic grocery bags in Olympia!
At the last meeting, the Co-op's Board of Directors joined Environment Washington's "Ban the Bag" campaign!
There's a lot happening in Olympia as they ramp up to ask our City Council to ban plastic grocery bags in town. Check it out, and contact Environment Washington to help get it passed!
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From our friends at Environment Washington:
- We have 2 letters to the editor that have been printed in 2 different newspapers (here and here), one of which is in the Olympian. Check them out!
- We have generated more than 1,000 petitions state-wide from people who support a ban on plastic bags. Almost 200 of those are from Olympia!
- We have gotten over 50 Olympia businesses to sign letters endorsing the ban bag campaign – about half of these businesses also said they would put a sign up in their windows that says “ban plastic grocery bags”.
This is just the beginning. We will be working hard in the next couple of weeks to keep building momentum.
You can send a message or sign up for email alerts at their website!
There's a lot happening in Olympia as they ramp up to ask our City Council to ban plastic grocery bags in town. Check it out, and contact Environment Washington to help get it passed!
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
From our friends at Environment Washington:
- We have 2 letters to the editor that have been printed in 2 different newspapers (here and here), one of which is in the Olympian. Check them out!
- We have generated more than 1,000 petitions state-wide from people who support a ban on plastic bags. Almost 200 of those are from Olympia!
- We have gotten over 50 Olympia businesses to sign letters endorsing the ban bag campaign – about half of these businesses also said they would put a sign up in their windows that says “ban plastic grocery bags”.
This is just the beginning. We will be working hard in the next couple of weeks to keep building momentum.
You can send a message or sign up for email alerts at their website!
Monday, September 12, 2011
This week's Board agenda!
Proposed Board Agenda for September 15, 2011 6:30-9:30 pm
Agenda
Announcements 2 min
Mission Statement /Agenda Review 3 min
Commitments Review / Minutes Review 3 min
Member Comment 15 min
BPC Report 5 min
Accountability Team Update 5 min
WashPIRG/Plastic Bag Petition 10 min
Committee Reports 20 min
Executive Session [Expansion; Legal; Personnel] 1.75 hour
Meeting Eval/ Commitments/ Next facilitator 2 min
Total Meeting Time: 2 hours 50 mins
Agenda
Announcements 2 min
Mission Statement /Agenda Review 3 min
Commitments Review / Minutes Review 3 min
Member Comment 15 min
BPC Report 5 min
Accountability Team Update 5 min
WashPIRG/Plastic Bag Petition 10 min
Committee Reports 20 min
Executive Session [Expansion; Legal; Personnel] 1.75 hour
Meeting Eval/ Commitments/ Next facilitator 2 min
Total Meeting Time: 2 hours 50 mins
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Decide the future of the Co-op!
Join the "Co-op Conversation"!
The Co-op Conversation is a board-initiated effort to ask members about the future of the Co-op. Read the excerpt from the vision statement below, and stay tuned for more information! You'll have opportunities to join meetings, take surveys, and work with other Co-op members to decide the direction of the Co-op.
From the Co-op Conversation Vision Statement:
The Olympia Food Co-op has grown and evolved to meet the needs of our membership, yet it’s been many years since our organization came together to decide upon our collective future. During this time our community and our world have changed in many ways. We face a weakening economy, rising inequality, and unprecedented ecological crises. The Co-op is also confronting challenges, such as the changing market, expanding customer demographics, and the cost of maintaining an equitable labor system. How can we respond to this climate as a collectively-run, consensus-based not-for-profit business, and what can our organization do to make the world and our community a better place for the next generation? As the Co-op expands to better serve our community, it is time to check in with the membership, staff, and the board to understand where best to put our energy and focus, and to build mechanisms for increased communication organization-wide, in order to foster unity and strength as a food co-op.
To achieve the goals of this engagement process, we will conduct extensive outreach to all segments of our membership, and prioritize engaging as many members as possible in an inclusive operation that seeks to bring many voices to the table. Then, with the guidance of a skilled facilitator, a series of discussions will be held, and other activities will be employed, to draw out our commonalities and expand upon our assets. Working with the Member Relations Committee, the board and staff, the facilitator will issue a report of findings and recommendations for our organization to use as a roadmap of priorities, and an indicator of our collective position. In coming together, we also seek to develop, in concert, methods that make sense for us as a group to allow communication to flourish, so that the organization can adequately respond to emerging needs and opportunities in an uncertain future.
This process will be a success with the enthusiastic participation of as many members, staff, and board as possible. The Co-op Conversation is an extraordinary opportunity for the Co-op to connect and create solutions for our community. The outcome will be an organization re-energized and clearly focused, with responsive and sustainable communication mechanisms, and a deeper understanding of how to move forward with our mission in a changing environment.
The Co-op Conversation is a board-initiated effort to ask members about the future of the Co-op. Read the excerpt from the vision statement below, and stay tuned for more information! You'll have opportunities to join meetings, take surveys, and work with other Co-op members to decide the direction of the Co-op.
From the Co-op Conversation Vision Statement:
The Olympia Food Co-op has grown and evolved to meet the needs of our membership, yet it’s been many years since our organization came together to decide upon our collective future. During this time our community and our world have changed in many ways. We face a weakening economy, rising inequality, and unprecedented ecological crises. The Co-op is also confronting challenges, such as the changing market, expanding customer demographics, and the cost of maintaining an equitable labor system. How can we respond to this climate as a collectively-run, consensus-based not-for-profit business, and what can our organization do to make the world and our community a better place for the next generation? As the Co-op expands to better serve our community, it is time to check in with the membership, staff, and the board to understand where best to put our energy and focus, and to build mechanisms for increased communication organization-wide, in order to foster unity and strength as a food co-op.
To achieve the goals of this engagement process, we will conduct extensive outreach to all segments of our membership, and prioritize engaging as many members as possible in an inclusive operation that seeks to bring many voices to the table. Then, with the guidance of a skilled facilitator, a series of discussions will be held, and other activities will be employed, to draw out our commonalities and expand upon our assets. Working with the Member Relations Committee, the board and staff, the facilitator will issue a report of findings and recommendations for our organization to use as a roadmap of priorities, and an indicator of our collective position. In coming together, we also seek to develop, in concert, methods that make sense for us as a group to allow communication to flourish, so that the organization can adequately respond to emerging needs and opportunities in an uncertain future.
This process will be a success with the enthusiastic participation of as many members, staff, and board as possible. The Co-op Conversation is an extraordinary opportunity for the Co-op to connect and create solutions for our community. The outcome will be an organization re-energized and clearly focused, with responsive and sustainable communication mechanisms, and a deeper understanding of how to move forward with our mission in a changing environment.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
How sustainable are your eggs? The Cornucopia Institute's "Egg Scorecard" can let you know!
The Cornucopia Institute's Organic Egg Scorecard includes everything from how much space the chickens have to what the farmer does with his manure to the ownership structure of the company in their "1-5 egg" rating! Not every egg producer is accounted for, but producers from across the country have taken part.
You can see ratings for all of the egg producers or read about Yelm's Steibrs Farm "3 egg" rating.
If the Egg Lady was part of this, I bet she'd get a "5 egg" score!
Update: They do a dairy report, too!
You can see ratings for all of the egg producers or read about Yelm's Steibrs Farm "3 egg" rating.
If the Egg Lady was part of this, I bet she'd get a "5 egg" score!
Update: They do a dairy report, too!
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