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The Food Co-op is participating in the Bag Challange in the Western States. We need to keep track of how many folks bring in their own bags and use them at the store. It doesn't apply if they don't have a bag and just carry out their grocerys, they have to bring in their own bag and use it. This is between 31 towns, and the winner will get $10K to buy solar and install PV panels in their town. Please read my forward of the press release from my own e-mail (wildrose@rof.net) sent separately.

The Food Co-op will be selling cold drinks at the Sunday concerts in the park.

Paonia Cherries are here!!! they are delish!!!

We have a really tasty salad bar set up in the front yard on Wednesdays...its put on by Salud Salads the maker of our yummy avo salad dressing. Come on by and check it out!!

New items at the store:
Yogurt Covered Almonds
Eden Miso
Lemon Soy Yogurt
Individual sized Small Ice Creams to go
Oganic Valley Italian Sausage
Boulder Habenero Sauce
Pumpkin Flax Granola
Oogave Manderine Key Lime Soda--sweetened with agave
Yogi Tea--Ginko IQYogi Tea--Kava Stress Relief

UNFI is no longer giving out extra catalogs..so we are working on a way for the store to download the catalog and send it out as a PDF to those of you who would like to have it.

CCFC,CCFC, how I love thee...

Although the Co-op is my favorite place to support, I won't lie, I still shop at City Market....and Vitamin Cottage. Mostly I get things I can't get at the co-op. We originally started the co-op so we could have an alternative to City Market. We knew that we would be a supplement to City Market in the beginning while we were/are so small. If we can save you a trip to Glenwood, great! Our fresh, organic, local produce section is amazing, and reasonable. Often times I will go to the co-op first, get what I can, or at the least get my bulk,produce, eggs and cheese, then what I still need on my list I will go to City Market or Vitamin cottage for.

In the picture here is my 3 y/o J. with our basket of mostly local fresh food. We had just returned from a trip to the co-op, sans car, love that! In the basket you see local eggs, local spinach and lettuce, raw cheese, fresh carrots and I'm sure some snacky items underneath. As much as I want to be package free, hey, I'm not there quite yet. Keep your eyes peeled for a homemade chewy granola bar recipe in the future. My goal is to provide package free lunches for my school go-er next fall (as it was my goal to do this past fall, ahem, better luck this coming year). Perhaps we'll have a community challenge to do that!

Here is a fun, healthy and yummy summertime recipe for ya'll to try if you wish. You can get all of the ingredients at the co-op!

Raw nori rolls

Soak 1 and a half to 2 cups raw sunflower seeds overnight in a mason jar covered with water. The next morning/day strain and rinse and toss in blender or food processor. Add a clove of raw garlic, and a splash of tamari or salt. You can add an optional 1/4 red onion and fresh parsley or cilantro. Blend until it forms a thick paste. You can add water as needed for blending purposes.

Lay out some sushi nori (can be found at any health food store or Asian food store and can be found toasted or untoasted/raw). Spread some of the sunflower paste over the bottom half of the Nori (spread on the rough side). add some matchsticked carrots, cucumbers, asparagus, sliced avo, whatever veggies you want to the center of the pasted part of the nori.

Roll tightly from the bottom up (some people like to use a sushi mat),sealing the top with some water on your finger.

And voila!

Slice into bite sized pieces and serve with tamari and pickled ginger or enjoy just as they are! They're great served with a local salad or some seaweed salad with sesame or tahini dressing.

Working members needed

We are looking for a working member to fill a Wednesday morning shift (9-11AM) and a Sunday afternoon shift (3-5or6PM). You do not have to commit to every week, however we do need a commitment for a set schedule whether it be once per week, once per month, or every other week.

Working member benefits include a 5% discount for every 2 hours you volunteer for a discount of up to 25% off everything in the store. Of course you also get the benefit of working in our sweet little store with our super fun staff.

You must be a member to be a working member.

Comment here or call the store-963-1375.

Updates

Updates, updates, updates. Here are some of the latest.....

* we still have olive oil and maple syrup that needs to be picked up. If it is not picked up by this weekend, we will sell it as we don't have the space to keep it. Thanks for understanding!
If you're not sure if you ordered it and/OR if you want some (we have some extra) please call the store. 963-1375.

* We will have a salad bar set up on the front lawn on Wednesdays by "Salad Salads", they are the makers of our local avocado salad dressing. The possible start date is June 10.

* please remember if you special order frozen or refrigerated items, they will need to be picked up a.s.a.p. We don't have room in our fridge or freezer to store them and they are placed outside the back door.

* Last but certainly NOT LEAST, Rainbow Foods has changed their numbers again. THE OLD NUMBERS WILL NOT WORK, so you can recycle your old catalogs. We will get the new ones in ASAP, but until they come, please call or come in the store to place your orders.

THANKS!

Winner's from our membership drive weekend drawings.

Here are the winners. Enjoy your prizes. Come by the co-op to pick them up.

La Hosteria Dinner for 2- Teri Bruna
Eco performance oil change- Chantal Howard
Massage w/ Akal Jeet- LeAnn Eustis
Massage w/ Pixie- Valerie Kelly
Astrology Reading by Doug Margel- Lindsy Mills
RFTA Swag- Russ Criswell

Goddess jewelry- Laurie Loeb (you won 2 pieces), Ellen Sassano, Terril Scott, Kelly Gerheart, Laine Weinstein, Laurie Stone, Sheryl Rosenbloom, and Linda Keefe.

Thanks so much for your participation!

WELCOME!

Welcome to the Carbondale Community Food Co-op's blog page. On here you will find updates, board meeting minutes, specials, ordering info.(as well as bulk items available for splits/share), new items, recipe's (for health and taste buds) and anything co-op/local food/organic/sustainable.

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Thanks for being a part of our community!

-Tessa