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* CHECK YOUR CALENDAR Interior Decoration Space Planning * PUNCH YOUR PDA Lighting Design Green Fabrics, Furnishings and Finishes Window Treatments and Slipcovers * POST A NOTE ON YOUR FRIDGE The Whole Foods Co-op Annual Owners C DESIGNS Meeting will be held in our back parking lot Cheli Ruud, ASID, Allied Member 715-416-0825 on Sunday, September 16, from 1:30 pm to [email protected] 4 pm. This year’s meeting will be a little different — hopefully no torrential rains, violent winds or equatorial heat wave… Prior A 12 to the business meeting, an array of our In this issue Dean’s Report 10 New Members suppliers will be offering samples and tastes Gourmet to Go 2 Board Report5 Book Review 10 A Day in the Life of their products in a first-time ever owner- 13 only demo-athalon. Your invitation and Herb Lore 3 Get Involved 5 Gonzo Gourmand 11 Management agenda for the business meeting will be Membership Savor the Report 14 inside the Annual Report, along with the Matters 4 Season Going Zuzu 12 ballot for election of Board members. 8 The Back 40 16 2 GARBANZO GAZETTE A JULY AUGUST

gourmet to go cool recipes by Jane Herbert, Deli Manager ow it’s hot. The kind of hot Cool Chicken Salad 1/2 C Mango Chutney In large glass bowl, combine all ingredients, cover and refrigerate 4–6 that forces you to sit still, 1 C Annie’s Sesame Shitake salad 2 C Red Grapes hours to blend flavors. Makes 8 hang in a hammock, dressing 1 C Celery Hearts, chopped preferably under a ceiling servings 6 oz of Marinated Mushrooms 1/2 C Cashew halves Nfan, sipping a cold drink. You can (in deli grab ’n go case) 3 C fully cooked medium Shrimp, almost hear the garden growing. I’ve Cool Waters 3 C cooked Chicken, cubed cooked Turkey or Chicken turned the hot tub temp down to just 12 oz can frozen Lemonade above body temp — 100 degrees — 1 Red Bell Pepper, chopped In large bowl combine mayonnaise, Concentrate, thawed and in the moonlight under the 1/2 Red Onion, sliced yogurt, and milk; stir well. Add curry 1/4 C Lime Juice summer skies I think of how to eat 4 C Mixed Salad Greens powder and chutney. Gently stir in 8 Lime Slices cool. It’s so hot you don’t want to cook, 1 C Mandarin Oranges grapes, celery and shrimp. Chill well Strawberries and Melon Balls with but you still have to eat! It’s sweet corn Pumpkin Seeds and Dried Cranberries before serving to blend flavors. fresh Mint on ice time, cool tomatoes, and all the basil for garnish Garnish with toasted coconut, 48 oz Sparkling Lime Water you can harvest for any use. Check out cashews, and chopped mango. Serve these twists on the usual summer fare Combine salad dressing and the on chilled raddichio or romaine In a large glass pitcher, combine and see how you can improve on or marinated mushrooms, including hearts. water, concentrate and lime juice and add your own “cool” ingredients. liquid, in large salad bowl. Stir in mix well to combine. Garnish each The Fog City Deli can provide lots chicken and red pepper, red onion and Cool Picnic Pasta drink with lime twist slice and serve of the ingredients for these no cook oranges. Cover and chill well until 2 C Broccoli Florets immediately. Serves 8 GG recipes. I especially love the roasted ready to serve. Just before serving stir 1 C fresh Mushrooms, sliced Since moving to Duluth almost 2 years chickens and all natural roasted turkey in the mixed salad greens, toss gently, 1 C Kalamata Olives, pitted ago, Jane Herbert has experienced the heat and serve. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds, of the south, the blizzards of the north and breasts. Each provides about 4 cups of 1/2 C Artichoke Hearts and dried cranberries on top . now she’s hoping for a looong Minnesota perfectly cooked, tender meat perfect 1/2 C Basil, chiffonade lovely spring! She has to plant the yard and for use in salads and sandwich 1 pint Grape Tomatoes tend to the bulbs that will want to be spreads. And for sandwiches, nothing Cool On Curry sunning themselves soon. Her cat, 2 C fresh Sweet Corn, removed from beats the assorted all-natural meats 1/4 C Mayonnaise Peepers, is already sunning in the picture cob window and the dogs are wanting to walk sliced fresh in the deli, the cooling 1/4 C Yogurt down to the Big lake and sip the cold water. addition of olives and pepperdews, 1 C Annie’s Italian or Greek salad 1/4 C Sour Cream dressing She’s ready! Are you all? See you on the cheese choices for any cool meal and 1/4 C Milk Lakewalk! sweet cracker spreads to add another 1 C Feta Cheese, crumbled or fresh 2 T Curry Powder cool dimension. Mozzerella, cubed 3 C Radiatorre Pasta, cooked

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Herb Lore ginger: a spice for life by Niki Young, member, Lake Superior Herbalist’s Guild

ars were once fought physicians found that a majority of over the cinnamon and arthritis sufferers experienced a nutmeg now resting in noticeable lessening of pain and/or that adding an ounce of preventative Fresh, unpeeled ginger can be our cupboards. Pepper swelling when consuming ginger. spice in the delicious form of ginger is stored for up to three weeks in the Wand cloves were worth fortunes and Further research is underway. a wise idea. And not a single war must refrigerator or up to six months in the were even instrumental in the Spicy ginger also has been shown be fought to take advantage! Ginger is freezer. Dried ginger should be kept in development of our civilization. to offer antioxidant protection. available in several forms including a tightly sealed glass container in a However, as soon as these and other Gingerol has shown to significantly fresh, dried, crystallized, candied and dark, dry place. Dried ginger stored in spices became more plentiful, we inhibit the production of nitric oxide, a pickled. All have medicinal benefits, the refrigerator has a shelf life of quickly took them for granted, and highly reactive molecule that forms and ginger is stable when used in about one year. Enjoy! GG they have been relatively unimportant damaging free radicals. Animal cooking. Because ginger is so Niki Young is an herbalist and member of in American kitchens ever since. But studies have found that treatment with concentrated with active substances, Lake Superior Herbalist’s Guild. She has a Western science is beginning to ginger prior to radiation exposure may even small amounts will likely offer background in dietetics and nutrition and is discover new uses for these plants, not only prevent free radical damage some benefit. The spice may be used a certified nutritionist. and a spice renaissance may be to lipids in the body, but may also freely as a culinary treat and in Remember to use plants with respect and stirring. We’re learning that spices not protect levels of glutathione, one of beverages; when used in large with the wisdom of your own body. Each only taste and smell good, they are the body’s most important internally- therapeutic doses, however, ginger individual may react differently to also good medicine. They have been produced detoxifiers. Still other recent may cause stomach irritation. A good quantities. used medicinally for many centuries studies have preliminarily linked approach is to start with small doses Herbs are medicine and their use must be in other parts of the world, but now ginger to prevention of ovarian and and work up to tolerance. Herbalists taken with care and respect. Each individual those uses are being confirmed here colorectal cancer. Ginger is earning a recommend a range of doses: is different and may react differently to in the West, and people are taking reputation not only as a spice of life, certain herbs such as allergic reactions. Self- dried ginger — 250 to 5,000 mg notice. Ginger is an important but a spice for life. treat at your own risk. Consult a physician four times daily should symptoms persist. example. Ginger may provide health benefits Ginger is the underground rhizome by another mechanism as well: sweat! tea — 1 tsp. fresh ginger boiled in For more information on the Lake known as Zingiber officinale, from its Sweat serves some well-understood 2 cups water for 10–20 minutes Superior Herbalist Guild contact Sanskrit name singabera, meaning and important functions. Most Katie at 218-721-3065 or on the web: tincture — 1.5 to 3 ml per dose “horn shaped.” Warming and pungent obviously, sweat forms when we are www.diamon-naturals.us/Guild.htm ginger has been used by the Chinese exposed to high temperatures, then candied ginger — 1-inch square, for more than two-thousand years as a cools us as it evaporates. This effect 2 to 4 times per day (1 inch is digestive aid and anti-nausea remedy, can be forced by consuming spicy equivalent to 500-1,000 mg dried and to treat rheumatism, bleeding foods (most spicy foods are consumed ginger) disorders, and respiratory conditions. in the warmest regions of the world), The spice has been used extensively in making ginger an important addition Ayurvedic medicine to treat heart to the diet for both its warming effects disease, reduce cholesterol and fight in cool temperatures and its cooling arthritis. Western medicine has now effects in warm temperatures. Another become involved in the search for well-understood and important health benefits of the spice, and function of sweat is as a detoxifier research is not only confirming during illnesses such as colds and flu. traditional uses, but adding to the list. More recently, however, German Important newer findings include researchers discovered that sweat ginger’s anti-inflammatory, anti- assists us in another way. They found oxidant and cancer-preventative that sweat contains a potent germ- The Birth You Want Planning for Natural Childbirth potential. fighting agent that is manufactured in

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Membership Matters David Helf, Board of Directors Dear Member-Owners, accounting software costs; and Employees humbly suggest not that whether we have enough money to you spend more on groceries and sta- What comes next? pay our lenders the millions we owe ples like toilet paper every month. We Garbanzo Gazette • Our beloved new store is open. It them for our expansion. Running a merely suggest that you simply re- Published by Whole Foods Co-op has earned the high distinction of grocery with sales approaching ten direct some of what you are already 610 E. 4th St. • Duluth, MN 55805 being certified as a LEED building, million dollars annually is not like spending somewhere else. I am cer- (218) 728-0884 • fax (218) 728-0490 meaning, we re-used materials, running your father’s Co-op. I am not tainly not suggesting you need to www.wholefoods.coop recycled as much as possible, used exaggerating when I say that observ- spend 100% of your food budget here. STORE HOURS: green building methods, and made ing our employees and managers What I do suggest is that another five 7 am – 9 pm Everyday sure it uses less energy to operate. make it all work is awe-inspiring. dollars more per purchase by our Here’s the piece that is missing Members each time they visit will • We have achieved Certified Organic Membership Costs: from my glowing description. Though make an enormous difference. With Retailer status in all departments, $100 per voting membership we made tremendous growth in new 4,000 active Members and over half of the only such facility in the Twin Further membership information is Members and new sales for the first sales made to Members, you can see Ports area to have the whole store available at the Co-op year, competition since then has the power in numbers. Small num- certified. increased drastically. I think we’ve all bers which are repeated enough times The Garbanzo Gazette is published six • The Co-op Management and Staff observed how trendy it has become to get large. times a year (January, March, May, July, have filled the store with wonderful sell organic and “natural” products, So, here’s the challenge I am laying September, November) for the edible and non-edible products, and and Duluth is no exception. Whole out to all of you Member-Owners who member-owners and patrons of Whole offers fantastic service to shoppers, Foods Co-op has gone from being are reading this. When you’ve filled Foods Co-op. The Garbanzo Gazette is Members and non-members alike. essentially the only source for many your cart with the items on your shop- published by Whole Foods Community Special events and classes have organic products to being in the mid- ping list, park it and take a small stroll Co-op, Inc. to provide information on attracted hundreds, and our dle of a pack of stores. Though we around the store. Is there something Whole Foods Co-op, the cooperative community visibility is at an all-time have the best selection, the best serv- you might ordinarily buy at one of our movement, food, nutrition, and high. ice, and the best prices, we ARE NOT competitors? Can you replace it with a community issues. Views and opinions ALONE. (Again, I’m sorry if I am Co-op product? Be adventurous. Sure, expressed in this newsletter do not • Well over half of our sales result insulting any of you. I’ll try to stop you’ve been using Jergen’s Lotion necessarily reflect those of the Co-op from you, the Member-Owners, doing this.) since you were two, but have you ever management, board or member- shopping here and spending your In order to achieve our mission of used Alba Papaya Mango Body owners. Submissions must be received hard-earned money. Our Member not just paying the bills, but doing Cream? Goodness, you might never go one month prior to publication. The sales are higher than comparable co- greater community outreach, encour- back to Jergen’s if you do. Take a quick next deadline is Wednesday, August 1. ops, and this is a sign of health. aging others to adopt our mission of saunter past the frozen cases. There Refer submissions and questions to We have surpassed our new buying and eating healthy, sustainable are many guilt-free frozen foods that [email protected]. Member goals for many months run- foods, to supporting sustainable food are delicious and convenient, and I’ll Editor: Shannon Szymkowiak ning, and we now have over 4,000 producers, and to achieve a secure bet one or two could be among your Contributions: Members & Staff active Members. I could go on, but the financial future, we need to do better. new regular picks. You get the picture. Design: Kollath Graphic Design news seems good. What’s not to like? Better includes, but is not limited As a group of committed individu- Printer: InstyPrints Before I give a specific answer to that to, (here comes that word again), mak- als working together, we can make Mailing: Barcodes Plus question, I’d like to bring up an idea ing a PROFIT. Whole Foods Co-op even more suc- Reprints by prior permission that some of you may not be aware. As Owners of this enterprise, the cessful. We’ve taken some big risks Cooperatives of all types, including Board believes you do need to be con- together, building this great new store. The Garbanzo Gazette is printed on Whole Foods Co-op, are not non- cerned with this. We are not suggest- Most of the pieces for success are in 100% post-consumer recycled paper profits. ing we have accounting nights in the place — we are so very close. Take a with soy ink. This paper is recyclable. (I’m sorry if I insulted any classroom downstairs where all of us moment to think about how important The information in the Garbanzo Member-Owners if this does or does sit around and pick apart the books it is to you and to the community that Gazette is also available on our web- not come as a shock.) and try to make the numbers read bet- we succeed, and think of how we’ll all site at www.wholefoods.coop We are competing with other gro- ter. That’s why we have a top-notch, profit when we finally make a profit. cery stores, all of whom keep elaborate intelligent and good-looking staff. And And then take that little stroll around books, but at the end of the year, each that’s why you elect Members of your the store. You’ll be glad you did. GG BEFORE RECYCLING THIS COPY of asks, “Have we made a profit?” Board of Directors. So what can you David Helf was elected to the Whole Foods the Garbanzo Gazette, please pass it To mention just a few things that do? Co-op Board in September of last year. He along or share it with a friend or neigh- matter, we keep track of how much we The answer is so simple and so has been shopping at coops and cooking bor. This can help save a bit on paper spend on the goods we sell; what we straightforward, that I am almost like Adele Davis since 1982 (young people, costs and reduce waste. Also, it’s a charge when we sell those goods; how embarrassed to bring it up. Spend ask your parents who she was), and good way to introduce folks to WFC growing his own food for most of his 53 much we pay our employees; how more of your grocery money at your years. He thinks it would be nice to have a who aren’t current customers or mem- large our energy bills are; whether our Co-op. conversation with each Member about the bers. Worker’s Comp premiums are going That’s all. To have a fighting chance Co-op, so he welcomes your emails. Tell up too fast; how much our new at a year-end profit, the Board and him how we can strengthen the link MOVING? Pursuant to WFC Bylaws, between the Board of Directors and our Article I, Membership, Section 7: Member-Owners: “Each member agrees to provide the [email protected] association his, her or its current address and to keep the association informed of any changes in address.” In an effort to remind our members to keep WFC advised of address changes, the Board, on 8/26/96, approved a policy making a member temporarily inactive when there is no current address on file. Inactive members are not eligible for membership benefits and will not receive the newsletter. Rosslyn Kendrick

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218.723.0081 WHOLE FOODS A COMMUNITY CO-OP 5 board of board report directors not just now, not just me Jeri Brysch [email protected] Treasurer t our April Board meeting, we Board, and there it was: NOT JUST Your economic and psychic Finance Committee (Chair) WFC directors had our NOW, NOT JUST ME. Reading those participation in the cooperative GME Committee regularly scheduled visioning words was like drinking a smoothie business model means that you are Term expires 2008 session. “Visioning” (yes, I laced with lightning, wasabi, and thinking long-term and world-wide. Aknow… I was an English major and so Show Me The Whey. When you plunked down Lynn Fena was my mother… but bear with me) is Not just now, not just your $100 for WFC [email protected] a process as organic as Mike Olund’s me. Now there are words common stock, you were Vice President tomatoes, Joel Rosen’s cilantro, or to live by. It’s the Seven investing in sustainability — Finance Committee Shary Zoff’s raspberries. It’s also just Cooperative Principles in not just for your family or GME Committee Membership Committee (Chair) as satisfying. Basically, we think hard seven words or less. It’s your community, but for Term expires 2007 about our vision for the WFC. We talk the WFC’s mission future generations and for big, we argue, we get passionate, we statement, condensed. It’s people you will never meet. Erik Hahn laugh, we take notes. At our April the reason co-ops were When you measure out a [email protected] visioning, facilitated by Board created. It’s the best — pound of tamari almonds, Secretary Members Theresa Koenig and Erik really, the only — answer grab a Fog City Deli snack, Bylaws Committee Hahn, we discussed WFC’s role in the to “Why should I be a or order a case of your Food Policy Committee community and in the world. Member of the Whole Jean Sramek, your favorite thing from the co- Membership Committee Board President It’s part of policy governance, the Foods Co-op?” Of course, op, you’re not just buying Term expires 2007 model that our Board (and over half of there are other reasons to good food. You’re the cooperative grocery boards in the become a Member, or to encourage supporting green buildings, living David Helf [email protected] United States) uses to run the co-op. your friends and family to become wage jobs, fair trade, a healthy and fair Bylaws Committee We do our jobs as directors by Members: Member-only specials and economy, clean air and water, and Food Policy Committee examining and fine-tuning our coupons, patronage rebates, voting other delicious things. Term expires 2008 policies. We choose words to live by, privileges, a subscription to the You’re a good person (I can tell). and see that the co-op lives within Garbanzo Gazette. But those are But it’s not about you. It’s about all of Theresa Koenig those words. Erik transcribed our surface reasons, temporary reasons, us. Thanks for being a Member of [email protected] visioning notes and sent them to the what’s-in-it-for-me reasons. WFC. GG Board Recruitment Committee Bylaws Committee Term expires 2007

Jean Sramek [email protected] President Owners: A great opportunity to get Bylaws Committee (Chair) Food Policy Committee GME Committee (Chair) involved with your cooperative Term expires 2007

he Whole Foods Co-op Board • Attend a Board meeting. The next Sharon Murphy, General Manager What can I do to become a Whole Foods Co-op of Directors invites you to meeting is July 23 from 610 E 4th Street consider running for the WFC Board Candidate? 5:30–7:30 pm in the conference Duluth, MN 55805 WFC Board. Yup, YOU! The • Pick up a Board Application packet room at WFC. 728-0884/w TWFC Directors are democratically cho- at the Customer Service Counter or • Deliver your completed Board 728-0490/fax sen by its Member-Owners. Perhaps call to request an application by mail Application* to WFC by August 1, [email protected] you’ve been thinking for a long time (218-728-0884, ext. 182). WFC web site: www.wholefoods.coop about running for the Board? Or, 2007, to be included on the next • Contact a Board Member to discuss maybe you’ve been a Board Member Board election ballot. Address to communicate with your questions about being on the in the past. Whatever the case, we *To be an eligible Board candidate, your entire Board and General Manager: Board. Email at [email protected] appreciate your interest in serving our name must be the first name listed on [email protected] or cooperative and our community. We your membership, your required equity To speak to a Board Member or the leave a phone message encourage you to contact a current payments must be current, your current General Manager, call the store (218-728-0884, ext. 101) and a at 218/728-0884 Board Member to learn more about address must be on file, and you must Board Member will return your call. the role and responsibilities of the have no outstanding indebtedness to the Letters addressed to Board Members c/o Whole Foods Co-op, 610 E. 4th St., WFC Board. Co-op or overdue IOU balance. GG Duluth, MN 55805 will be forwarded unopened to the Board/Board member. mission statement The Whole Foods Co-op is committed to the Cooperative Principles, to providing its members, patrons and community the highest quality nutritious whole foods, and to the products and practices which make positive changes in the life of its community, employees and environment. co-operative principles 1. Voluntary and open membership. 2. Democratic member control. 3. Member economic participation 4. Autonomy and independence. 5. Education, training and information. 6. Cooperation among co-ops. 7. Concern for community 6 GARBANZO GAZETTE A JULY AUGUST staff news new products STAFF ANNIVERSARIES BULK – Amazonian Cupuacu Butter • Earth Therapeutics JULY: Shampoo – Anti-bacterial Complexion Pad • International Harvest* Jane Herbert July 05, 2005 – Amazonian Cupuacu Butter – Four-Sided Filing Block – Bulk Organic Whole Cacao Jay Newkirk July 06, 1997 Conditioner – Trio Collection Body Sponges Rain Elvin July 07, 2004 Beans – Avacado Babacu Conditioner Jessica Belich July 23, 2001 – Bulk Organic Cacao Nibs • Beauty Without Cruelty – Brazil Nut Bath & Shower Gel – Bulk Organic Apricot Kernels – Make up applicators – Amazonian Copaiba Bath & AUGUST: – Bulk Organic Mulberries Shower Gel • SunCoat Jim Richardson Aug. 01, 1998 – Bulk Organic Pomegranate – Water Based Nail Polish, 25 Christina Cotruvo Aug. 15, 2005 Seeds • Rainbow Light colors John Fisher-Merritt Aug. 19, 1976 – Bulk Organic Strawberries – Rice Protein Powders, Vanilla – Natural (acetone free) Corn & Aaron Hoffmeister Aug. 30, 2005 – Bulk Organic Dried & Chocolate Soy based polish remover Kara Isaacson Aug. 30, 2005 Watermelon • Whole Foods Co-op Brand • ALBA Andy Theuninck Aug. 31, 2005 • Really Raw Honey – Inflatrol – Mineral Suncare – Unfiltered Honey 5# size – Natural Cleanse Complex – Jason Suncare Jim Richardson and his brother Allen – Liver Detox Complex • Great River* are running a muppet for Mayor of – Pomegranate Extract GENERAL MERCHANDISE – Organic 7-Grain Bread Flour Duluth. 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Washington Studios Gallery • Organic India – Thera cane mere days before the election HBC (Health & Body Care) – Organic Psyllium Whole • Gardener www.myspace.com/mrniceformayor. • Baby’s Bliss Husks* – Season starters – Baby Derma Cream • HerbaSway • Enviro Wave – Diaper Cream – Pomegranate Concentrate – Shower filter replacement – Apple Gripe Water • Herb Pharm cartridge • Mommy’s Bliss – Butterbur Extract – Bath ball replacement – Nipple Cream • Jason Fragrance Free Line cartridge – Omega 3 DHA Plus – Shampoo & Conditioner – 1-liter SS water bottle – Morning Sickness Magic – Satin Soap • Vita Minder – Pregnancy Heartburn – Satin Body Wash – Tablet splitter/ crusher Comfort – Hand & Body Lotion • Geratherm • Lumina Health – Deodorant – Solar thermometer – Cell Food Silica Formula • Traditional Medicinals • One Source Magazine • Source Naturals – HerbaTussin Pastilles Several new magazine titles: – Mangosteen Juice 32 oz (in – Throat Coat Pastilles – E Magazine Just as predicted, Michael Olker, glass) – PH (Positive Health) Assistant FE Manager and his wife, • Bach – Mastic Gum – Rescue Remedy Pastilles – Herb Companion Jennifer, welcomed their Earth Day – Rejuvenzyme baby, Willow Springwind Olker at 1:44 • Nutricology – Massage Therapy Journal • George’s Aloe Vera am, Saturday, April 21st. A healthy 7 – Organic Thymus Glandular* – Stone Soup lbs., 4.5 oz., with lots of red hair just – 100% Aloe Juice 32 oz – Mental Floss – 100 % Aloe Spray Mister 4 oz • Giovanni Bar Soap – Gluten-Free Living like her mom. With a visit only 5 days – Raspberry Winter after her arrival, it has been • Nature’s Answer – Living Nutrition – Cassifleur White Tea – Diabetic Living determined that her favorite place to – GOJI Juice 16 oz (in glass) – Bamboo Birch shop is WFC. – ACAI Juice 16 oz (in glass) – Herb Quarterly • Deep Steep – Touch The Soil • IKOVE – Tangerine Melon Foaming – Organic Life Andrea and her husband Aaron are – Hand Savior Soap – Acres U.S.A. the proud new parents of Maya – Amazonian Buriti Lotion – Honeydew Spearmint – Hip Mama Marburg Geary — a beautiful new – Amazonian Clay Mask Foaming Soap – Communities baby girl! She was born Thursday, – Rose Night Cream – Co-op America Quarterly May 17th at 10:00 pm. Five lbs., – Amazonian Acai Berry • Earth Science – National Green Pages 11 oz. with brown hair and long toes. Shampoo – Herbal Deodorant – Yes Not to be outdone, the whole happy – Amazonian Acerola Shampoo – Unscented Deoderant family came in for “oohs” and “aahs” – Ready Made just four days after Maya was born. • Equal Exchange – 12 oz EE Organic Colombian, whole bean Feel Better • Sunbeam Candle Co. – 2" x 6" Beeswax Pillar Connect with Life – 3" x 3" Beeswax Honeycomb Pre-Natal Yoga and Support • Talk Therapy • Café Altura with Whole Birth Yoga Instructor Stacy Holden • Expressive Therapy – Kona Coffee 10oz, whole bean Come prepare your body, • Sandplay Therapy • Flavorganics mind and heart for birth • Sliding Fee Scale – Irish Crème Syrup, 8.5oz and motherhood with • Alakef Whole Birth Yoga. – 12oz Organic El Salvador, Call 715-364-8509 Catharine J. 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Other cuts are always – Mint Chi – Pomegranate Concentrate – Spicy pepper available by special order, so call • Very Veggie Spicy blend juice – Porcini mushroom, Jesse at ext. 457 if you’re looking for something special. MISSING: • Lesser Evil – Eggplant – PB & Chocolate * Organic GG Small glass milk • New Morning* – Maple Pecan Grahamwiches bottles used for • Newman’s Own* – Chocolate Peanut Butter the Dahl Dairy Hermits Cookies – Honey Vanilla milk – Ginger – Honey Peanut butter demonstration on – Original Earth Day! It – Cinnamon seems there was • Glaceau Vitamin Water 4-packs some confusion about the wee – Revive little bottles Wayne Dahl used – Focus for his milk demonstration on – Power Earth Day. When handing these • Steaz out, some folks assumed they – Green Tea Energy drink, could take them home. – Grab N Go singles – Four-pack However, it seems these were bottled just for us using • Yummy Earth* – Lollipops Wayne’s private collection of – Drops antique school milk bottles and • Clif Bar he does need them back. If you – Blueberry Crisp should have one, please bring it • Mintwater back to the Customer Service – Lemon Counter. WFC and Dahl’s – Orange Sunrise Dairy thank you! • Dr Oetkers * – Frosted Brownie Mix GROCERY • Baby’s Only • Kitchen of India – Electrolyte Juice – Biryani Curry Paste • Barbara’s* Crunchy Granola Bars – Cinnamon Crisp – Oats ’n Honey – Peanut Butter Fruit Yogurt Bars – Apple Cinnamon – Blueberry Apple – Cherry Apple • Snackimals Snickerdoodles* • Ginger People – Boost Candies • Honestea 64 oz Bottles – Black Tea – Green Tea • Nature’s Path – Cherry Pomegranate Toaster Pastries* • Drew’s – Poppyseed Dressing • Boulder – Spinach & Artichoke Potato Chips 8 GARBANZO GAZETTE A JULY AUGUST Dollars savor the season (cheaply) and Sense by Shannon Szymkowiak, Marketing & Member Services Manager Meals that moderately serve four people and hat’s up again, the perception cost less than $15.00* with all of that some grocers are the wobbly always cheap can be BREAKFAST: signs difficult to overcome stickingW out in the aisles of oatmeal with dried apples, so I decided to share bananas, and kefir our Co-op? Well, if you some of the results haven’t stopped to take a today. Oatmeal (quick, regular, $0.27 look, you should. These Below, you will see or thick) signs signify items that a chart listing some of Found in Bulk, Aisle 4 have recently had their our best selling items. Dried Apples (chop to $0.38 prices lowered. Lowered? As of May 23, 2007, What? How could this be? add to oatmeal) the prices you see in In January, the National Found in Bulk, Aisle 4 the charts were Co-op Grocer’s Association correct and current, Bananas $1.58 (NCGA), of which Whole both for us and our Found in Produce Foods Co-op is a member, competitors. You Lifeway Kefir $3.75 entered into a new contract Flavors: pomegranate, with United Natural Foods, Chart 1 cherry, strawberry, & Inc. (UNFI), our primary On this date: blueberry supplier. This new contract was WFC Super One Mt. Royal CUB to reflect a different kind of * Super One, Mt. Royal and Organic (OG) 2.19 N/a 2.29 2.29 Found in the Dairy Section CUB did not have free range pricing structure. At that time, Frozen Corn Total $5.98 chicken. They did have we were unsure whether or not Gold-n-Plump “all natural” Free Range 4.29 N/a N/a N/a it would be to our benefit, and chicken with added saline LUNCH: Bone-In Chicken if so, how much. Only time for an average price of pocket bread sandwiches Breast* – 1 lb. would tell, so we froze our about $2.50 for two bone-in and rice chips breasts. prices to see just exactly how Non-Organic 4.99 3.39 3.99 5.49 * The WFC peanut butter Mozzarella Holyland Pocket Bread $1.99 this new contract would benefit price was for the freshly Cheese – 1 lb. Available in whole — or detract from — our ground, others were in jars. wheat and white pricing. * CUB only had the Green OG Peanut Butter* – 2.99 6.69 3.59 5.85 Found in the After our quarterly inventory Forest 12-pk, no 4-pks. 16 oz. Deli “Grab-n-Go” Case in March, we discovered that * WFC coffee price reflects OG All Purpose .95 1.10 1.26 N/a locally roasted Alakef. Alakef Holyland Hummus $3.49 this pricing was a good thing, Flour – 1 lb. allowing us to lower prices on donates a portion of every Flavors: garlic, sale to Second Harvest. Green Forest 2.19 1.69 1.63 4.29* many key goods in the store. w/spinach, w/roasted * CUB did not have Cascadian Toilet Paper – 4 pk eggplant, & more We’ve always been competitive Farms Fruit Spread, but did Kettle Chips 2.35 2.49 2.59 2.19 Found in the with natural and organic foods, have Nature’s Best Brand, Deli “Grab-n-Go” Case but it is always a good thing which is also organic so we OG Whole Bean 9.49 5.99 8.99 7.99 when we can offer greater value used this as a comparison. Coffee* – 1 lb. Cucumber $1.99 to our Member-Owners and * OG bagged salad mix was Cascadian Farms OG 3.39 N/a 3.59 2.69* Found in the Produce Aisle everyone else who comes not available at Super One, but they did have organic Fruit Spread – 10 oz. Red Bell Pepper $2.40 through our doors. Cooperating salad mix in plastic Found in the Produce Aisle with other cooperatives gives us containers. OG Bagged 3.19 3.69* 3.29 2.99 the buying power we need to * WFC and CUB bananas Salad Mix Lundberg Rice Chips $2.69 remain in the game. This is were Fair Trade, Super One OG Bananas* – 1 lb. .99 .79 .85 .65 Flavors: Sea Salt, great news for everyone. But and Mt. Royal were not. Seaweed, & Wasabi where’s the proof? * The organic spaghetti OG Spaghetti – 1 lb. 2.35 2.59* 2.79 2.99 Found in Aisle 2 Your Co-op sometimes available at Super One was Muir Glen OG 1.85 2.09 1.99 1.79 a 12 oz. package rather than Total $12.06 unfairly suffers from a poor a 16 oz. package. Factoring Canned Tomatoes – price image. As we do head-to- this difference raises the 15 oz. DINNER: head price comparisons to price of this item to $3.52 Barbara’s 3.99 3.99 N/a 3.59 baked chicken thighs, French know how we’re doing and on an ounce-by-ounce Puffins Cereal baguette, and spinach salad with come out under “lower priced comparison. pear, caramelized walnuts and competitors” time and time * The Super One organic milk OG Milk – 1 gallon 6.99 5.75* 7.29 6.99 Feta cheese price reflects a sale price. Kadejan Chicken Thighs $2.40 Found in the Meat Case Panne Provincio $2.49 French baguette FROM DULUTH & UP THE Found near the Deli Counter NORWEGIAN RIVIERA Spinach (bunch) $1.89 Go to www.NorwegianRiviera.com Found in the Produce Aisle GOOSEBERRY TRAILSIDE SUITES XXX OLD NORTH SHORE COURT Danjou Pear Thinly sliced $0.90 Creative types! Move to the North Shore! 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Call John 218-340-1194 W H O L E F O O D S A C O M M U N I T Y C O - O P 9 will note that it was impossible to do my coupons, grab that sales flyer and following: cream cheese, powdered an exact head-to-head comparison stock up on Member Specials, I realize sugar, yogurt, turkey, eggs, and frozen since your Co-op is the only place to a very reasonable grocery bill. Plus, berries. I do not know which cut of coming soon – get some of these items (free range I’m supporting my own turkey they were looking for, or chicken and freshly ground business (yep — I’m a specifically which berries, but for the we need to hear peanut butter for example). Member-Owner, too). sake of argument, I will assume it is from you Although we were not the As luck would have ground turkey and a berry blend. With cheapest price on every single it, the day I was the exception of non-organic frozen The 2007 Owner Survey item on this day, these are our finishing this article, berries, everything on the CUB list are will be mailed to our regular everyday prices, not someone’s shopping items we carry (we only carry organic Member-Owners later this sale prices. When you factor in list was found upstairs frozen berries). Since I do not know summer. Responses can the variety of items, additional (not uncommon in the whether or not the shopper was opportunities for savings grocery business and specifically looking for organic or not, be mailed to WFC or (Member Specials, Special not bad reading). The I have provided pricing for both. Let’s dropped off at the store Order discounts, etc.), and the list was divided into take a look at Chart 2: OR you can participate availability of Fair Trade and what the customer As you can see, if this customer on-line by following the locally produced items, is it was going to had done all of her shopping at the link provided on the worth a couple of dollars purchase Co-op, the cost is less in every survey. With over 4,000 and your time to make a here: scenario unless she had to substitute special trip elsewhere? I tomatoes, organic berries for the unavailable Members, the Board and would argue that it is not, apples, non-organic. Even then, factoring in Management need to hear considering the current cost bananas, the sale price of the yogurt, the cost from as many of you as of gas and lack of time most lettuce, fresh difference was less than $2.00. This possible to be sure that of us have. herbs, onions, shopper could have done all of their the products we sell, the I have a theory that some of sprouts and shopping at the Co-op, saving time services we offer, and our shoppers only come here “as green beans. Clearly, and supporting a locally owned a treat” or “for certain items” and it this shopper shops us for our business all at the same time. planning efforts reflect simply doesn’t occur to them to even outstanding produce and I can’t blame Incidentally, on the day we visited your expectations. check to see if we carry other items them. Our produce department is a CUB, they were giving out coupons at Individual survey they need or what our pricing is on showstopper. the register for $.01 off up to 12 these items. When I make a list, use With that said, the CUB list had the gallons of gas at participating Holiday responses will remain stores. For Co-op anonymous. However, Chart 2 Members, the free respondents will have the Community Cooperation CUB Non-Organic WFC Non-Organic CUB Organic WFC Organic option to enter a drawing Program offers $.03 off for fabulous prizes! Cream Cheese – 1.50 (sale price) 1.43 2.99 3.69 each gallon of gas at the 8 oz. 4th Street Food ’n Fuel Powdered Sugar – .65 1.05 3.99 3.89 right next to the Co-op, so 1 lb. there’s the $2.00 right depth of staff knowledge and cheerful Yogurt .50 (sale price) .89 (.69 on sale) 1.19 .99 (.79 on sale) there! customer service, we can’t be beat. Next time you’re in the You’ll see that supporting your Co-op Turkey – 5.59 3.29 9.99 4.99 Co-op, take a look around. makes sense for the local economy Ground – 1 lb. (non-free range) (free range) (frozen patties) (frozen patties) On our website, we have and cents for you. Thanks for Eggs 1.28 2.25 (local farmer) 3.39 2.99 also added links to shopping Co-op! GG companies that allow you Frozen Berries – 2.00 N/a 4.43 4.29 Shannon Szymkowiak loves being your Berry Blend to print off coupons. Gazette Editor. She feels lucky to have a job When comparing organic that allows her to get on her soapbox at TOTALS 9.52 (w/o berries) 8.91 (8.71 sale price) 25.98 20.84 apples to organic apples, least every other month (usually more). 11.52 (w/berries) 13.20 (w/organic berries, (20.64 we do a pretty good job. Her dog, miles of yarn, and flowers give her joy daily. 13.00 sale price) sale price) When comparing the

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s we ease into the lazy days of that promotes “productivity” above all. creativity, most people will Though I do not follow in my summer, most people have I’m not claiming that this is the fault automatically think of listening to their parents’ footsteps as an educator in the A their minds on being of educators. In fact, both of my favorite local band, going to a poetry conventional sense, I like to think that outdoors and enjoying the few months parents are educators and I have the reading, or getting lost in a piece of art I do help provide a way for people to of warmth that Duluth offers. We utmost respect for the both of them the speaks to them. I think about one learn new ways to express their focus on spending time with family and their profession. My mother was of my favorite things: cooking. creativity. In putting together cooking and friends, reveling in the amazing an art teacher for years before her Cooking, something so vital to our classes, I often think about the new beauty of the Northwoods or relaxing position was cut. She now teaches fifth existence, is one of the only art forms things that I would like to learn as well by one of our picturesque 10,000 lakes. grade, and tries to incorporate some that incorporates all of the senses: the as what class attendees have suggested. For this reason, we have decided that creativity into her lesson plans while at feel of the chef’s knife rocking back Though we will have a short summer there will be no WFC-U classes the same time scurrying to try to push and forth on the wooden cutting hiatus, September will reemerge in full scheduled for July and August. each child through the rigors that board, the beautiful bell pepper with swing with a variety of classes that will In the final months of summer, define “No Child Left Behind.” its vibrant colors and seductive shape, help you to explore you creativity in the things start winding down and we I would claim that the funding that the sound of garlic and onions hissing kitchen. Look for the September/ reconcile with the fact that the warmth is cut from art, music, theatre, and as they hit a sauté pan, the aroma of November class schedule in the next of the outdoors will soon be lost in the other creative outlets deemed as less the garden fresh basil, and finally, the Gazette, in the customer vestibule, and scattering of fall leaves. We see the important than the “basics,” is, in fact, sapidity of this summer pasta sauce. It on-line at www.wholefoods.coop in happy faces of children on busses: leaving many children behind. Not all can only be called the art of the senses. August! GG eager to return to school and be with of us are meant to be scientists, Most artists have to be born with Anni Friesen is your Marketing and their friends, eager to learn the doctors, lawyers or teachers, and not talent and work their way to mastering Membership Coordinator, classroom important lessons that will eventually all of us should. Without creativity, we their craft, but all of us have some the wizard, brochure wrangler and all around help them to become fair-minded, have a world full of drab people, ideas, talent that we need to become woman Friday. She is an avid reader and soup maker. curious, and insightful individuals. and things. Even if you aren’t creative, proficient in the kitchen (though Creativity is also an important outlet most people can appreciate creativity perhaps not to become professional for children, though it is so often in the things around them. chefs!) By knowing what we like to eat, pushed aside in an education system When I speak about appreciating we can start to learn how to cook.

Book Review by Judy Kreag, member ecause we live in a society each plant 100% Natural Organic Pest and biological and cultural that values picture perfect requires for controls for each insect. lawns and gardens, many optimum Control for Home & Garden The book concludes with people are drawn to strong growth and set by Tom Roberts a detailed listing of suppliers Bherbicides and pesticides. We often about making it and manufacturers of forget about the long-term effects of happen. resistant plants). Roberts recommended products, here and in their use. At this writing, one of the This small tells us how to use what Canada. A glossary of terms to help most dangerous and growing side book contains a he calls “integrated pest with the sometimes-difficult effects of this type of maintenance is wealth of management, several of terminology is also included. insect resistance. information that which are companion If you love to garden but are Tom Robert’s book reminds us that can be helpful to planting, microbial struggling with weeds and pesky there are many natural and healthy the new, as well as introduction (to deter insects, this book might be the best ways to control weeds and pests. the seasoned, insects), keeping your investment you make this summer! However, they take thought, research gardener. There soil rich, and crop Stop by the book section of the Co-op and a little extra time – but it is well are charts and rotation, all of which and make a difference to the worth it. Future generations and tables listing can deter insect environment as well as your garden. Mother Nature will thank us for everything from infestations. GG Also included in taking the extra time! commercially Judy Kreag has written two guidebook/ Roberts points out that rich soil available microbial the book is an illustrated, cookbooks and has worked for a local grows healthy plants and healthy controls (to help keep your garden alphabetized listing of common nutritionist. She is presently the Executive plants are more likely to be pest pest-free), to ways of keeping your soil garden and house pests with Director of The Dwelling in the Woods, a resistant. Our job is to find out what rich and healthy (so it will grow insect- descriptions, life cycle information, spiritual retreat 75 miles south of Duluth. W H O L E F O O D S A C O M M U N I T Y C O - O P 11 News Bites the gonzo gourmand A safety tip from our friends at Choice, Unlimited Co-op foods I can’t live without by Jim Richardson, Bulk Buyer Paramedics will turn to a victim’s cell emp Milk. How did I survive people are notoriously long-lived, and be found in the organic “Go Take A phone for clues to that person’s before the recent so their diet is the subject of scientific Hike” Trail Mix, where they introduction of this fabulous scrutiny. A handful a day just may complement the sweetness of the identity. You can make their job much non-dairy milk? All three keep the doctor away (no offense, all other ingredients very nicely. easier with a simple idea: ICE. Hflavors are tasty and thick like a shake, you doctors). Organic Ruby Red Grapefruit. Had ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. with all your Omega-3s and Omega-6s Bulk Organic Dried Mango. Is this to throw a produce item in here, this in the right combination. This even the best thing in the bulk aisle? Right list was becoming dominated by bulk Add an entry with the name and edges out flax oil in terms of the now I’d say it’s neck-and-neck products. What can I say about this, phone number of the person that the balance of omegas and their between this and the dried my favorite seasonal item in the emergency services should call on subsequent health benefits for your watermelon. produce department? They are sweet your behalf to the contact list in your body. Hemp milk is also sweetened Bulk Cacao. We offer this whole and and tart — the grapefruits, not the cell phone under ICE. Paramedics solely with brown rice syrup, so there’s in broken pieces, a grade known as Produce department. know what ICE means and they look no cane sugar in it at all. And if you’re a “nibs.” Cacao is the bitter bean that is Roasted Red Pepper Pleasure. Made for it immediately. person who wants to watch their soy the precursor to cocoa and chocolate. in our deli. TDF (To Die For). One of intake, this is ten times better than rice Always raw, these are dried in the sun these and a box of crackers = TLF ICE your cell phone NOW! milk. Move over, Edenblend — even under banana leaves, fermenting them (True Love Forever). though you are also cane sugar-free, you a little and adding to their flavor. Just Good Karma Rice Cream. The have been replaced as my all-time look at one in your hand — it is perfection of the frozen rice-based favorite non-dairy beverage. My kid beautiful. I treat these with the same dessert. Previous to the intro of this toothpaste. I want to bulk up my likes hemp milk too and I feel great reverent awe I have for coffee beans. line of fake ice creams, rice-based gums, and with skin-friendly aloe and about that. I stand before you amazed Apparently cacao beans were used as confections always seemed imperfectly Co-Q10, my gums wind up smiling all — and just a little bit healthier. currency, even until very recently. But icy. But the good folks at Good Karma day… Bulk Organic Dried Watermelon. what to do with them besides trading have perfected some way to make it Thanks for reading, everybody — How do they do it? I called the them for coins? Well frankly I don’t creamy. I love all the flavors, and with see you next time. GG supplier and they affirm it is the same mind a little bitterness so I eat them texture this close to real ice cream, Jim Richardson, Bulk Buyer, is an ten- process as drying any other fruit: raw sometimes, and just feel the what’s stopping you? year veteran of the natural foods industry, “You just have to take the water out… concentrated nutrition soak into my Kiss My Face Organic Aloe Vera including eight years at Whole Foods Co-op. But nobody ever thought to do it system (this will give you a caffeine- Toothpaste. My favorite natural before.” The result? A chewy fruit- like buzz too, better on a full leathery treat that is both sweet and stomach). But I’m hearing reports in tart at the same time (like me). A truly the bulk aisle from people who are unique food, just try finding this putting the nibs into brownies and anywhere else in town. I have some cookies and loving the results. The on me at all times. bitterness bakes out of them Bulk Organic Goji Berries. A somewhat and you are left with a superfood that you can really feel delightful accent of dark chocolate, working. These odd little berries (kind just the thing to make chocolate of like a tart raisin) are densely packed brownies even more chocolately and with nutrients including vitamin C, divine. Some folks have also been polysaccharides, etc etc. From the known to melt chocolate over cacao Hunza region of the Himalayas where and eat them like that. They can also

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from sunrise to sunset. Results at the end of the day after swimming, snor- Going Zuzu keling, boogie boarding and being welcome, new members! I love synchronicities. They make slammed by big surf for hours: No me feel like the universe has got my Smears, Streaks, Flakes or Funny Therese Bower Cheryl Hanson back, ya know? Business! I was astounded. Further, no Lisa Richards Shaun Tudor So… one could say I was universally sun burnt eyelids or lips. Kelly Kathleen Alfini Heather Krohn thrilled when Co-op resident farmer Now I was really sold, and could Sarah Roberts Gayle L. Koop John Fisher-Merritt tells me he’s been truly feel confident recommending Rachael Gibson Frank Sramek going Zuzu for 30 years, just days this line to others. From the response Janice Hymas Tracy Lynn Dickison before we add the new Zuzu Luxe thus far, it seems as if you all are feel- Patricia L. Borgh Nancy Marie Elliot make-up line to our shelves! ing the Zuzu too! I have members No, John hasn’t been wearing telling me they’ve bought and are Chris Allen Shelerud Christyn Janigo make-up, although I suppose his rosy wearing lipstick or eyeshadow and are Marilynn Kessler Nancy A. Jackson cheeks and bright eyes could fool a having fun doing something they Arlette Degrio Janice S. Gibson few into thinking he does a few morn- haven’t done for years. Others are rav- Megan Watson Tammy Jo Fulin ing touch ups… ing about the fine quality of the oil- Gina Sacchetti Anna Robbins A flashback in time: free foundation and press powder. Ryan O Rourke Elizabeth A. Baier John Fisher-Merritt: “Zuzu Make- The Oil-Free Liquid Foundation Susy Marie Henninger Eric Ament up?? Here I thought I made up the rates an SPF 18, and all other Zuzu Andrew Remus Nancy Erkkila word Zuzu long ago!” products (including the mascara) rate HBC Jill: “Do tell, John, what does SPF 8-10 due to their content of Zinc Barbara Savage Molly Martancik it mean to you?” Oxide and/or Titanium Dioxide. Zinc Laura Whittaker Sue Fornengo John: “Well, for us it meant any- Oxide & Titanium Dioxide are inert Frank A. Maragi Tracy Rippberger thing that was a real treat, anything (not absorbed by the skin) earth min- Mary Thompson Bode Julie M. Johnson fun and special… we used to say, ‘well, erals, and they protect the skin from Jessica Torvinen Hal S. Bertilson now, that’s Zuzu!’” sun damage by blocking both UVA Mark Charles Nelson Jennifer Burns HBC Jill: “That’s got to be good and UVB. Michael S. Polson Jim Carter karma — now we’re bringing Zuzu Since we’re talking mineral based Lois Treviranus Pete Thompson Luxe to our shelves!” SPF, I’d like to wrap up by introduc- Susan M. Spaeth For some time I had been research- ing some new sun care products rep- Maryellen G. ing a new make up line to bring to our resented on our HBC shelves: Alba Whitcomb Linda Ross Sellner fine clientele. Why? Our Non-Food Mineral Sunscreens (many varieties) Andrew Bergman Beverly C. Brelie Items Policy states: “With cosmetics, and Jason Mineral Sunscreen, which Julie Maiolo Kevin Preckel the emphasis will also be on natural, also use ONLY Zinc Oxide and/or We have set a goal of Julie Overom Lisa Fitzpatrick non-perfumed, hypoallergenic prod- Titanium Dioxide as their SPF factor. 730 new members Karissa Page Hatten Edythe Mae ucts that reflect our ideals (no animal If you’d like to guarantee that you are before July 1, 2007. An Janice Lockwood Armstrong testing, no animal products).” Ecco buying a sunblock with safest proper- additional 78 new Cariu Eling Shannon M. Johnson Bella was a fine line, and remains one ties look for ‘mineral’ on the label and members brings the Sheila Grunewald Tyler Nord of the better in the market. However these ingredients in the listings. total to date to 801. they did not meet 100% vegan ingredi- (I would also like note that ALL Alba We’ve surpassed our Melissa J. Gresczyle Robert Andrews ent standards, still used questionable Suncare has gone paraben free — goal! Thank you, Tamara Diednich Jill D. Polinsky parabens in their foundations, and yeah!). new Members! April Leigh Winter Mark Friederichs posed challenges with their supply Signing off — you can see there are Tara Makinen Jessica Lee Mizia inconsistencies. plenty of ways to go ‘Zuzu’ this Brian Richard Jackie Coffman As I began to research, I was quite summer! Enjoy. GG Thorbjornsen Anthony Olin Clark surprised at what “natural” make-up Jill Hall, HBC Buyer, loves striped summer Greg Mongeon Joan Streblow lines out there were actually getting pants and sunshine. She’s been about the Chris Pickar Heather Willcoxon away with. For instance, Beauty local natural scene for seven years. Without Cruelty still uses carcinogenic Kai Goellner FD&C colors. Ew. Renowned Dr. Haushka products still use talc in their face and eye powders, another no-no I thought was understood and accepted long ago. Jim Booth, LUTCF Tipped off by our Merch Assistant Owner Manager, I found the Zuzu Luxe 118 East Superior Street Cosmetics line — a well established, completely plant-based, line of cosmet- Suite 10 Phone: 218-279-6005 Monica Liddle, ND, LM, CPM Duluth. MN 55802 Cell: 218-393-1998 ics designed by a man who grew up Naturopathic Medicine & Midwifery with his Naturopathic grandma mix- 31 W. Superior St., Suite #502 1-800-475-4915 Fax: 218-722-9994 ing up homemade make-ups from sea- Duluth, MN 55802 www.boothfinancialadvisors.com [email protected] weeds and herbs! Vegan. Cruelty Free. 218.428.0338 www.monicaliddle.com Jim Booth, Registered Representative, Securities offered through Ameritas Investment Corp. (AIC), Member NASD/SIPC, Fragrance Free. Water Resistant. 5900 O Street, Lincoln, NE 68510, 410-467-6900, AIC and Booth Financial Advisors are not affiliated Hypo-Allergenic. Opthamologist Tested. Everything with an SPF factor. But would they perform? Ironically (or another fine synchronicity?), I had Malcolm B. Davy the perfect opportunities to really put Attorney at Law this stuff to the test: ********************************** Test #1: I took a long walk (into the Curran heart of the storm) spiffed up with the Zuzu during that massive blizzard
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When the first customer service fantastic benefits of membership. A Day in the Life… customer service counter guru arrives in the morning, they grab While they aren’t busy selling a “Sign In/Out Sheet” and begin to memberships and answering phone, by Anni Friesen, Marketing & Member Services Coordinator take calls. This sheet is used to track the CSCers are helping customers to the employees who have arrived to the answer various questions. Some of Editor’s note: This article is third in a customer service counter have proven store. This in turn helps the CSCers these questions include: Do we carry series highlighting Co-op employees. We their exemplary skills in this area. (as we like to call them) route calls to Dorito’s/Little Debbie’s/Tombstone often get asked, “What do you do at the A little known fact: before a Front- the right people. For example, if I’m Pizza/cigarettes/emu oil/ etc? End Assistant can Co-op?”, so here’s your opportunity to TEN QUESTIONS IN ONE MINUTE: out of the store (Answer: No. None of them meet our find out. Next issue: Deli Cook. work at the enjoying a nice Food Policy criteria.) Where can Customer Service Getting to know Jen Z., long three-day I find goji berries/information on go up to the Customer Service Counter, they need Customer Service Counter weekend and homeopathics/ jicama/etc? Counter to check-in at the to pass the “CSC Age? 35 someone calls (Answer: bulk aisle/ HealthNotes beginning of my day. Jeremy is Quiz.” This quiz is Birth Order? Second about a machine/Produce department.) When sitting there with his usually jolly a compilation of Omnivore or Herbavore? Herbavore Membership CSCers come across a question to Igrin and hands my paycheck to me. 17 questions that question that CSC which they have no answer, they will Transportation? Walk What a nice start to my day: I get paid the CSC staff needs can’t answer, they either abide by the training we all and get a warm greeting. I think that to know the Cake or Ice Cream? Ice Cream! will know that I am received (“Your co-workers are your this is what makes the Co-op such a answers to on a On top of your pizza? Mushrooms not in, but the best resource”) or they will jump into nice place to be. Of course, if you don’t regular basis. These Skirts or Pants? Skirts Membership the World Wide Web and surf to an questions include work here Jeremy probably won’t be Shackled or Unencumbered? Manager Shannon inevitable answer. handing you a paycheck but he, and things from “Do we Unencumbered is and can answer No matter what your question, be the rest of the customer service folk, put aside products The Who or Led Zepplin? Led Zepplin any questions they assured that the Customer Service will definitely give you a friendly for customers?” might have. This Counter employees will do their best greeting. In fact, one of the things that (No) to “You find The Beach or the Mountains? system leads to to answer. Next time you’re in the Co- Mountains differentiates our Co-op from most of $20 in the frozen more effective… op, stop by just to say hi or ask these the corporate grocery chains is our peas. What is the Dogs or Cats? Both you guessed it… knowledgeable folks about something customer service. All staff spends 40 procedure?” Aside customer service! you’ve been pondering. They might hours of paid time to learn the ins and from having to know what to do if The CSCers also educate people not be able to tell you the meaning of outs of the store. This includes a five- various customer situations arise, the about what a co-op is and sell life, but they will almost surely be able hour class on customer service. Of customer service employees also have subscription agreements to those to answer any co-op/food related course, the people who work at the to field various calls. interested in taking part in the question you might have! GG

Editor’s note: Feta is the featured cheese in the month of July and mozzarella will be Cheeseman Eric Bong, Deli Counter Supervisor featured in August. Look for special Member pricing on these cheeses. our Cheeseman, Eric has cinnamon, nutmeg, etc.), or as an hot water (hot bath), making it release submerge the fresh motz balls in salt written up some great info on appetizer with fruits, veggies, or its whey. The remaining heavy curd is water, which affects both flavor and Y the July and August featured savory meats. My favorite use for feta very elastic and is literally pulled like shelf life. Chilled fresh motz should cheeses. Eat and enjoy! is as a salad topping, perhaps like the silly putty and folded and knotted into be eaten within a few days. Salted following: itself until it reaches a rubbery texture fresh motz will usually be good for a Feta and consistency. Knowing the proper week. Feta is perhaps the most famous of A bed of Spinach or Greens texture is key to making fresh motz. Check for our Fresh Mozzarella and Balkan cheeses. It is Greek, originally, Your favorite Tomatoes Too much kneading results in the Tomato Salad in the Deli case but has rooted itself firmly throughout Red Bell Pepper, Julienne kind of motz you find shredded on top throughout the summer, or try this Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary, Chopped Pepperoncini of your pizza. Too little kneading will delightful fresh Mozzarella snack idea: Israel, Lebanon, France, the former Sliced Red Onion result in a crumbly cheese, the kind On a thinly sliced baguette, spread Yugoslavia, Italy, and the U.S. that gets marketed as “cheese curds.” pesto, and stack on a basil leaf, a slice Classically, feta is a young sheep’s Cubed Feta Once the curd is at the right texture of Roma tomato, and a thick slice of milk cheese pickled in salt water Pumpkin Seeds and consistency, it is torn off and fresh motz. Serve cold, and enjoy. GG brine, but it is now common to find it Raspberries, dried Goji Berries, formed into balls. made of goat, cow, or blended milk. and/or dried Cranberries These balls are There are notable differences in flavor, Tossed in Ex Virgin Olive Oil, dropped into ice texture, and even appearance SPANISH LESSONS… fresh Rosemary, and Thyme water to allow the depending on its regional origin and motz to its milk type, but all of them have a Mozzarella Fresca consolidate its basic character: crumbly, salty, Mozzare is Italian for “pulling.” DESIGNED TO MEET YOUR shape and halt the creamy, and shiny white- boldly Fresca means “fresh.” Mozzarella cooking that takes appealing to the senses. Fresca: “fresh pulled cheese.” And LEARNING STYLE NEEDS. place in the hot Feta is commonly used in that’s exactly what it is; in its true bath. Another spanakopita (spinach pie), pastitsio form. True fresh motz is made by Call Lupita at 724-2745 option is to (layered pasta pie, like lasagna with immersing strips of motz curd in very for individual or small group rates

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from y the time you read this, five value to our ability to continue to meet local growers. Our prices are not WFC Managers and four the needs of our owners and of our cheap, but they are fair. WFC does not the front BBoard Members will have community. The theme of this year’s offer cheap food at the expense of the returned laden with notes, inspiration CCMA conference is sustainability, environment, at the expense of the Identity: it’s not just and cooperative news from the rolling which, in our industry, roughly trans- producer, or at the expense of your a game show hills of southeastern Wisconsin where lates to how do we continue to serve health. We invest in food and nutrition our owners and our community when education for our employees and for While waiting or being served in the we attended the 2007 Consumer natural and organic foods are available our community. Sustainability starts at checkout line, you may have noticed Cooperative Management Association at the Grab & Gas convenience marts home — our profits stay in this com- how diligent our staff is when it Conference (CCMA). This annual as well as at Target, Wal-Mart and munity, but our cooperative efforts are comes to verifying the identity of conference is sponsored by the every grocery store in the area. far-reaching. GG customers presenting credit cards, National Cooperative Business Our owners appreciate that our checks, or giving a member number. Association and brings together Sharon Murphy new location is larger, has more park- Like banks, we ask that customers managers and directors from food General Manager since 1988 ing, and has an environmental certifi- Attended first CCMA in 1988 do not take offense if we ask for your co-ops across the US. cation. Our customers appreciate that Gazette contributor since 1978 picture ID, since it’s not possible for We listen to speakers from other we have knowledgeable and friendly Still never gets the last word us to remember each customer by cooperative sectors and from co-ops in customer service, support local grow- face and/or name. other countries. We tour co-ops in our host region (People’s Food Co-op in ers, offer unique and made-from- Occasionally, some customers LaCrosse, the Viroqua Food Co-op, scratch deli items, and have achieved present credit cards that belong to Organic Valley Cooperative, a dairy an organic retailer certification in another person, be it kin or producer co-op) and attend workshops every department. Yet, WFC, along otherwise. In regard to the security facilitated by consultants to our indus- with co-ops across the US, is experi- of account holders and in light of the try and by other managers and direc- encing a decline in sales growth rise of identity theft, we do not tors. This year, WFC’s Store Manager because our customers and potential accept credit/bank cards for payment Debbie Manhart will lead a workshop customers perceive that, because they by anyone but the person whose about our experience obtaining a can buy natural and organic foods at a name is printed on the card. If we LEED (Leadership in Energy and store known for its low prices, they question the identity of the Environmental Design) certification will pay less for natural and organic cardholder or the hand-written for our building and about our cus- foods than they would at the Co-op. signature on the card we may ask for tomer service training program for Through our membership in the identification. If the ID and the name staff. I will participate on a panel dis- National Cooperative Grocers do not match we will have to refuse cussion for managers called “Do What Association, WFC now has access to it for payment. If that person has the I Say: Lessons Learned the Hard Way” better pricing on grocery, dairy, frozen PIN #, they are welcome to use our which will likely be a formal extension and bulk products, and that savings is ATM to withdraw funds. of the all the informal networking that being passed to our customers. Thanks to nearly four decades of We also only accept checks already happens at co-op conferences. working with local growers and pro- presented by the person who is listed The training, professional assis- ducers, WFC consistently offers an on the check and may require tance, and technical and emotional increasing variety of locally and Sharon Murphy (article this page) and identification. One benefit of being a support that our managers and Board members have received from attend- regionally grown fresh produce and Colleen Kelly (article opposite) were known Member is that we check as the Adminites at May Day Mayhem. naturally raised meat and poultry identification at the time of sign-up ing CCMAs and from participating in Even their bribery couldn’t help their products. and document it. When the Member the National Cooperative Grocers performance that day. Nice clipboards. We know good food and we support checks out through the register, Association has been of immeasurable presents a check for payment, and the name matches the Membership, the Member is not required to present their ID. Harbor City Psychological Associates If you would like to send someone to 314 W. Superior St., Suite 702 do your shopping for you and you Duluth, MN 55802 (218) 722-4058 don’t have enough cash to send with them, your best options are either to Paul Goossens MA, LP give them your PIN # to withdraw Cheryl Graham MSW, LICSW cash from the machine, write your Nancy Re ad PhD, LP shopper a check to reimburse them Heather Rappana MSW, LICSW after they deliver your purchases, or Julie Wicker MSW, LICSW purchase a gift card over the phone for them to pick up. Most shoppers who have faced inconvenience due to these guidelines have been very understanding, but it seems to happen often enough that I thought I would drop a line to prevent others from going through the same.

Briana Lowrie is the Front End Manager for Whole Foods Co-op. She has been employed with WFC since September 2003 and has worked in the co-op grocery industry for more than eight years. She is passionate about improving the systems and services of the Front End and looks forward to suggestions and comments. She can be reached by email ([email protected]), postal mail, phone, or in person at the store. W H O L E F O O D S A C O M M U N I T Y C O O P 15 honey bee, honey bee, where art thou honey bee? he honey bee is vanishing, European Foulbrood, Tracheal Mites, for diseases without trying to recog- and summer season, all within three causing heartfelt grief by many Nosema, Chalkbrood, and Varroa nize if the disease is present. miles of my home. As the local farm- Tthis year. Honey bees, which Mites. Varroa Mites are a little tick-like Beekeepers since post World War II ers keep rotating crops and keep are not native to America but imported bug (this little mite would be about have treated their bees with antibiotics meadows of wildflowers, hayfields from Europe, have become integral in the size of a baseball hat on us whether or not the bees needed it. open pastures and wooded areas, my the U.S. food supply chain. Now they humans) that was introduced in the Sound familiar? It is a common prac- bees should continue to thrive. are like canaries in a coal mine, dying U.S. around 1980 but began devastat- tice with poultry and cattle as well. What can you do? Support your off at an alarming rate, or so we think. ing hives near the turn of the century Can you imagine if we did that to the local bees and support local sustain- In actuality, the bees are vanishing into the present. human population? Dr. Spivak and able organic farming practices. from their hives. Colony Collapse Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is Gary Rueter, her research assistant, Supporting local organics helps send a Disorder (CCD) is the name for the the temporary term for the newest cite multiple stressors on honey bees strong financial message that we don’t new threat to our bees. Is it also a threat to honey bees. Commercial bee- as probable factors in CCD. Our world want pesticide laden food that is threat to our food supply? keepers began experiencing huge loss- has become less bee friendly. Urban harmful to honey bees or to ourselves. We humans love our honey bee, es to their colonies the last three sprawl and mono-culture farming Whole Foods Co-op has a commit- even if we fear its sting. We love all months of 2006. Scientists have not have reduced bee pasture. ment to local farmers, farmers that are the things honey bees are integral in discovered the cause of CCD. Theories Commercial bees are trucked across keeping our fields diverse. Educate pollinating: apples, almonds, melons, abound from cell phone radiation, to the country on flat bed semis; they are yourself about bees and use your voice squash, cucumbers, citrus fruit, straw- GMO’s, to fungus, bacterium, virus, used to pollinate crops where pollen to promote sustainable living on our berries, cranberries, broccoli, blue- pesticides, shifting weather patterns, (the protein of the bees) sources may planet. If you really want to help bees, berries, soybeans, celery, peaches, and or an increase in comb foundation be plentiful, but nectar (bees carbs: become a hobby beekeeper; the U of don’t forget honey! Roughly one-third and cell size. What is happening to the they need both pollen and nectar) M offers an amazing short course at a of the human diet comes from food bees? They are disappearing. Some sources may not be; they are given bargain of a price! Most of all, Bee that insects pollinate, and the U.S. commercial beekeepers are reporting antibiotics and chemical treatments; Happy! GG Dept of Agriculture figures that apis losses of 30–90% of their hives. Varroa they are exposed to pesticides that kill Colleen Kelly, Human Resources Manager, melliflora (the honey bee) is responsi- Mites have often been responsible for insects… There are new classes of pes- has been a very novice beekeeper since ble for about 80% of that pollination. 30% of colony losses overwintering, ticides that move through plant and 2001. Each year, the primary barometer on but it was easier to detect a mite infes- flower tissue further stressing out For more information on CCD and honey the health of the honey bee population tation even with a novice eye. Often bees’ immune and detoxification sys- bees visit: coincides with the pollination of the after a colony dies from mite infesta- tems. Never mind the blissful life of http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/ColonyCollapse Disorder.html almond groves in California. The tion, in the spring, other bees raid the filling up the cavity of an old dead tree http://www.extension.umn.edu/honeybees USDA estimates there to be about 2.4 dead colony of the honey stores, and in a meadow full of wild flowers. We million colonies of bees in the U.S. pests such as wax moths and hive bee- are really working our worker bees to (2 million are kept by commercial bee- tles move in. With CCD, the colony death. keepers). It takes a mere 1.4 million seems to just take leave, leaving One of the reasons I think there is colonies of bees to pollinate the behind the queen, brood and a small not an outright fear that our food sup- almond groves each year. Now keep in number of young nurse bees. Because ply is going to vanish with the bees is mind each colony has 40,000–80,000 the bees don’t return to the hives, the- that beekeepers are a very adaptable, bees, so that means a minimum of 56 ories about cell phone use have sur- hardy lot. They are used to being trillion bees heading out west on faced, reasoning that the bees’ homing stung… and keep right on going with- flatbed semi’s each spring. Usually if instinct could be disrupted by wireless out reacting. Beekeepers are helping the U.S. can meet the need of the waves. Another theory is that the bees each other out by sharing bees and almond pollination, the bee popula- are being poisoned by pesticides and helping re-establish each others’ tion is healthy enough to meet the pol- have the instinct to fly away from the colonies. Due to the short lifecycle of lination demands for the rest of the hive; however, typically pesticide poi- bees, they can do this. The beekeepers season. Beekeepers have been strug- soning is evident by a huge mass of are very adept breeders. Bees are like gling to pollinate the almonds for the dead bees around the hive. CCD also sourdough. You take some of the orig- last 5–7 years; consequently, the price is perplexing in that the crippled hives inal bees, add a queen, and the bees the almond growers pay per bee are not readily raided or invaded by multiply to populate a colony in a few colony has risen from $45 to over pests like a typical dead colony. It is as months. $100, and the price of almonds has if a rather ominous warning lingers Given some of theories of risen as a result. over the hive. Dr. Spivak, common sense says that The honey bees have had many dis- So with all these theories, what is we need to move toward the practices eases to deal with in their history. really happening? As much as I would that sustainable, organic farming pro- When I took my first beekeeping short like to theorize my conclusions, I will mote, such as no pesticides, crop rota- course at the U of M, I was completely just elaborate on the wise words of tion, and crop variety. Though the data caught off guard when we received Dr. Marla Spivik of the U of M depart- is slight, organic beekeepers are not two manuals near equal in size: one ment of entomology, beekeeper and reporting CCD in their colonies. My on raising bees in northern climates visionary extraordinaire (my titles not bees live on my land in Wrenshall and and the other on the management of hers). Marla Spivak has been the insis- on the Fisher-Merritt Food Farm. They diseases and pests. Bee diseases tent voice who advocates for bee keep- have many overlapping nectar and include American Foulbrood, ers to stop routinely treating their bees pollen sources throughout the spring

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ur first Mayday Mayhem featured Mother Nature as our premier Mayhem Mayhem Ensues maker. High winds tipped a tent and the clouds made for a blustery, chilly Oday. Nevertheless, our first ever Tofu Toss generated $162.00 for the Second Harvest Food bank and generated a lot of laughs as well. The bike raffle, giant bubbles, Maypole dances, Tall Bikes, glass blowing demonstration and other fun kept everyone’s spirits high. We’ll see you next year at what we’re sure will be an equally great time. Saturday, May 3, 2008. Mark your calendars now!

The Art of Peace puppet made a good showing but almost got blown away.

Terrance Smith leads a Maypole.

Team Double-Baked sporting their ’staches.

Tofu tossers in action. The Golden Shifties (in foreground) took first place.

Jes Durfee and his glassblowing demonstration.

A FreeCycle tall bike adds to the Mayhem. Raelynn and Vicky The School Marms tried but weren’t able to aka the Fufu Tofu bring home the gold. Twins.

the back 40 topographic oceans asily one of the most hopeful up a distribution system for their heat of the year. of that equation. It is precisely the times of the year late summer product. We also expanded our reach Beyond just product, consider the diversified and knowledgeable market Eand the dog days of August for more local product by bringing in stories and passions of our growers. that the Co-op has fostered through have proven the seeds and their older more growers who are not able to be Like all of us they have objectives in the vision of its members for over 30 siblings the starts from subterranean certified or represent their product as life, favorite recipes, hopes and years that contributes to a better lighted shelves or the local organic, but who are willing to sign an challenges. Check out their stories future for agriculture on a human greenhouse. If the flea beetles haven’t agreement that assures basic hanging above our long vegetable scale. This is good business and eaten your kale plants to the stem, you sustainable and ecologically sound cooler. Try out their recipes in the common sense. Now that the heat is are enjoying the lushness of their practices as a part of their production. pamphlets and recipe cards available finally here for the end of the growth now. We’ve In taking throughout the department. summer, kick back with that package passed from the southern We have chosen to support our both of these When you grab that red bell of Shary’s blueberries and soak in the hemisphere to our own local community in an expanded steps we are pepper, think of Samuel Borntreger in fields and the flavors. Remember their continent for our fruit, seeking to Harmony, MN, who takes a buggy faces and value their work. In so doing and the quality on the way, to build the capacity of our reduce the into town to call me about an order. we’ll pass the year on this given land stone fruit and early region and state to support the food miles it When you buy a bag of green beans or in a more hopeful and practical apples has been demand for quality fresh produce takes to bring a head of lettuce, consider the fusion, manner! GG refreshing, but not as that red passion and hard work that co-creates Michael Karsh is the Produce Manager at much as the local berries for as long as the innings last pepper or that for you a flavor and freshness that Whole Foods Coop, where he has worked just around the corner during the heat of the year. Roma tomato can’t be trucked across the country. for the past 17 years in various positions. to you in the Despite the neglect of farm bills, A transplant from the Twin Cities, he is an will be. avid parent, cook, and organic gardener. The local connection is very summertime. I chose those two despite the impact that industrialized Through his work at the Co-op he has important this time of the year. Like examples intentionally as ones where agriculture has had in both rural flight developed markets for local growers, with the plants that have proved supply has yet to meet demand, and and tax-supported artificially priced an emphasis on Organics. themselves, our growers bide invisibly also as reflective of items which can markets, our growers continue to Interested in keeping up on the local produce in ice-age deposits and topographic pose production challenges for our flourish and strengthen that one sub- scene? Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter, Notes from the Field. Recipes, farm stories debris of ancient oceans and glacial current growers. We have chosen to section of the agricultural community and a list of the latest fresh goodness on our lakes. We have stretched ourselves support our local community in an that is already breaking the trend of shelves. Send your e-mail address to further this year, down into the expanded way, to build the capacity of farm losses: 6–12 acres shipping to a [email protected] to be put on the limestone and the grasshopper dense our region and state to support the market with an established list, or check out the WFC website, www.wholefoods.coop, to have access to the heat of the Rochester area to work demand for quality fresh produce for relationship. latest dirt on the vegg. with several Amish farmers by setting as long as the innings last during the You as a shopper are the other side