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REFRESH Lakewinds Owner Newsletter Holiday 2014-2015 IN THIS ISSUE: A Sustainable Holiday The Best of Bulk Meet SunLeaf Naturals What’s Baking at Lakewinds LETTER FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER: To Owners with Gratitude Regular readers, friends and fellow owners in Lakewinds and that you shop the co-op to know of my commitment to the co-op business support our vision and mission. I talk to fellow model. At Lakewinds, we keep our profi ts – all employees every day and I can tell you that all of them – in the community. Collectively, we of us value the choices that you make. are long-term investors in the health of the communities we serve. There’s a popular book on stress management That commitment also extends to local and published by the Mayo Clinic. The fi rst tenet organic agriculture and our network of local of the program is practicing gratitude. That and organic food producers. I sit on the boards means fi nding reasons to be grateful for the of the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable people we meet and the things we do. Think- Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, ing about gratitude and practicing gratitude the state’s Sustainable Farming Association, changes our worldview. and the Organic Processing Institute. Lakewinds’ involvement in these organizations Gratitude is an important component of is one way that we put our values into action. Lakewinds’ culture. We appreciate your involvement in the co-op and all the hands In our stores and behind the scenes, our that contribute to the economy of local and staff puts our values into action every day. It sustainable food, from farm to table. On takes hard work to bring outstanding food to behalf of all of us in the Lakewinds our owners and shoppers. The eff orts of our community, thank you for supporting an employee-owners make our co-op community enterprise where values count every day. stronger in a very direct way. In turn, you and all of our owners put eff ort into prioritizing the co-op as a place to shop. We know that our owners have many choices about where to spend their grocery dollars. We appreciate that you’ve chosen ownership Dale Woodbeck General Manager 2 // Lakewinds Owner Newsletter Community Connections Healthy Food Access with Dignity On any given day, some neighbors living in Lakewinds is helping to meet the needs of and around our co-op’s communities don’t food shelf clients with allergies and have enough to eat. When families experience sensitivities. When we donate gluten-free illness, job loss, or other diffi cult changes, bakery and grocery items to the food shelf, healthy and nutritious food can be one of the it’s oft en the only access clients have to these fi rst things that’s sacrifi ced—with serious important foods. Their gratitude is plain to consequences for a family’s heath and see every day. wellbeing. Lakewinds is honored to partner with three Access to good food with dignity is something generous and caring food shelves in the Twin Lakewinds strives to provide. Food needs Cities: ICA in Minnetonka, PROP in should be met with the highest quality Chanhassen, and VEAP in Richfi eld. Here are products we have available. Everyone de- some of the ways Lakewinds, our owners and serves to have fresh, local produce, shoppers, fi ll the shelves of local food banks. nutrient-dense dairy products, organic breads without preservatives, and more. It is our do- nations to local food shelves – YOUR Jill Holter donations – that make all the diff erence. Community & Events Food Shelf Partners Pre-packed Donation Food These amazing food Bags Rescue shelf partners serve Change 10,900 We take our best for Hunger Minnesota grocery and frozen Food Share In 2013, Lakewinds FAMILIES donated products, bag them Month with 45% of the ben- and tag for purchase Every penny, dime or dollar dropped in 94,146 efi ciaries being chil- near our registers dren. The benefi ts for $10 or $20 each. boxes at the register POUNDS is collected and In 2013, Lakewinds are enormous. When you buy them, of fresh and Well-fed children are the bags go directly to distributed to shoppers donated food shelves-over more than nutritious organic more successful in the food shelf. Since food from our bakery, school. And parents in the program started in $2,000 $10,000 produce, dairy, need can rest easier 2013, 1,400 bags have grocery, deli and knowing that, what- been purchased and LAST IN frozen departments. ever challenges their donated by Lakew- YEAR CASH kids face, hunger is inds shoppers, for a less likely to be one. total of $21,230. Holiday 2014-15 // 3 Healthy & Hearty Holidays ‘Tis the Season for Sustainable Food 4 // Lakewinds Owner Newsletter AMY HAGGERTY SR. MARKETING specialist We’re headed into that fun-fi lled, food-fi lled Buy Local time of the year, a season when many of us Buying local keeps money in your community. take part in traditions we look forward to for You already do this when you shop at months. But when it comes to keeping our Lakewinds. But your local dollars go even commitments to organic, sustainable food further when you choose produce or meat through all this holiday splendor, it’s not from local producers like Featherstone Farms, always easy. Hugh’s Gardens or Ferndale Farms in our Lakewinds can help. It IS possible to keep stores. those favorite holiday traditions and do it Think Seasonal responsibly. It may even make the season more rewarding. Most of our traditional bounty is inspired by the fi rst Thanksgiving, a feast that was Start by drawing inspiration from the fi rst seasonal by necessity. Buying foods of the Thanksgiving, which included in-season season like winter squash, cranberries, and produce, naturally-raised meats, and giving root vegetables reduces your carbon footprint thanks for the bounty you’re receiving. Here because these foods don’t travel long are a few simple ways to host a Thanksgiving distances to get to your plate. that’s as sustainable as it is satisfying. Go Meatless Buy an Organic or Free-Range Turkey. Go for Turkeys that can roam free and aren’t treated It might sound like sacrilege to opt out of with hormones or antibiotics. They’re better eating meat on Thanksgiving. But the fact for you, better for the environment, and they is, livestock is responsible for one-fi ft h of all taste better. Our suppliers Ferndale Farms greenhouse gas emissions. And with so many and Larry Schultz off er great local, free-range great side dishes, who needs turkey? Serve and organic options that are naturally pro- squashes as the main dish, or even a thick cessed, meaning no saline or basting solutions lentil soup with seasonal vegetables. Still added, so you get more meat per pound. want something comparable to the traditional These sustainable farmers work to preserve turkey main course? Try our delicious vegan the land, treat animals and workers humanely, mushroom walnut loaf. and support their local community. Save your scraps The average U.S. family wastes $600 in food annually. Instead of throwing out uneaten food, keep the delicious left over for meals and throw unusable scraps into the compost bin. Your garden will thank you in the spring. LOCAL TURKEY SPECIAL ORDERS Stop by the meat department to reserve your local turkey! Order deadline is November 21st fresh, pasture-raised, no hormones or antibiotics Holiday 2014-15 // 5 RACHEL INMAN BULK BUYER The Best of Bulk: A Bulk Section Holiday Buyer’s Guide Longtime co-op shoppers will Sea salt caramels are a year- Bulk Facts remember that for Lakewinds, round favorite (just try one • Lakewinds carries over 290 the bulk section is where it all and taste why). A bag or box bulk food items and over 190 began. Since our humble of these delights makes a bulk herbs, spices and teas. origins as a buying club 40 perfect last-minute gift for the years ago, we’ve grown to holidays. • On average, organic bulk include a double-wide bulk foods cost 89% less than Roasted, seasoned almonds, foods aisle featuring a huge their packaged counterparts. from our local supplier selection of top-quality No fancy marketing to pay Barsy’s, are fantastic—just the products. Bulk is not only the for, less packaging and lower thing for snacking between best way to save as a co-op distribution costs. holiday meals. Barsy’s got its shopper, it makes a big start in 2008 at the Midtown • Buying in bulk prevents a diff erence in your Farmers Market and now signifi cant amount of environmental impact: less off ers an amazing variety. We packaging from entering packaging, lower transport carry Smokies, Sweeties, and landfi lls. costs, and less waste when Hotties as well as Grandy you buy exactly what Remember to bring your Oats Garlic Roasted Cashews you need. own containers (pre-weigh and Maple Roasted Cashews. them at customer service) As we head into holiday They are Organic and Fair to be even more season, Lakewinds bulk buyer Trade… and certifi ed eco-friendly! Rachel Inman has collected addictive. her best bulk fi nds just Holiday baking on your for you. agenda? The bulk department Pecans! Del Valle pecans, is rightly famous for baking bought direct from farmer supplies, stocking just about Sally Harper in New Mexico, every kind of fl our you can are the absolute best. Light in imagine, plus so many spices.