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M a y ORGANIC PRODUCE 2014 Volume 35 • Issue 5 Community Monthly In This Issue: Board’s Month in Review: 2 General Manager Report, North Store Manager Report: 3 Mother May I?: 4 Brand Spankin’ New, Fair Trade Day: 5 Co-op Classes, Donations, Get There Campaign: 6 Buena Vista Flowers, What's Cookin': 7 Co-op Specials: 8 & 9 Budget Bites, Local 6 Condiments: 10 All About Staff: 11 Health Services Guide & Unclassifieds: 12 3 Waters Update, Eat 40% Local Challenge: 13 May Happenings, Demo Calendar: 14 Snap Peas vs. Snow Peas, Board Candidate Statements:15 Recipes—Brunch with Mom:16 grower direct

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the board’s First Alternative Co-op Community Monthly month in review “I'm an idealist,” wrote poet letters. Gen X'ers were raised to accept diversity, and got Carl Sandburg in 1904. “I don't up from the television, if only to sit in front of a computer to know where I'm going, but I'm send an email. Meanwhile, the Millennials celebrate diversity, The Co-op Thymes is published on the 1st of each Dan Shapiro, on my way.” Thirty years later, see the internet as a way of life, and communicate via texting month. Correspondence and submissions are welcome. Board President Matthew “Stymie” Beard echoed and messaging. Send by e-mail or ‘snail mail’ to addresses listed below. that sentiment as he gripped the steering wheel of the Little I remember when our family’s previous co-op, in Duluth, Deadline for all submissions is the 15th of the prior Rascals’ homemade toy fire engine as it careened down a Minnesota, installed barcode scanners at the checkouts. month. Opinions expressed in The Co-op Thymes are steep hill. (True confession: I was never certain who had said “Wow,” commented a local wag, “The New Age meets the strictly those of the writers and do not represent an it first until I did the research for this article.) Space Age!” Yes, there was a time when cash registers didn’t endorsement by, or official position of, First Alternative One of the lessons that has recently come to me from several calculate the change back on your purchase, and you needed Co-op, its Board, managers, or owners, unless teachers is the power of setting strategic goals even though that change to use a pay phone when you were away from specifically identified as such. The same is true of claims we currently don’t know how we’re going to achieve them. home. made by paid advertisers. Fifty-three years ago (May 25, 1961), What will First Alternative look and feel The Co-op Thymes is a free publication available at when President Kennedy set the goal First Alternative and at other locations in the Corvallis When we unleash our like in 30 years, when many Millennials of "landing a man on the moon and will be as old as today’s Baby Boomers? area. Owners may receive the paper via mail. It can returning him safely to the earth" also be viewed online at www.firstalt.coop. imaginative, creative In the words of the NCGA authors, within the next 10 years, he didn’t “Strategic thinking is a living and breathing Editors: Donna Tarasawa, Adam Payson, & Emily Stimac know how we would do it. Eight powers, we’re on our Board process to be built upon year Design/layout: Adam Payson, Emily Stimac, & Jessica years later, we huddled in front of our way. after year. Keep the conversation going.” Brothers television screens and watched two Of course you’re all cordially invited to men bounce across the lunar surface. Photography: Emily Stimac & Jessica Brothers join the conversation as we make our When we unleash our imaginative, way forward, even if we’re not exactly creative powers, we’re on our way. sure what lies ahead. Last month, the Board got a peek at In other business last month, the Board First Alternative's future in General Store Locations & Hours approved the language for a proposed Manager Cindee Lolik’s annual Ends bylaw change that will appear on South Store: Report, which includes an impressive this year’s election ballot. The Board 1007 SE 3rd St., Corvallis, OR 97333 list of FA’s 2013 achievements in the Recruitment and Elections Committee Phone: (541) 753-3115 Fax: (541) 753-8401 community, as well as a look forward drafted the proposal to streamline the Open 7 days a week, 7am-9pm at the sociological and cultural trends process for Owners to bring referendum North Store: that will shape the Co-op in the issues to a vote. You can read the details 2855 NW Grant Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330 coming years. For example: on page 15. Look for a full election guide in next month's Phone: (541) 452-3115 Fax: (541) 758-4257 “By 2020 Millennials will make up 19% of the population. issue of the Thymes. Open 7 days a week, 7am-9pm Millennials are tech-savvy and both socially and politically Director Melissa Hartley proposed extending the Owner progressive and more culturally diverse. We will be utilizing www.firstalt.coop comment time at the beginning of our meetings from 10 Web site: the unique vision and skillsets of our own Millennials to Email address: [email protected] to 20 minutes, so the Board could engage more fully with capture the attention and loyalty of their peers.” Owners about their opinions and requests. We’ll discuss this Editor’s email: [email protected] Also last month, the Board agreed to adopt a strategic idea at our May 20th meeting. FA Board’s email: [email protected] planning exercise developed by our colleagues in the As many of you know, I’ll be leaving the Board after five years National Co-op Grocers Association (NCGA) Western as a Director, including two years as President. My co-Director Corridor that focuses on the changing demographics of co- Camille Freitag, who has served for six years (including two op shoppers nationwide. The three authors acknowledge that as President) is also stepping down. I’m looking forward to the Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) who founded co-ops new ways in which I can foster the powerful benefits that First Vision Statement in the 1970s have different experiences and perspectives Alternative brings to our community. First Alternative aspires to be a cooperative model, from Generation X'ers (born 1965-1976) and Millennials providing high quality natural and organic products (born 1977-1998). The Boomers were born in an age of Thanks for supporting First Alternative, and be sure to vote in a community oriented store. segregation and grew up watching television and writing next month! Mission Statement Love writing, taking pictures, meeting First Alternative is a community market aspiring to June 28 • 4:30-7:30pm • Avery Park interesting entrepreneurs? be a model for environmental sustainability through our purchasing and workplace practices. We: Owner Rendezvous 2014 Most of all, love local? • seek to honor our traditions and build upon our Then we've got the opportunity for you! potential. The Sustainability Coalition needs folks to write • are committed to cultivating tolerance and SAVE THE Business of the Week articles. diversity in our operations. • strive for excellence in our products and For more information contact Cindee Lolik, services, including wholesome organic foods, DATE CIBA Board President: [email protected] innovative education and community outreach, while offering high quality, local, organic and minimally packaged products whenever possible. • will act ethically and appropriately in our pricing Co-op owners enjoy: practices. • Monthly Owner Sale Day Discounts • seek to provide a democratic business climate, fostering worker and Owner participation, • Electing Co-op Board of Directors according to cooperative principles. • Voting for Donation Recipients • Receiving Co-op Thymes via mail The International Cooperative Principles • Patronage Dividends as profitability allows Voluntary and Open Membership­­­ First Alternative Co-op • Community-owned business Democratic Member Control • Support Owner Worker opportunities Member Economic Participation welcomed 77 new owners Autonomy and Independence • Annual "Owner Rendezvous" celebration Education, Training, and Information • It’s refundable! 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2 The First Alternative Co-op Thymes May 2014 manager reports Health for all people Buying local, organic begins with healthy policy for ourselves and our world

Health in All Policies is an approach to public Another part of May is here and that means a great abundance no good reason. policies across sectors that systematically the presentation and variety of fruits, vegetables, and other We strive to keep takes into account the health implications that resonated foods will be produced in and near Corvallis our prices fair and of decisions, seeks synergies, and avoids with me were in the coming months. I’m excited that the reasonable for harmful health impacts in order to improve these findings: Corvallis Sustainability Coalition (CSC) is our customers population health and health equity. when farmers embracing the goal of eating 40% local. We and at the same retire, arable land enjoy a special quality of life here in the time we want Bill Genne, At the end of February I attended Cindee Lolik, lies fallow or is Willamette Valley with a unique opportunity to compensate North Store Manager the 13th annual New Partners for General Manager Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy, developed and to support local and organic food production local growers and Equitable and Prosperous Communities food insecurity increases. In light of these and consumption in a committed and producers adequately for their efforts. findings the planners made the following Conference held in Denver, CO. For a meaningful way. Like Tom Denison recently pointed out, recommendations: number of years now the Benton County The CSC challenge has served as a powerful Oregon’s minimum wage pays more per Health Department has sponsored a small Keeping farmland affordable through a range reminder of why it is imperative to support hour than workers would make in a 12 hour group of people attending the conference. of new business models such as farm lease local and organic food production. Despite day in any developing country. agreements. The concept of Health in All Policies was my springtime aspirations to preserve lots Does local and organic always have to cost a unifying theme in this year's conference. Implementing market-based solutions to of yummy food throughout the summer more? No, and often the prices of our locally Think of it! Decisions made by communities protect natural resources. I usually get no further than freezing some and organically grown produce is in fact blueberries and blackberries. This summer I’m that advocate for health and well-being Establishing long-term eating habits and lower than those of both the conventionally of community members in every aspect really going to try and ramp up my personal and organically grown produce of our healthy behaviors through food choices, production with lots of pickled goodies, dried of life. Transportation, housing, economic education, and activities in local schools, competitors, but sometimes it will be higher development, education, access to fresh herbs, and preserve a bunch of tomatoes for and we need to embrace this as a positive. which also creates future customers for local winter enjoyment. healthy food, etc., all have health implications. food purveyors. I just read that Wal-mart is joining forces This is not a new concept. In fact since my Many of us, myself included, pay lip service with Wild Oats to lower prices on organic return from the conference it seems like I Implementing business development to buying local and organic but sometimes imported foods. see an article or hear a broadcast about the strategies ranging from training programs to purchase what we perceive to be cheaper or We need to break the Wal-mart mentality of issue almost every day. financing innovations to reduce the barriers more convenient. We get caught up in daily of entry for entrepreneurs and farmers. always looking for the rock-bottom cheapest Of course, having spent the vast majority stresses or financial concerns and lose sight of price. In addition to quality and taste there of my life in the food business in one way Increasing public awareness of healthy foods the bigger picture, failing to consider what’s in are many other significant advantages to or another my primary interest is food through interactive programs and educational the long-term best interest of our community, buying local and organic. related health. I attended an energizing and experiences. the planet, and ultimately ourselves and I like knowing from whom we purchase our fascinating workshop at the conference called our families. One can increasingly find We are fortunate in Corvallis and Benton product and being able to visit their farms, “Growing Food Connections for Sustainable more organic food at a number of area County to have some of this work already in bakeries, breweries, and other processing Communities”. supermarkets like Fred Meyer, Wal-mart, progress, particularly in the educational arena. facilities. I respect and trust these growers Our friends at the Corvallis Environmental Safeway, MOC, and Natural Grocers but not The workshop consisted of a presentation as much of it sourced locally as we do here and processers who work hard to make a by the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Center’s Farm to School program; the Linus living and support their families in our area Pauling Institute with their Sprouts program; at First Alt. Some of this organic food might Community Lab of the State University of be cheaper than what we offer at the Co- because they care about our community and New York at Buffalo (which now has the first- the Benton County Health Department helping folks maintain a strong connection with the formation of the Food Security op but I’d argue that those lower prices are ever doctoral program/fellowship for Food not a better value for your dollar. There are to the food they eat. These peoples' ideals Systems Planning). They are researching and Workgroup; OSU Extension who sponsors and vision of the future is in line with my many educational opportunities that are open hidden costs in terms of social injustices and cataloging innovators in food systems around environmental degradation associated with personal views and the First Alternative the country. Under Dr. Samina Raja, the to all; Vitality Farms who manage 975 acres guiding principles. As Tom Denison says, “In of farmland just outside of the city—and your these lower prices, and quality and freshness “Food Lab” team conducts research, builds is certainly not present in the produce I’ve this fragmented world, it is good to build capacity of planners through education and Co-op with educational classes and articles in relationships, particularly around something the Thymes, and a deep involvement in the seen in other area stores. I realize that my training, and engages in community-based financial security is not shared by many as wholesome and healthy as real food.” I efforts to build sustainable food systems and food community—all working on making this believe that buying local and organic as often a healthy, happier and well-fed community. of our community and hope my opinions healthy communities. don’t sound insensitive to people who are as possible is vital for a better future for The philosophy behind the program is that These innovative and successful examples struggling to get by and support families. I’m everyone. food is integral to human sustenance and to encourage us to move towards a decision certainly not advocating higher prices with quality of life. Yet the food system, which making process that includes Health in All Produce delivers food from farm to table, is often Policies in our community. I encourage you overlooked in urban and regional planning all to become more familiar with the concept decisions. of Health in All Policies, and to encourage May in Co-op Thymes History those who represent you in City and County 1980: Thanks to Sally Overholser for 1995: Colin King^ says floods in California Research is being done in 20 communities in governments to become familiar with the establishing the Grower's Market, and are driving price of organic lettuce lower both urban and rural census regions around concepts as well. the country. The goals of the project are then the produce section at FA. than conventional for a while. Now selling to assess, apply, and amplify innovations in 1985: Sales of produce have risen to over local greens, broccoli. Planning and Public Policy to: Support family 10% of total store sales. 1997: Over the year we buy from over farmers and food production, promote 20 different local growers. This makes for community food security, connect farmers 1989: The Thymes runs some brief profiles of some growers supplying FA: great quality, supports the local economy, and community residents to improve lends security to local food supply. It's health outcomes and expand economic Tom Denison, John & Sally at Gathering Together Farms, Peter Caday, and more complex than dealing with just one opportunities, and identify “Communities of or two large suppliers, but worth it. Innovation” that can be used as examples for Sunbow Farms (recognize any names?). other communities that are interested and Mac Stewart, Livestock Manager of Vitality 1990: New misting system keeps produce 1998: Consumer Reports article tests invested in food issues. Farms, with some of his lambs. fresh and eliminates the need to handle produce for pesticides. Colin King says it each night and morning, putting it away they missed the point about organic doing and getting it out again. Jaime Kitzrow long-term benefit for people, soil, and the with Springhill Farm is a new grower for economy. Prices of greens and produce FA (and former volunteer in produce affected by El Nino in desert Southwest section). where most out-of-season food for nation is grown. 1992: Warm weather is bringing in more Bring Mom to our free produce than usual: cukes, hydroponic 2006: Produce manager, Bill Genne: we tomatoes, radishes, some lettuce. define local produce as any item that is in the brought directly to us from the growers Art GArden 1993: Rains in California, Mexico and and is not handled by a distributor. 21st Annual Mother’s Day Event Arizona boosting prices of lettuce, spinach Flooding in CA will affect prices. Banana and onions. Denison & GTF hoop houses Organic Herb Plants • Artist Demonstrations shortages due to hurricanes. Case orders mean greens soon. Free Herbal Appetizers • 35 Regional Artists of produce get discount. Create an Herbal Basket • Food for Purchase 1994: Produce Manager, Colin King: the 2007: Bill Genne: local strawberries, beets, Tyee Wine Cellars • Oregon Trail Brewery growing demand for organically-grown lettuces and new potatoes. LivE Music produce sometimes outpaces supply. Carrots are a good example right now. 2013: Produce sales from both stores Free event • no Dogs please accounted for 16.76% of our total FA saturday, May 10th & sunday, May 11th sales. 541.487.8671 • www.thymegarden.com

May 2014 www.firstalt.coop • North: 541-452-3115 • South: 541-753-3115 3 mother may I, Vitanica Mother May I?

tres quesos para cinco de mayo We have three exceptional local cheeses on special this cluckin' organic month! Two are from the Ochoa Cheese Factory in Stop by our Meat Department this month and check out Albany, makers of traditional Mexican specialty cheeses. our new selection of organic free-range chicken from Draper Their Queso Oaxaca is made with pasteurized cow’s milk Valley Farms, the pioneer in raising fresh chickens in the from Lochmead dairy in Junction City, and is a lightly aged Pacific Northwest since 1935. Draper chickens are grown Mozzarella style cheese. Like Mozzarella, Queso Oaxaca is on small family farms throughout Oregon and Washington, pulled and stretched during processing and then sold as a with access to the outdoors and fresh clean water and feed. one-pound ball. Draper Valley Farms tracks each flock from egg to finish, Ochoa’s Queso Fresco is fresh, authentic, and delicious ensuring that each bird is treated humanely and that proper crumbled on top of tacos or tamales. Or serve it on a poultry husbandry is being practiced. Free of preservatives salad of organic greens tossed in a spicy chili vinaigrette and never treated with antibiotics or added hormones, and topped with avocado, toasted pumpkin seeds and pico Draper Valley chickens are fed a 100% organic, vegetarian, de gallo. non-GMO diet, so you can rest assured that your family With these is eating clean, wholesome meat free of fillers! With more Lastly, we are excited to feature Full Circle Creamery’s three fantastic people looking to buy non-GMO products, Draper Valley Raw Diablo Cheddar. Made with organic, grass-fed milk Mexican-style organic chicken is an excellent choice. As we continue to and Bomb’s Away Café’s Diablo Sauce, this cheese is sure cheeses and one expand our line of Organic chicken look for anything from to spice up any dish! An excellent addition to twice-baked smiling mom, whole chickens to drumsticks! potatoes or grated over mac & cheese. For a simple, yet delicious snack or dinner try Diablo Quesadillas with Diablo you've got all -Ashley Caspell Raw Cheddar, tortillas, and local spinach. the ingredients for a spectacular How fortunate we are to have so many options to Cinco de Mama tacos Diablo purchase local cheese. Please support these great local I make this basic meal for family or for company just about Fiesta! cheese makers and enjoy their fine products! every week. You can make it simple by buying quality ready- made tortillas and re-fried beans, or make it extra special by -Valori George constructing your own from scratch. Kids can make their own                               dinner with what's offered at the table, so everyone's happy. The quantities listed serve 4 with enough leftover so that I Vitanica supporting women's health can layer the remains in a small Pyrex dish for my handsome cheesemaking husband to take for lunch the next day. With Mother’s Day in the These beneficial tonics are formulated by Vitanica founder month of May, it's a great time Dr. Tori Hudson. She combines scientific research, 30 years • 1 package Carmen’s Tortillas to show the mother in your life of clinical experience, and respect for traditional medicine to • 1 can refried beans some extra love. And, if you are create unique formulas that really work. • 2 T olive oil a mother, you deserve to treat Using a liquid supplement is quick and simple for me, especially • 1 white onion, thinly sliced yourself right. • 3 cloves garlic, finely diced on a busy morning. 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4 The First Alternative Co-op Thymes May 2014 brand spankin’ new, World Fair Trade Day, spring fling tasting

World Fair Trade Day is May 10 coffee brewers and roasters unite! brand The bulk coffee section at First Alternative is California based, Pachamama Coffee is filled with a whole array of amazing coffees. unique in that they are a cooperative of Spankin’ New Every coffee offered is 100% organic, and the small-scale coffee producers that is wholly- Rising stars on the Co-op Shelves vast majority are also certified owned and controlled by small- fair trade. You'll find our Local scale coffee farmers around 6 roasters Pacifica Coffee, the world. Pacha’s member- over ice. With each sip of this Passion Tea, Zaidalia and Cafe Mam, long- cooperatives represent grocery you can taste hints of real hibiscus flowers, time favorites Equal Exchange thousands of families in Peru, lemongrass and tropical fruit. Jackson’s Honest Potato Chips – and Pachamama, as well as Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico Jackson's Honest Potato Chips bring the Tazo Iced Green Tea comes from a new arrival Just Coffee. and Ethiopia. potato chip back to its humble and simple refreshing blend of flavorful green teas, May 10th is World Fair Trade We're excited to announce roots by using the finest potatoes available citrusy lemongrass and spearmint and is Day, a global celebration that a new fair trade and kettle frying them by hand using coconut lightly sweetened and shaken with ice. This of fair trade bringing certification system has oil. green tea is a revitalizing drink that will keep together thousands of those recently launched that solely you hydrated in the heat. Why coconut oil? It’s nature’s most unique committed to building healthy focuses on supporting small, cooking oil: highly stable, full of healthy Other flavors to enjoy are Blushberry Black and sustainable communities world-wide. family farmers and their communities. medium-chain triglycerides, and with the with notes of black raspberry, huckleberry & With this in mind, I wanted to share a little Small Producer Symbol (SPP, for Spanish highest concentration of lauric acid of any strawberry and Citrus Bliss, an herbal infusion about our providers that have long-term, acronym) is the first fair trade farmer-owned oil. Coconut oil has been used for thousands with notes of citrus, passion fruit & hibiscus. established relationships working directly certification system. Equal Exchange and Just of years by cultures around the world for its -Stan Horsey with coffee cooperatives around the world. Coffee Cooperative are two of the first coffee many health benefits. Their stories are as varied as those of the roasters to start offering coffees bearing the Another advantage is flavor! Frying these small scale farmers with whom they work. Small Producer Symbol. delicious chips in organic, unrefined, virgin Café Mam, is a family owned and run coffee Equal Exchange is an employee-owned coconut oil gives them the most unique taste BULK roaster out of Eugene, OR. Café Mam cooperative whose coffees have been at of any chip in the market. If you're tired of Just Coffee Co-op Bike Fuel – This lovely (say 'mom') coffee is grown by fair trade First Alternative for decades. Currently, their bland potato chips fried in polyunsaturated blend combines the chocolaty smoothness cooperatives of native Mayan farmers living French Roast, Mind, Body and Soul, and Peru vegetable oils, try Jackson's Honest Potato of a light Bolivian coffee, with the smoky in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico and Medium Roast are SPP certified with more Chips. They’re unlike any chip you’ve ever richness of a Super Dark Mexican coffee. Guatemala. The growers are primarily of the coming by the end of the year. tasted. An electrifying blend sure to get your motor Mam, Tzetzal and Mochó peoples. -George Brown You will find Jackson’s Honest Chips on sale running. Organic, shade grown, and 100% this month at First Alternative Co-op. fair trade. Dias Ta zo Iced Tea Bags – Ahhhhh summer Just Coffee Co-op Dias Del Sol – is coming. The sunshine, the warm del Sol is a medium-bodied coffee with a temperatures, the thirst. For a cool refreshing mild and tangy acidity that recalls the warmth and comfort of the first day of spring. Notes Sara's Wellness Tip: beverage, Tazo Iced Tea Bags have got you covered. of cocoa and tobacco with subtle hints of dark chocolate and walnuts. Making your own herbal extractions Certain feats, like executing a reverse swan Start with some bulk medicinal herbs like burdock, dandelion dive into a shimmering pool while wearing a Canihua – An Andean pseudograin related to quinoa, cañihua is also called kaniwa or root, or any others that interest you. Fill a sterilized pint or quart pair of Euro-cut trunks and a captain's hat, jar about 1/5 full with your herb blend. Next, top off with your ought to only be attempted by a select few. baby quinoa. Unlike quinoa, it does not need to be rinsed before use. favorite vinegar: balsamic, red wine, apple cider, etc. Leave about This blend of black teas has the kind of cool, 1/2 inch of space. Shake daily for 1 week and let sit in a dark place smooth sophistication to pull off a move like -George Brown up to 3 weeks. Strain and enjoy a super healthful addition to your own salad dressings, that, should it choose to do so. pasta, or whatever! Tazo Iced Passion tea is a delicious blend I do this all the time, currently using a red wine vinegar that I've extracted Hawthorne of flowers, herbs and other tropical flavors berries in, a balsamic I've extracted burdock root in and an apple cider vinegar with that come together to deliver a cool and dandelion root. Mmmmm... refreshing beverage. This iced tea is naturally caffeine free and delicious when served

Snowy weather may have put a damper on our Winter Wine SPRING FLING TASTING! Soireé, but now that spring has sprung, nothing can stop us! Thursday May 8th 5-8pm at the North Store Celebrate the fullness of Spring with a fantastic tasting event featuring local wines, beers, and ciders. Vintners and brewers from Territorial Vineyards, Ninkasi Brewing, and 2 Towns Ciderhouse along with our in-house experts will be on hand to answer your questions and provide pairing advice. There will be live acoustic music, delicious samples from local vendors and all of our departments, and our hot bar will be open late with a special tasting menu. Taking the 40% Local Challenge? Come in and see just how easy it is to drink the best, and do it 100% local. Special in-store offers will make it all the easier too. AMERICANAnd that's not all, look for details about a Summer Celebration Tasting at the South Store DREAM in an upcoming issue of the Co-op Thymes. recipes • digital Thymes • news events bulk lookup • and much more americanPIZZA Dream pizza Lumos Wine Co. - a local favorite... www.firstalt.coop come see why.

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May 2014 www.firstalt.coop • North: 541-452-3115 • South: 541-753-3115 5 classes, donations, demos

Alternative Transporters of the Month May Co-op Kirk Rensmeyer I'm four blocks from the North Co-op, so classes I mainly walk. I own two bikes for more Classes held in the South Store Co-op Meeting Room distant destinations, unless otherwise noted. Register online at Friday May 9 • 9am-1pm at the North Store and use my car as little www.firstalt.coop NW Wellness Screenings as possible. I do not Cost: varies per screening wish to be dependent Thursday May 1 and 15 • 6:30-8:30pm on petroleum products Low cost health screenings provided by certified medical Soul Collage personnel. Go to nwwellness.com to see available tests and nor do I wish to add to Cost: $10 General Public; $8 Co-op owners prices. Most appointments are walk-in. Payment due at time a global CO2 level that Experience this fun and empowering process using magazine of screening. This event will not be listed on our online is now pushing past 400 parts per million. I greatly enjoy and photo images. We make a deck of cards that reflect our registration site. For more information: 888-837-8567 shopping at the Co-op and enjoying all of the locally many-faceted selves in surprising and delightful ways. It’s a grown, high-quality produce. Thanks. story of You. A visual map of the psyche. Meets every first Kirk will receive a $50 gift certificate to Cycle Solutions! and third Thursday. Materials provided. For more information: Tuesday May 27th • 6-7:30pm Lucy, 541-704-0135 Guerilla Sustainability with Jonathan Carroll don't miss the bus Saturday May 3 • 11:30am-1:30pm Cost: free • class size limited to 35 participants alternative transport pays Upgrade the Mind, Body, and Spirit with a This one hour presentation will cover a small case observation 3 Day Group Cleanse of individual action towards a sustainable existence. Jonathan Don't miss the Get There campaign, from May 5th to the Carroll, a First Alternative Co-op employee for the past 16th. Track your trips by bike, bus, walking, carpool/vanpool Cost: free (does not include supplements) 19 years, will use a multi-media approach to describe his and teleworking at DriveLessConnect.com to win prizes Have you ever given thought to doing a detox or cleanse mindset and actions on striving to lead a sustainable lifestyle like a Coast trip, iPad, and dozens of local gift cards to local but didn't get far because you just weren't sure what you in environmental, financial and health terms. Leave with new favorites like McMenamins and New Morning Bakery. might encounter? This might be the perfect time for you to ideas for adding sustainable actions to your own life. Q and A Get active, save money, win prizes, and help the City of learn more and experience a totally do-able 3-day cleanse as at the end of the presentation. Corvallis gather important data about transportation options part of a group! Our expert, Comet, from Health Force has in our beautiful city. an approachable attitude about it. She says “I find it fun and way easier to do a 3 day cleanse if others are doing it too. Thursday May 29th • 6:30-8:30pm Left to my own devices, I am more likely to feel isolated and Rainwater Harvesting with Dave Eckert uninspired. I would probably cheat too. As a group, we can Cost: free • class size limited to 35 participants share our detox stories and help each other make cleansing Turn your residential rooftop rainwater runoff into a valuable really easy. Think of our bodies like a sink that can easily be resource for you and your yard. Learn why it is becoming clogged. When we do a fruit and vegetable detox, we give more important than ever to collect and reuse rainwater, our bodies a chance to clean itself from the inside out. This how to analyze how much rainwater you can collect, how to helps with weight loss, good body image, better digestion, design a safe and efficient system, where to purchase parts, relief of joint stiffness and inflammation, clearer skin, elevated who can help you and how to distribute the water efficiently mood, and overall well being.” to your yard. Sponsored by the Corvallis Sustainability For more specifics and information, please visit our online Coalition Water Action Team and First Alternative. Alternative transportation options have benefits for your registration page. Dave Eckert is the Sustainability Coalition's Water Action health, your wallet and the planet. Last year’s “Get There” Team Leader and Project Manager for First Alternative's Three participants tracked enough alternative-transportation miles Tuesday May 6 • 10:00am-12:30pm Waters Project. Dave has 24 years experience in rainwater to go around the Earth five times! Let’s do even better this “Simply Delicious” meal creations with harvesting. He has been teaching workshops on this subject year! the Healthy Youth Program since 1998. He has also been commissioned by government How to track your trips to win prizes: agencies to make videos about rainwater harvesting. Cost: free • Create your profile at DriveLessConnect.com by clicking The Linus Pauling Institute's Healthy Youth Program is “Register Now.” (Or sign in if you’re already a member). providing a meal creation workshop series for parents Check out our BULK LOOKUP • Click on “Ridematch” in the top blue bar to create a trip, who are on a budget, need healthy, fresh ideas and want a Go to www.firstalt.coop prepared meal to take home to their kids! The workshop and “Calendar” to track your trips. Track any trips May includes shopping for ingredients in the store, cleaning, Select "Bulk Search" from the menu bar 5-16 to be eligible for prizes! and enter your mystery PLU preparing and cooking together as a group. Come check it • Contact Tarah Campi at [email protected] with any out! Pre-registration is REQUIRED. To register please questions. call (541) 737-8014. This class will not be listed on our online registration site.

co-op donations Find out what's in all those little bags in your cupboard. March 2014 Look up any bulk food, body care product or supplement. The 7th Cooperative Principle is “Concern for the Community.” First Alternative fulfills this principle in its role as a cooperative by donating to a variety of organizations in our community. In March donations were given to these worthy groups or causes: Gleaners Linn-Benton Food Share...... North: 830 lbs = $1,782.70 ...... South: 1,040 lbs = $1,910.60 Chintinimi...... 33.5 lbs = $49.16 Small Donations Mt. View Elementary School...... $30 Biology Graduate Student Symposium...... $30 Long Tom Grange...... $30 Strengthening Rural Families...... $30 LBCC (Career Fair)...... $30 Jefferson Elementary...... $30 Monroe High School Booster Club...... $30 Alsea Rural Health Care Inc...... $30 Mary's River Watershed...... $30 DAAD-German Academic Exchange...... $30 Ocean Blue Project...... in-kind donation worth $15 March Donation Totals: ...... $4057.46

6 The First Alternative Co-op Thymes May 2014 may flowers, GROW bananas, co-op kitchen international year of family farms Go Bananas BUENA VISTA FLOWERS This month in the produce department we're excited to be featuring our organic, GROW brand bananas. Did you know that when you buy GROW bananas at the Co-op you're not just purchasing a premium piece of fruit, you're also helping children in Mexico get a better education? Bananas will be on sale during parts of May to say thank you, not just for supporting the local community and your Co-op, but also communities and charities abroad. Buying local is very important to us at the Co-op. It's a powerful way to ensure a strong and prosperous community. But because of our climate bananas will never be available locally. We could purchase them from many different sources, but instead of basing the decision on who has the lowest price, we base it on who best exemplifies the Co- For that Mom's Mary Dean and op ideals. We chose Organics Unlimited's GROW program bananas because the money earned goes toward helping kids get Day Bouquet a good education, and because we know that Ian Cordner Organics Unlimited is a sustainable business How big is your crew? April to October. We have a bouquet in Salem. When Ian became part of my that cares about the world around them, much like the Co-op. There are four of us. delivery service where we bring a new life, we started selling at the Co-op. He bouquet of fresh flowers to you every started the building we call the Flower What are GROW bananas? GROW stands Where is your farm located? week. We also do weddings and other Barn on a piece of property I bought in for Giving Resources and Opportunities Buena Vista, Polk County, Oregon special events. 2007 which expanded our land to 2 acres. to Workers. Organics Unlimited gives It is a really lovely structure made from How many acres do you farm? Please describe your farming philosophy distributing companies a choice to buy their mostly recycled materials right up from the regular bananas or their GROW program We grow the most beautiful flowers we We have 2 acres. Buena Vista Ferry. We sell flowers from bananas for a little bit more per case. That can. We use lots of compost and TLC. How long have you been in operation? the Flower Barn year round with dried “little bit more” from every case helps the The sustenance of our soil is our top flowers for the winter and fresh flowers children of Organics Unlimited employees Since 1980. priority. from March thru mid- November. We in Mexico get the supplies they need for a What do you grow? How do you control weeds, pests and do many weddings and special occasion quality education. GROW helps kids with Flowers. We have hundreds of varieties of pathogens? flowers. The growing season is non-stop everything related to school, from clothes to work and can be overwhelming at times. annuals and perennials. We do cut flowers We use neem oil, insecticidal soap, copper tutoring. It is good exercise and rewarding as well and dried flowers. and spinosad for pests and disease. We to live and work in such a beautiful place. What do we sell at the Co-op? use Round Up for weeds. You sell our bouquets. Please tell us your story! How long have you been selling to us? When I moved to Oregon in 1978, I lived in a house that had a greenhouse in the For a decade now. We deliver twice a The Co-op has been buying GROW bananas backyard. I started seeds in the spring and since 2005. In that time, First Alternative week, Tuesdays and Fridays all through the got hooked on growing things. Later that growing season. shoppers have purchased enough bananas year, my husband at the time and I bought to send the kids in Mexico $19,304 to help How long is the growing season? an old house with an acre in Buena Vista. with their education. All we have to do as March through October. We started a plant nursery and built the customers is pay an extra cent or two every greenhouse that I have started seeds in time we buy bananas. That's all it takes to Where else are your flowers available? ever since. As time went on, I got into help make someone's life better. You can buy directly from us at our Flower dried flowers and then cut flowers. I I believe we are very fortunate to have Barn on the homestead. We're at the sold them at farmers' markets in Albany, the opportunity to help kids get a better Salem Saturday Market every week from Corvallis, Eugene, Independence and now education simply by paying a little bit more for bananas. I'm happy for the chance to buy The 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) aims to raise the profile something from a different part of the world of family farming and smallholder farming by focusing world attention on its and to give back to them at the same time. significant role in eradicating hunger and poverty, providing food security and This sort of opportunity is all too rare. I wish nutrition, improving livelihoods, managing natural resources, protecting the we had more opportunities similar to the environment, and achieving sustainable development, in particular in rural areas. GROW program. Too often we take without adequately giving back. Keep an eye out during the month of May What's cookin' in the Co-op Kitchen for banana sales and information about the We all know Tuna. 100% of our fresh produce is organic, practice for the components to be made GROW program. I encourage all Co-op how hard it ordered frequently and in small quantities. off site, processed, packed up, then shipped shoppers to learn more about the company can be to eat The Bakery’s chocolate-y treats meet our to retail outlets for assembly. The Co-op that produces the bananas we eat, and the right. People strict buying guidelines too, so you can enjoy Kitchen is a production kitchen, not an charity program that helps the families of its are busy a guilt-free dessert. Well, a less guilty one. assembly kitchen, an important distinction workers get a quality education by visiting and cooking projectamigo.org and organicsunlimited.org. We buy local: We use local products to make. We use as many raw, whole takes time. ingredients as we can, and we make our Thanks for shopping and supporting our local whenever we can. All of our beef and pork and world community. There's the planning, the prep, and worst comes directly from Lonely Lane Farm, often food from scratch at the South Store. of all, the cleanup. That's where the hand delivered by Farmer Mike himself. Our bakery is a from-scratch bakery, start -Clayton Co-op Kitchen comes in. Our kitchen Lonely Lane beef is the highest quality to finish. We take pride in our hands-on North Store Produce Assistant staff loves good food and it shows. available. Not only is it family-run, it's also approach, and we staff our kitchen and Quality and Integrity: We source our 100% grass fed from start to finish. We deli with people who feel the same way. Try the Wednesday ingredients based on the same guidelines use Tillamook cheese in dishes like Fancy Whether it’s a hot-and-ready breakfast Farmers’ Market! as the rest of the Co-op. We use organic Mac, in our breakfast wraps, and on our sandwich made with Lonely Lane pork and Surata brand tempeh and tofu, just like we sandwiches. We partner with other local Tillamook cheese, a hunk of pesto pizza 1st & Jackson sell in the store. It's certified GMO-free. businesses like Big River and Nearly Normal’s on Big River Foccacia, or a slice of Vegan 9 AM-1 PM So is our mayonnaise and canola, both of to offer their products as ingredients in Marionberry Pie, we're here with the 2014 season: which come from Spectrum, a company well our prepared foods. And our berry-licious food you want, when you want it. Hungry? established in the natural foods industry. We Bakery treats are made with Stahlbush Island Wednesdays April 19 - Nov 26 & Saturdays source our meat from ethical producers like Farms berries from right here in Corvallis. -Makenzie Kaiser Draper Valley Farms. We use wild-caught, Whole food: In large-scale grocery stores’ Co-op Kitchen Asst. Manager Also Saturdays in Downtown Albany! sustainable seafood from fishers like Pisces prepared-foods departments it's common www.LocallyGrown.org

May 2014 www.firstalt.coop • North: 541-452-3115 • South: 541-753-3115 7 Outdoor Adventure Check list: MAY 2014 Grizzlies Granola Nectarine Nut Mix ON SALE! special order deadline: Bulk Organic Black Chia Seeds ON SALE! sale period: Produce Bunny Luv baby carrots April 30th-June 3rd May 30th Flyer A: April 30th- May 20th Pachamama Coffee ON SALE! S.O. deadline: May 16th Rumiano WIllow Made Dry Jack Cheese Flyer B: May 21st-June 3rd SIERRA NEVADA Specialty Ale Mustard ON SALE! S.O. deadline: May 30th Produce Cucumbers for dipping in hummus Deck Family Farm Summer Sausage ON SALE! Find more sales in our Mary’s Gone ON SALE! Co-op Deals flyers! Crackers To-Go-Ware Bamboo Utensil Set local color PERRIER Mineral Water ON SALE! Produce Snap peas We’ve selected some adventure snacks for wellness you to enjoy during the month of May! Whether you are Healthy Hoo camping, hiking, or just heading Hoo to the coast, stay energized and inspired during all of your Cleansers for outdoor adventures! Women 20% off

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PRODUCER Meal plan, shopping & profile recipes for 2 adults, 6 Local Condiment nights, under $50 Roundup

Instead of digging the dirt on just one Local 6 provider this month we're providing a quick and saucy dip into the tasty world of locally made condiments—a world that's six counties wide.

Shannon Oliver at Red Duck Foods, makers of Red Duck Ketchups: What's one thing you want everyone to know about your product? That we're made just down the road in Eugene. May Menu What sets your ketchup apart from the competitors? Certified organic, As the weather Grilled Chicken & Potato Medallions comes in three delicious flavors. We have about half the salt and sugar content of gets warmer, it's conventional ketchups, but more than twice the flavor time to start grilling. Baked Bonzos & Canihua Salad Memorial Day is What's the Red Duck Team's favorite uses for your ketchup? Kurt loves it the big kickoff of Spring Veggie Stir Fry on meatloaf, Karen loves it on veggie burgers, Jess likes to use the Classic as a pizza the summer, and sauce and Shannon is particularly fond of Red Duck Spicy in her Bloody Marys. we've got a great BBQ Chicken Quesadillas Get briefed by the Oh So Simple Cashew Spreads* barbecue recipe to Raab & Rice Casserole Co-op’s BuyersMandi on Bussel news of : share this month in What's one thing you want everyone to know about your product? We're Budget Bites! Garbanzo Tikka Masala from their departments!a family run business that produces each batch with fresh squeezed lemons and hand Forget store- chopped vegetables. They're soy free, gluten free, corn free, dairy free, and vegan. Products are at both stores unless mentioned otherwise Buyers’ boughtBriefs BBQ sauce. This recipe comes in at half the price What sets your spreads apart from the competitors? We are different from per ounce and makes a generous amount: enough to feed a other cashew spreads, because all of the ingredients are fresh, simple and easy to partymonth, or for the you flavor to freeze is mushroomy, and use whenever truffly you and want rich, as of late, and guess what? understand.You can rest We easy; don't FA use any additives or preservatives. Meat and cheese by Martin smoky flavor. This month's Budget Bites uses it on chicken, in earthy with a delicate residual tang. Each cheese is trans-fat free and has beenWhat's for over your a year!favorite uses for your spreads? We enjoy our cashew spreads on • The holidays have passed, all the ugly sweaters quesadillas, and as a base for baked beans. Try all the recipes, comes in a small ceramic crock full of luscious pizza, lasagna, and burritos. They're also excellent with your favorite veggies and crackers available at customer service! and lava lamps have been returned and nobody gooeyness, perfect for warming in the oven and or cooked in your next casserole. wants to cook anymore. We’ve got just the thing -Emily Stimac, Marketing produce by Corinne F. spooning onto a fresh baguette. If you really *Currently available only at the South store, but coming soon to North for you burned-out chefs: Ecofish Celebrity Chef want to get crazy, open a bottle of spicy Syrah- • O sweet taciturn winter. The slumber of the Entrées! These award-winning entrées, designed Rich & Smoky Barbecue Sauce earth and flight of our farmers beckons our own based red or Chateauneuf du Pape. Polly at Pure Peppers, makers of Dan's Smoky Salsa: by world-class chefs, provide you with all the Yield: 3 ½ cups release from the altruistic quest for eating local tools you need to whip up a fancy-schmancy 1 can root beer What'sfoods. 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Alaskan Halibut with Chermoula Marinade and 2Mexican tsp smoked Chocolate salt or Cocoa are great in warm potatoes triumph together in a roasted mélange Bay Scallops with Japanese milk when you’re curling up to the fire with a or in an odoriferous enchanted slow afternoon Glaze. Look for them in Combinegood book. all ingredients Farina with in a saucepan.maple syrup Bring isto aa goodsimmer soup. My ultimate winter saladStan is S heartytubblefield roasted at De Casa Fine Foods: and cook 30 minutes. Blend until smooth. Keeps 7 days in Our the South Store freezer! refrigeratoreasy warm or start 6 months to your in freezer. frosty January mornings. beets and shallots spilling downWhat's onto one a lusciousthing you want everyone to know about your products? Salsas and Hummus are certified Organic, which means they are non-GMO. They're • Cheddar fanatics will UseSo stockfor grilled up chicken,in bulk barbecue and keep pizza, the quesadillas, warming bed of arugula entangled with spears of yacon also gluten free. flip over our new French sandwiches,comfort foods you name close it! at hand. Spring will be here and hazelnuts. A creamy local blue cheese, like What sets your salsas and hummus apart from the competitors? We're the Mimolette Vielle. Aged 18 before you know it. the Rouge River Bleu, foils splendidly with this celebration of a salad. For allonly this local merriment USDA certified of Organic Salsa. The fresh organic produce we use is purchased months, it is closely related to Potato Medallions from a local distributor that specializes only in organic produce, often from farms locally grown produce that would delight Hestia, Dutch Edam. 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6 The Co-op Thymes 10 The First Alternative Co-op Thymes January 2007 May 2014 all about staff, beans for bags staff spotlight: meet your Co-op crew! and I moved here from Brooklyn two years ago this month. Kate Ottersten It's been a big adjustment, but a very welcome one at that. What do you like about living here? In Corvallis What do you do at the Co-op and how long have we're lucky to have such great independent businesses (like you been working here? I've been a produce stocker for our breweries!), mild weather and a friendly, progressive one year this month. community with a real focus on sustainability. Oregon is great What do you like best about the job? I love watching for its varied territory, the Mighty Pacific, the Cascades, our the seasons pass by through a produce lens. Citrus in the gorgeous valley, and stark deserts. It's impressive and rare Get a bean when you save a shopping bag... winter, local greens, fresh garlic, and raabs in the spring, local and I want to explore every bit of it. Each bean equals a 5¢ donation! berries, tomatoes, peppers, melons and so much more in What are some things folks might not know about the summer, and in the fall, local apples, pears and squash. you? Well, for a few years I managed a popular art gallery in We're so fortunate having all these wonderful local growers April through June 2014 Brooklyn which gave me opportunities to travel far and wide providing us with beautiful, super-fresh fruit and veg. and meet interesting folk. Also, when I have LOTS of free Homeless Community How has working at the Co-op affected your life? I've time I like to make stop-motion animation films, everything always been kind of a geek about proper nutrition and my from building the sets, creating the characters, writing the Education Program Outreach, Inc. position here has really added to that knowledge. Between script and filming it, too! speaking with the local farmers who deliver their goods Coastal Food Ten Rivers Food directly to us, my co-workers as well as our customers, I've Bank Web gleaned a lot about growing and preparing produce, as well as the varied nutritional properties of countless items. Also, Our Beans for Bags program saves thousands of bags I take great pride in being a part of the only locally owned grocery store in Corvallis. each year and helps fund local non-profit organizations. What are some of your favorite products at the Co- The January through March 2014 op? My favorites vary by the season. Currently the Denison donation totals are in: Farms fennel and all the raabs! CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)..$497.36 What do you like to do outside of work? I love to garden (all edibles) and then cook with all the things we've Benton Habitat for Humanity...... $406.48 grown. I have fun riding my bike everywhere and going Heartland Humane Society...... $787.25 running. I do volunteer work with the Sustainability Coalition's Mary's River Gleaners...... $308.91 Food Action Team, as well the Corvallis Independent Business Alliance. Total donations...... $2,000 Where did you grow up/where have you lived in your life? I'm a real city mouse! I spent most of my youth in the Thanks, Co-op shoppers, for helping make the Boston area, then 12 years in New York City. My husband Kate showing off some of last season's beet harvest world a better place, one bean at a time! Anniversaries in May Staff Anniversaries Art at the South Store Blueberry, 1 year: Kate Ottersten, Jean Marr Ron Garnett has been a photographer since Raspberry, 2 years: Naomi Jeffries the mid 1970’s. He earned a scholarship to Anniversary Fruits OSU for photography and stayed in Corvallis Cherry, 3 years: Shane McFarland Every year a staff member after he was done. Apricot, 8 years: Joe Smiley works is represented by a different fruit that increases Come see Ron’s cool free-form abstract Artist: Lime, 11 years: Natalie Lagerquist in size... photos; they don’t even look like photos! He’ll Tangerine, 12 years: Donna Tarasawa 1. Blueberry 15. Pear Ronald 2. Raspberry 16. Apple also be displaying flowers, micro flowers, and Nectarine, 13 years: Lisa Millbank 3. Cherry 17. Orange 4. Blackberry 18. Grapefruit humanistic expressionism. Come check it out Garnett Pomegranate, 19 years: Jonathan Carroll 5. Kumquat 19. Pomegranate 6. Strawberry 20. 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12 The First Alternative Co-op Thymes May 2014 3 waters update, eat local challenge, letters

3 Waters Project update Water Action Team reaches a major milestone letters Letter to the Editor Policy First Alternative's South re-filtration system. Not only store teamed up with the does this lower their overall - Not all letters will be published. Sustainability Coalition's river water use, it lowers their - Letters over 250 words will be edited for length. All letters are Water Action Team in 2009 dependence on fossil fuels and subject to editing for length, spelling, grammar and clarity. to develop a demonstration coal-burning energy systems. - All letters must include the author’s name, street address and project showing the benefits The Project's goal was to daytime telephone number. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published. of more efficient use and demonstrate that a fully discharge of water on-site. developed and operational - The decision regarding the appropriateness of the topic will lie As a former industrial site business could reduce its use with the Editor. that had been fully developed by previous owners without of three municipal water systems by 50% without affecting - Letters concerning First Alternative Cooperative issues will take consideration for water conservation and efficiency, the productivity. In March 2014, the Co-op met this goal, saving priority over those concerning more general issues. South Store represented quite a challenge. In March 2014 50% of their wastewater from having to be retreated on a the Co-op reached its goal of reducing it's municipal water - Letters regarding local food, environment and sustainability large scale and using less river water and less fossil fuel energy, issues will take priority over national issues. usage by 50%. Challenge met. all while maintaining productivity. - Letters regarding political issues as they pertain to local food, Dave Eckert, the Sustainability Coalition Water Action Team What happens next? “We've successfully reached the 50% environment and sustainability issues will take preference over Leader, called the Co-op's system the “Mother of Grey Water Municipal Water Use goal and are at 38% of the 50% storm those that do not. Systems” in Corvallis. At the site you will find informative water discharge goal. The Co-op generously provided much signage and info graphics about the 3 Waters Project. The - Letters concerning timely issues or events will take priority over of the funding for the project, along with funding from the those that are in regard to past events. site is accessible by the public for use as a demonstration site. City of Corvallis, League of Women Voters, and the OSU - Letters containing personal attacks or offensive or inappropriate The Co-op received the first Greywater System permit in Thrift Store. This community project is a 'forever project', language will not run. the City of Corvallis, Eckert said with excitement, “and with but for future progress and funding, the Water Action Team the help of senior engineering students at Oregon State, we will need to raise additional funding, possibly through grant - Letters are limited to one letter per person per discussion item. were able to design a workable commercial sized greywater programs and awards.” - Letters are limited to one letter per person per month. harvesting system. In the meantime, Dave is taking his show on the road, working - Owners are given priority over non-owners. “It's a bit of a Rube Goldberg puzzle, the way the water flows, with four different teams of senior students at Oregon State. - Opinions expressed are not necessarily supported by the Co- but we've added arrows to help us remember the flow of the They are doing a full analysis of the OSU storm water system op board, staff or owners. water path,” Dave laughed. This on-site treatment lowers the and are in the process of designing three vegetative systems, Send letters by email to [email protected] or mail them to 1007 dependency and costs of centralized systems, and diversifies including rain gardens, bio-swales, and rainwater collections, SE 3rd St. Attn: Thymes. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of the the risks during environmental or social crises. The Co-op along with a potential water feature at Reser Stadium. month prior to the publication date. lowered their municipal waste water by 50% with the on-site                              The Sound of Silence? I recently received a letter from the Co-op asking owners to contribute keeping it local: more money to their share in an effort to cover unforeseen repair projects that have arisen. I have an idea that might help generate sign up for the 40% Local Challenge funds towards these repair projects. I notice that the Co-op plays If you were to measure how much local food you eat, how One of the food goals of the Corvallis Sustainability music throughout the stores. As someone who appreciates quiet and would you measure it? By volume? By weight? By calories? By Coalition is 40% local by 2020–an ambitious goal, given the detests music being forced upon me while I shop, it occurs to me that the Co-op might consider terminating the music contract and extend cost? And how would you define “local”? current estimate is just 7%. This move toward eating more the saved funds, $600/yr., towards the repair projects in question. First Alternative Co-op and the Corvallis Sustainability locally needs to start with individuals, with each one of us. This represents over six new members per annum whose money Coalition define “local” as food that is grown, produced, or For those who are just starting on this path, the challenge may deserves to be put to better use than frivolous entertainment for a processed by a business owned and operated in a six-county seem daunting. That’s why the Coalition’s Food Action Team minority 15% (as estimated by Market of Choice) who like the music area (Benton, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, and Polk). We call is hard at work planning ways to support those who have to the majority who'd just a well not have another noise impacting this “Local 6”. First Alternative makes it very easy to identify taken the challenge–with resources, tips, activities, and events them. The quieter atmosphere would be a welcome change, a real Local 6 products, thanks to their Local 6 shelf tags. to turn this challenge into an adventure. alternative for an Alternative to the usual shopping annoyance. Just Fifty years ago, it was common for people in our community The first step is to take the Eat Local 40% challenge. Addendum. Why does Co-op marketing think piped in music is a to eat at least 40% of their food from the Local 6 area. But go to www.sustainablecorvallis.org and take a few minutes good ploy, that it brings in more shoppers. Have they done their own with the growth of our industrial food system most people to pledge your participation. The pledge form provides a research? I doubt it; that instead marketing merely took Pandora's eat food that comes from all over the country and all over lot of options to individualize your commitment: how you’ll word of it. For their research claims which can't be trusted to be the world. measure the amount of local food you eat, how often you’ll unbiased. Here's some personal research. Market of Choice's music aim for 40%, and where you’ll get your local food. is so bad, that I no longer shop there and I walked out of Fred Meyer We also want to find out from you what the obstacles are to to buy clothing elsewhere when their music was so out of bounds eating more local food. that concentrating upon a good selection was impossible. -William Elliot Making more sustainable food choices presents each of us with a great opportunity to contribute to the creation of a vibrant local food system, a key component in achieving a sustainable community. We hope you'll join us in this challenge! Annette Mills, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition

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M eetings South Store meeting room ** Farm to School Harvest of the Month Tastings ** South Store featuring Spinach Pesto Pasta! Owner Relations Committee with light appetizers Every Friday, 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 13th - Noon Wine & Beer Tuesday May 13th wine + cheese + crackers & CommitteeBoard South: 4:30-6pm • • • North: 6:30-8pm South Store meeting room Please check www.firstalt.coop/events/ for updates, schedule changes, and cancellations. Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, May 20th - 6:30 p.m. UPCOMING South Store meeting room EVENTS ONGOING Owner comments welcomed in first 10 minutes. 5th Annual Natural Areas EVENTS MONDAYs CELTIC JAM Every Tuesday, FRIDAYs Celebration Week! May 3rd-11th, Various 7-9PM, Imagine Coffee Live Arts, locations around Corvallis. This week is a celebration SAGE Garden Corvallis Insight 5460 SW Philomath Blvd. All CORVALLIS UKULELE of the incredible natural resources in our community! 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FMI: 541-753-8530 6:30-8PM Philomath City Council Cohousing Community Tours corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org Chamber, 980 Applegate St., Sunday, May 4th. Explore cohousing options at both Veterans For Peace SATURDAYs Every Philomath. All welcome! FMI: CoHo Ecovillage in Corvallis and Oakleigh Meadow Corvallis Chapter Meeting 4th Monday, 6:30-8PM, UUFC, FREE wine tasting Every Cohousing in Eugene. Tours offered at 10:30AM in Meditation Circle [email protected] Saturday, 9AM- 6PM. Wineopolis, Corvallis and 2:30PM in Eugene. To register: 541-753- of Self Realization 2945 NW Circle Blvd. All are 151 NW Monroe, Suite 103. 4453, [email protected] Fellowship Thursdays, 7-8 welcome. Come help us “Wage WEDNESDAYs PM.; Saturdays, 10-10:45AM & Peace.” FMI: [email protected] FMI: Jerry Larson, 541-738-1600, 11AM-12PM, 435 NW 4th St. Corvallis BeLly Dance [email protected] Graphic Novel Book Club Tues. May Guild Weds., 8PM, Old Inspirational Reading, Meditation, Zap Killer Fat Mondays, 6th, 6:30-7:30PM. Old World Deli, 341 SW 2nd St. World Deli, 341 Southwest 2nd Audubon Field Trips SRF Worldwide Prayer Circle, 12:30-1:30PM, Energy 9 Studio, This month we will be discussing Daytripper by Fabio St. Live, FREE performances. FMI: Field trip every 2nd Saturday. Study Kriya Yoga through 720 NW 2nd St. A new support Moon & Gabriel Ba. New members always welcome. Lyanna, [email protected] Meet at 7:30AM. The trips are Paramahansa Yogananda’s program to reduce visceral fat Meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month. great for beginners and birders teachings. All are welcome! FMI: around internal organs. Free Check out a copy of this month’s reading selection Heart of the Valley new to the mid-valley area. We www.corvallismeditation.org weekly weigh-in, tips & support. from the 2nd floor reference desk of the Library. FMI: Birth Network Every visit local refuges and birding Bonnie, [email protected], 541- FMI: [email protected] Corvallis Parents 3rd Wed. 6-7:30PM, Waldo Hall, areas. FMI: www.audubon. 766-6965 Rm. 272, OSU. Open to anyone corvallis.or.us/field_trips.shtml & Friends A place for Mindfulness interested in mother-friendly parents and their kids to make Meditation Taught in the maternity care. FMI: www. VEGETARIAN NUTRITION: WHAT DOES new friends & get support for tradition of Zen Buddhist Master Corvallis Secular valleybirthnetwork.org SCIENCE SAY? Wed., May 7th, 7:30-9:30PM. parenting and pregnancy. FMI: Thich Nhat Hanh. 5:30-7PM. Society 3rd Saturdays. Meet Community Center, First United Methodist Church, corvallisparentsnetwork.ning.com Corvallis Friends Meeting House, 2-4PM, Corl House in Woodland 12th & Jackson. Presentation by Jack Norris, registered 33rd & Polk. We draw from this Tai Chi classes 5:30- Meadows Park. FMI: 541-754- dietitian, vegan since 1988, and co-author of the book 2600 year old tradition, though 6:30PM, Oddfellows Hall. Ages 2557, CorvallisSecular.org Vegan For Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE FORUM TV you do not need to be buddhist. 16+. Instructor, Andy Bennett, Healthy and Fit on a Plant-based Diet. Talk is free, holds 30 years of martial arts Wed. @ 8PM.; Thurs. @ 9PM; FREE, All are welcome. FMI: Ken, Gluten Free Support additional paid consultation services available. FMI: experience. Class cost: free. Class Sat.@ 1:30PM & Sun. @ 5:30PM [email protected] Group 4th Saturdays, http://www.corvallisveg.org, fee: commitment to practice. FMI: 30-minute program series, Ch. 10AM-12PM, First Presbyterian 541-760-9328, https://sites.google. 29. Guests discuss diverse health amnesty int’l writers Church, Dennis Hall, 9th & com/site/wutantaichi Film: Sick around the World Thursday, issues. FMI: [email protected], 541- group 2nd Monday, 7PM, Monroe. Learn more about May 8th, 7PM, South Co-op Community Meeting 758-9340 First United Methodist Church, gluten intolerance, share ideas Room. Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of 11th & Monroe Rm #106-B. THURSDAYs and sample products. FMI: 541- the world about how to run a healthcare system? Join BUDDHIST PRACTICE Write letters to prisoners of 602-1065 us for a showing of the PBS Frontline film Sick around conscience. FMI: 541-619-1379 Green Tara SGI-USA Introduction to Meditation Group the World, sponsored by the Mid-Valley Healthcare Nichiren Buddhism. Informal Advocates (MVHCA) Free. FMI: 541-766-8229 7-8:20PM, Corvallis Friends SUNDAYs meetings, all are welcome. FMI: TUESDAYs Meeting House, 3311 NW 541-753-6170 Polk Ave. Tibetan Buddhist Falun Dafa Group Teen Tribal Dance 9 -11AM. A meditation Restoration of golden paintbrush 4PM, Live Well Studio NW Meditation, meditation instruction Mon, May practice based on principles in the Willamette Valley Baha’i Devotional Spruce Ave, Ste 101. A blend on request, and readings from all 12th, 7:30PM, Avery House in Avery Park. This of Truthfulness-Compassion- programs The Baha’i of ethnic dances, this exciting Buddhist traditions. Everyone is presentation will explore the progress and successes in Tolerance. FMI: Hong 541-754- communities offer many style promotes team dynamics welcome. FMI: susan.salveson@ reintroduction efforts for golden paintbrush (Castilleja 9938 devotional gatherings throughout and powerful moves. Open hotmail.com levisecta), discuss experiments being conducted to the county in English & Spanish. to ladies only, ages 12-19, no restore the species, and next steps in its recovery. Locations vary. FMI: 541-745- All Bodies Improv Sponsored by NPSO-Corvallis Chapter. FMI: experience necessary! FMI: info@ Dances of Universal 7916, linnbenton.local.bahai.us 2nd Thurs, 7-8:30PM. Sunday 6:30PM, 971 NW Spruce [email protected] livewellstudio.com Peace Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Ave, Ste 101. By Donation. Join Traditional 2945 NW Circle Blvd. Simple, us as we explore the forms CORVALLIS MEDITATION of Movement Improvisation. Yoga Teacher Training Q&A Tues., May Shotokan karate COMMUNITY Learn easy-to-learn, heart-awakening 13th, 7PM, Live Well Studio, NW Spruce Ave, Ste 101. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7-9PM. circle dances honoring spiritual These forms give us a unique meditation techniques to relax opportunity to profoundly “What happens at training? Can I get a job as a yoga Fingerboard Extension 120 NW and recharge body and mind. traditions from around the world. teacher? Can I take just part of it? I just want to learn 2nd St. Learn the forms. Non- $5-10 donation requested. FMI: connect with each other. FMI: 5:30-6:30PM, 3311 NW Polk [email protected] more.” Sound familiar? Attend this free Q & A session aggressive. FMI: Reed, 541-754- St. FMI: Carolyn, 971-218-6798, 541-704-0680, barbwoehle@ & come, be your curious self. Facilitated by Lisa Wells 3254 [email protected] comcast.net and Angela Greenwood of Live Well 200-hour Yoga Avery House Nature Teacher Training. FMI: [email protected] Center Open House vigil for peace Every “A COURSE IN MIRACLES” Free Teen Yoga Thurs, day, 5-6PM. Alternatives to War 4PM, Live Well Studio NW 2nd Sundays, 12-4PM, Avery STUDY GROUP 7:30PM, House Nature Center, 1200 sponsors a vigil for peace at the Spruce Ave, Ste 101. Stretch, Wildflower hike to Horseshoe Lake Join us as we read and discuss Avery Park Lane. FMI: info@ Sat., May 17th, 9AM-1PM. This is a rare opportunity to Benton County Courthouse, 120 move, wiggle, strengthen and this spiritual classic. after a brief corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org visit private property on the banks of the Willamette NW 4th St. FMI: Ed, 541-752- meditation. FMI: 541-754-9051 then free and relax your body. River between Corvallis and Albany. Participants will 3152 after 11 a.m. All teens welcome. FMI: info@ see western pond turtles, a diversity of native riparian livewellstudio.com Corvallis Zen circle wildflowers, and a floodplain forest gallery. Wet, Corvallis Veg sits 10AM-noon. FMI: Abby, 541- Dining for Women 754-4124 muddy areas are guaranteed, so wear boots. Bring a Education Group Corvallis Chapter Third Tuesdays, reiki healing circle lunch and water. FMI: [email protected] holds dine-outs and potlucks. 6PM, Unitarian-Universalist 2nd Thurs., 7-9:30PM. Call FMI: www.corvallisveg.org, Church, 2945 NW Circle for directions. All initiates and Naturalist [email protected] interested parties welcome. Small Adventures Tracking, wild May Repair Fair Thursday, May 22nd, 6-8PM Blvd. Bring a dish to share. We edibles, native plants, and birding: OSUsed Store, 644 SW 13th St. Bring your broken discuss female empowerment donation requested. FMI: Margot, items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how in the world. FMI: www. 541-754-3595 3rd Sundays, 9AM-12PM. For to repair your belongings for free! Specific repair skills diningforwomen.org meeting place, see website. FMI: and DIY demonstrations offered this time at http://tiny. www.neighborhood-naturalist. cc/repair-fair. FMI: Andrea, 541-737-5398 com, 541-753-7689

14 The First Alternative Co-op Thymes May 2014 co-op board election, side by side 2014 BOARD CANDIDATE STATEMENTS ¡ First Alternative’s Board election time is coming soon. I BY Oro would like to introduce two new candidates for this year. SIDE SIDE Verde! Both have extensive financial experience and will be a real The price of our asset to the Board -Toni Hoyman certified organic limes Erik Rose by Yadira Ruiz has been creeping up the last couple months as many of you have surely noticed. This shortage of Mexican limes is due to Although this would be my first It’s no secret, people LOVE variety and being able to make a number of factors. Firstly, they suffered devastating rains experience serving on a board, I believe choices. This means that in order for First Alternative to keep which destroyed much of the crop, and in turn, drove up the my skills in data analysis and financial our customers happy, we must provide you with a wide cost significantly. On top of that, there are the drug cartels management will help me contribute variety of products. However, having too many choices can taking over farms and hijacking lime trucks throughout the value. My passion for sustainable be difficult when deciding on a new product, and we have lime growing regions. Scary! Tom Lively at OGC hopes that agriculture and food system reform a lot of new products arriving all of the time! This month’s things will improve, at least harvest-wise come July, so cross led me to earn a Masters in Public side by side comparison is all about fresh produce that will your fingers! Until then, it's time to get creative in the kitchen. Administration from the University of be in abundance here at the Co-op by the end of May. Each Maybe try subbing a freshly squeezed Rio Star grapefruit for Washington, where I specialized in benefit-cost analysis, non- month will feature something relevant to what’s happening in lime juice in your next citrus recipe! profit financial management, and board management. I then the local community, national celebrations or an educational -Kate Ottersten came to Corvallis to pursue a doctorate in environmental opportunity. science at OSU, where I signed up as a First Alternative owner the first week I arrived. I have come to believe the May is all about fresh spring legumes! More specifically, we’re best way to support local, sustainable agriculture is through talking about those legumes that love the coolness of early Yellow Pepper Egg Rings cooperatives like First Alternative, and I want to be part of spring, Snow Peas and Snap Peas. Slice yellow pepper into ½” slices, remove enough inside this change. My vision for First Alternative is to see expanding membrane and to leave an open circle. Place pepper rings ownership and growing connections with the farmers and on oiled griddle. Break 1 egg into the center of each pepper producers in our community, making our cooperative an ring. Salt & pepper eggs to taste. Cook just until set, then enduring and vital component of the local economy. flip egg and pepper over. Continue cooking to desired finish. Serve with a dollop of garlic spear pesto (recipe below) Jim Smith My wife Sandy, daughters Alex, Andrea, Snow Peas and I have called Corvallis home for eight years now. Corvallis has so much First the similarities: Both peas are entirely edible and keep to offer and has been an excellent place their sweetness either raw or cooked, they both come into to raise our family. We enjoy living in the season in the Spring. They both come from vines that have Corvallis community with its diversity of tender tops called “pea shoots” and are delicious additions ideas and attitude about healthy life styles to fresh dishes. and the environment. First Alternative Co-op is an important member of our community. Not only do we have an incredible variety of local and organic food, the Co-op gives back to the community by its support for so many worthwhile causes. If elected to the Board by the Co- op members I will use my energy and experience to support the Vision, Mission, and Goals of the Co-op A third candidate is running for re-election. She has served Snap Peas a full 3 year term and has graciously decided to serve for Now the differences: Snow Peas are flat and somewhat another term if elected. translucent. They don’t tolerate much heat before they start to wilt in the pan so they are often added into recipes near Melissa Hartley the end. Since they are light and flat, they are easily eaten in one bite, which is great for after work meals since all you I sometimes think about our name, need to do is rinse them off before throwing them into your Garlic Spear Pesto First Alternative Co-op. Rather than favorite stir fry or salad. Snap Peas have a more firm, and • ¾ - 1 cup green stalks of garlic spears an “alternative”, the Co-op is my first rounded shell that makes a “snap” noise when cracked in half. • 2 Tbsp butter choice. My household is a “frequent The shell gives them a starchier texture which gives them a • ½ tsp salt shopper”, and the Co-op is an integral big crispy crunch. Snap Peas maintain their crunchy texture • 1/3 cup pine nuts part of our lives. We feel at home there, longer than Snow Peas do when added to hot dishes. They • ¼ cup parmesan and staff are friendly and aware of issues might require a bit more work than Snow Peas because • 4 tsp lemon juice surrounding sustainability and healthy they tend to develop a “string” that some people might find • 6 Tbsp olive oil food. It’s a local business that has evolved over 44 years! It unappealing. means a lot to me that we have this wonderful source for Melt 2 Tbsp butter in a large skillet. Cut garlic spears in half wholesome food and community involvement. Everyone can and sauté in butter for 3-5 minutes. The longer you sauté benefit. We are very lucky to have this great Co-op, and them the less spicy they will be. Remove from skillet and cut I am grateful for the work that has gone into making it a off flowery tops. Place spears and all remaining ingredients in mainstay in the health in our area. I would like to continue food processor and blend until pesto consistency is reached. working toward the Co-op’s mission for another term on the Use fresh or freeze in dollops on a cookie sheet. As soon Board of Directors. In my current term, I have chaired the as they are frozen, place in a zipper bag and store in freezer. Board Recruitment and Elections Committee (BREC) for two You’ll want to make a lot so you can use this delicious pesto years, as well as researched and contributed to the Board’s Fava Beans in multiple ways all year long! decisions. Long live First Alternative Co-op! If you are looking to try something different, go for the Fava Bean. It's also a legume but unlike peas, the pod is often Proposed Bylaws Change removed. The beans inside have an outer layer that can be removed or, if you wish, you can eat the entire bean. If you The Board is proposing a change to section3.7 – Issues are cooking the fava bean, you will notice that the outer layer submitted by owners. The proposal is to change: may start to peel away after being exposed to a hot pan. “Petitions must be received at the Co-op not less than Fava beans also have delicious tender shoots that can be ninety days before the first date on which ballots may be noshed on. mailed.” to: “Petitions must be received at the Co-op not less than sixty days before the first date on which ballots may be mailed” Explanation: The ninety day requirement is a relic from the past. Today with computers we are able to process petition materials faster so not so much time is needed pre-ballot mailing. Also, with the increase in owners there is an increase in signatures needed to get an issue on the ballot and this will give more time for signature gathering activities. The Board recommends approval of this bylaw change.

May 2014 www.firstalt.coop • North: 541-452-3115 • South: 541-753-3115 15 Hearty Breakfast Casserole • 3 medium baking potatoes • ½ cup cottage cheese • 6-8 slices bacon, diced • 5 eggs, beaten • ¼ cup minced onion • ½ tsp salt Brunch with Mom • 1 cup grated Monterey Jack • ¼ cup milk May is the month when we set aside a special day to honor cheese mothers around the world…and cook them some food! Start your Mother’s Day off right with this some of these delicious brunch ideas, made just for the special mom in your life. Add some refreshing juice or piping hot locally roasted coffee and enjoy a leisurely meal together with the ones you love.

Batter • 2 eggs, beaten • ¾ cup milk Cook potatoes in boiling water until fork • 2 Tbsp butter, melted* Whisk eggs, milk, melted butter and tender; cool slightly. Peel and dice. Fry Savory • 1/8 tsp salt salt. Add flour; mix well. Set aside for bacon; remove from skillet and drain, • ½ cup flour 20 minutes. Melt 1 tsp butter in skillet. reserving bacon drippings. Lightly brown Pour ¼ cup batter into pan and swirl potatoes and onion in 3 Tbsp bacon Asparagus Filling Crepes *have some extra to coat. Cook until golden and flip. drippings. Combine potatoes with bacon, (for 5-6 crepes) butter on hand for Repeat with remaining batter. Makes cheese, eggs, salt and milk. Pour into a frying the crepes. 12-15 crepes • 1# asparagus, trimmed greased 9 x 13 glass baking dish. Bake at • 2 Tbsp butter 350° F for 35-40 minutes or until set in • ¼ tsp salt center. Heat a large skillet over high heat. Add butter and asparagus. Cook for a Wild Mushroom and few minutes, until asparagus is bright green, tender-crisp and browning in Savoy Cabbage Filling (for 5-6 crepes) spots. Add salt; set aside. • 3 Tbsp butter Almond Mustard Sauce • 1 ½ cups crimini mushrooms, sliced • 1 ½ cups shiitake mushrooms, sliced • ½ cup sliced raw almonds • 1 tsp balsamic vinegar • 3 Tbsp hot water • ¼ tsp salt • 2 Tbsp butter • 1 tsp rosemary, crumbled • 1 Tbsp lemon juice • 1 ½ cups savoy cabbage, chopped • 1/4 tsp salt • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 2 Tbsp nutritional yeast • ½ tsp Dijon Mustard Melt butter in a skillet. Add mushrooms, garlic, rosemary and salt; sauté until Place all ingredients in a food processor mushrooms are limp, about 5 minutes. and blend until extremely smooth. Add balsamic vinegar and toss; remove To assemble, place 2-3 asparagus spears from pan. on each crepe. Roll up and spoon Add cabbage to skillet and cook Almond Mustard Sauce over the top. until just wilted, 3-4 minutes. Add mushrooms to cabbage and stir. Place 1-2 Tbsp of veggie mixture on each crepe and roll up.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Sift the flour, measure out 1 cup, then sift together with Angel Food the granulated sugar and set aside. Sift brown sugar by itself. In a large bowl, beat Coffee Cake the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt with an electric mixer on medium speed, making certain all bowls, utensils and cake pans are free of oil. Increase mixer • 1 cup unbleached pastry flour to high speed and beat until soft peaks form. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the • ¾ cup sugar beaten egg whites. Continue to beat until stiff peaks form. • ¾ cup packed brown sugar • 12 egg whites (separate when cold; bring to In a small bowl mix the coffee and vanilla. Gently fold into the egg whites with a room temperature before beating) rubber spatula. Gradually fold in the flour mixture. Pour the batter into a non- • 1 tsp cream of tartar oiled 10” tube pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes, until the top of the cake springs • ½ tsp sea salt quickly back when touched and begins to crack. • 4 ½ tsp brewed coffee Invert the pan over a tall bottle and cool for 2 hours. Loosen the cake from the • 2 tsp vanilla extract pan by carefully running a knife around the edges; turn the cake onto a serving Mocha Glaze dish. • 2 oz. bittersweet chocolate To make the glaze, combine the chocolate and coffee in a saucepan and gently • 6 Tbsp freshly brewed strong coffee heat for 5 min., stirring occasionally, until the chocolate melts. Ladle a small • 2 Tbsp cocoa amount of the chocolate mixture into a bowl and combine with cocoa to make • ¼ cup confectioner's sugar a paste. Stir the cocoa paste into the remaining chocolate in the saucepan, until well blended. Beat in the confectioner's sugar until smooth. Add more coffee or more sugar to adjust thickness of glaze. Drizzle over cake. Fresh and juicy! 12oz. 64 oz. assorted pure squeezed superfood orange juice $2.29 each reg. $2.79 $6.49 each reg. $7.99

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