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gorgeous Duluth day greeted everyone who attended this year’s Midsummer Organic Food Fest in front of the store MOFF 2007 July 28. There were farmers, samples, Amusic and even a Scottish Highland bull calf to pet. Many shoppers, Members and Central Hillside neighbors stopped by to say hello and to purchase a few items. We’ll see you next year!

Mother Nature and John Fisher-Merritt produce another Anni and Debbie sample out grilled Co-op favorites. cauliflower as big as your head!

Farmer Doug Anderson and Junebug, a Scottish Highland bull, calf entertained the kids.

Terrol and Jane rock the house.

Produce fellas, Michael and JP, get ready for Eric and Andrea — Deli team extraordinaire. the crowd.

Herb Lore Flower essences by Alaena Diamon, member, Lake Superior Herbalist’s Guild lower essences originated make sure your hands and dishes are white brandy. Shake it with Paracelsus, the parent of clean. Put about 1/2 to 3/4 cup spring gently to activate. Most modern alchemy, who water into the bowl. Cover the surface purchased Flower collected dew from plants to with perfect flowers, keeping them as Essences are Stock Ftreat his patients. They were later whole as possible, or using only petals Essences. To make a developed by Edward Bach, a doctor of larger flowers. Leave the bowl in dosage bottle, put a interested in homeopathy (which also full sunlight for at least three hours, tablespoon of white uses ideas from alchemy). The Co-op until the flowers begin to wilt, brandy (preservative) sells Dr. Bach’s Flower Essences, but allowing the bowl to remain next to into a 1-oz. dropper you can make essences from your own the mother plants whenever possible. bottle; fill with spring flowers as well. This method for Heat AND sun are necessary. The water; add 4 drops of Local farmer Mike Olund’s organic flowers. making essences describes using the petals will be slightly wilted, indicating Stock Essence. Shake Alaena Diamo is an herbalist and member sun, but you can also use the moon or the essence has been transmitted to gently to activate. Flower Essences are of Lake Superior Herbalist’s Guild. She has pure starlight, if you wish. You will the water. Pour the water and flowers very gentle and work primarily on the a background in dietetics and nutrition and need the following supplies; most are through a natural coffee filter set in a emotional or spiritual plane: the is a certified nutritionist. available from the Co-op: funnel, into a glass measuring cup. greater the dilution, the greater the Remember to use plants with respect and Return the flowers to the base of the power. The dosage is to take 4 drops • Clear glass shallow soup-sized with the wisdom of your own body. Each Mother plant or compost them. Note about 4 times a day. Don’t increase the bowl with no markings individual may react differently to how many ounces of Flower Essence amount, but increase the frequency of • Unbleached coffee filters quantities. you have. Pour the Essence into a the dosage if you feel you need more. • Funnel Herbs are medicine and their use must be clean, dark bottle, adding an equal If you love and respect the plants, • Spring water taken with care and respect. Each individual amount of white brandy. Cap the they respond by giving their full is different and may react differently to • Brown bottles bottle tightly and shake gently to essence. It’s a great activity to do with certain herbs such as allergic reactions. Self- • White brandy activate. This is the Mother Essence. children, talking to them about the treat at your own risk. Consult a physician should symptoms persist. Send love to the plant, asking if it Label with the flower and the date. interaction of plants and people: how will share its essence, and you may Store in a cool, dark place. much they give to us... clearing toxins For more information on the Lake feel the warmth coming back from the A Stock Essence is made by putting from the ground, purifying the air. Superior Herbalist Guild contact plant, indicating permission. Flower only TWO drops of the Mother Your children will grow up with love Alaena at 218-721-3065 or on the web: essences work with vibrations, so Essence per 1-oz. bottle filled with and respect for plants, also. GG www.diamon-naturals.us/Guild.htm PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DULUTH, MINNESOTA SEPT/OCT 2007 PAID DULUTH, MN PERMIT NO. 492 GARBANZO GAZETTE 610 East 4th Street Duluth MN 55805 Address Service Requested

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cheddar that weighed 1,250 lbs. and by Eric Bong, Deli Counter Supervisor had a diameter of 9 ft. Interestingly, it gourmet to go was made by a cheese co-op between two nearby towns. President Andrew baguettes, focaccias, sourdoughs, sustenance artisan breads: a cheeseman talks cheddar Jackson is said to have served 1,400 ciabattas, and other familiar breads new bakery with classic appeal Cheddar! Such range of flavor. So lbs. of cheddar for a house party. In with outstanding flavors and textures. many serving options; slice it on your 1893, cheesemakers in Perth, Ontario Quality local, regional, and organic ale Karski is a food enthusiast tuna melt, cube it your salad, melt it produced 22,000 lbs. of cheddar for the and obviously has been for a ingredients are used as much as into your beer soup, toothpick it with World’s Fair in Chicago. In 1964, while. In a handful of possible. These whole-wheat baguettes your favorite fruit, even shred it on top Wisconsin cheesemakers made 34,951 D are currently available at WFC, conversations, I’ve found him to be a of your potato chip casserole or (insert lbs. of cheddar for the World’s Fair. In man of few words on most subjects. As delivered Fridays. Sustenance also your favorite cheddar use here). With 1901, Captain Scot of the Royal Navy soon as food comes up, a river of offers a line of gluten-free breads, September being almost as variable as had 3,500 lbs. of cheese from the town passion, knowledge, and conversation prepared in a retired vault to ensure cheddar, it makes of Cheddar dispatched to come spewing forth. His that no wheat or gluten sneaks sense to feature it now. his ship “Discovery” to set enthusiasm nearly matches in. And don’t be surprised to With a wide range sail on his famous Arctic his skill, making him well find some handcrafted of flavor, dependent voyage. That’s a lot of suited to his position as accompaniments to your mostly on its age, famous cheese for a lot of owner and baker of bread, like infused olive cheddar is indeed the famous people. Sustenance Artisan oils and homemade most famous cheese in Unlike most other Breads. cheeses. the world. It certainly famous cheeses, the Sustenance is located in If that’s not enough, has a long history of Cheddar name is not Superior’s Historic Old City Sustenance offers a variety popularity. As early as protected. Consequently, Hall above The Red Mug. of sweet treats baked from 1170, the Great Roll of almost anyone can make a Restored fixtures and furniture give scratch by their pastry chef, Pipe (the king’s cheese in the cheddar style, a taste of an older era’s charm, Svetlana Gvozd’ova. Cakes and other account) documents whether it’s from Cheddar complimented nicely by a simple, goodies are inspired by her years of that King Henry II or not. The small towns and colorful splash of paint on the old baking in her homeland, the Ukraine. purchased 10,420 lbs. Eric, your cheeseman, villages around the Cheddar white walls. The exposed bakery allows Sustenance Artisan Breads is located of cheddar for about 3£ pulling mozzarella. Gorge are credited with its an open, intimate view of the old style at 1323 N Broadway, Suite 150, a tonne. That’s about advent, though no cheddar $5 for over 2,200 lbs. or $25 for the methods Dale uses to bake his old style Superior WI 54880. They can be is made today in the town of Cheddar. whole works. In 1840, in honor of her breads. Often just making subtle reached at (715) 392-7004, or online at Traditionally, cheddars are hard/ marriage to Prince Albert, Queen adjustments to very basic recipes, Dale www.sustenanceartisanbreads.com. semi-hard cheeses made of cow’s milk. Victoria was gifted with a wheel of makes a variety of breads, including The milk is heated to 88º F, at which point, cultures are added and allowed to ripen for one hour at a sustained 88ºF. Rennet is added, and the mixture is allowed to coagulate for 45 minutes, making curd. The curd is cut or crum- Psychotherapy bled into small balls, and in a process that honors the whole person called “cooking” the cheese, the heat is slowly increased to 98º and sustained until the curd firms to a spongy tex- ture. Next, the whey is drained, and salt is added. Now begins a step called “cheddaring,” in which the cheese is cut into bricks and pressed to remove excess whey. The cheese is usually turned over and pressed repeatedly with increasing weight each time. The final press is done for several hours, usually overnight. The cheese is allowed to dry for 4 days in a cool place and is traditionally cloth wrapped and aged from 6 months to many years at about 55ºF. WFC carries a large number of Frank S. Davis, Ph.D., LICSW cheddars, and we can special order providing Individual Psychotherapy many more. Couples/Marital Therapy ~ Family Therapy Watch for a feature on local cheese in October. GG 218 428-4432 Frank Stafford Davis, LLC

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Dean’s Report by Anni Friesen, Member Services Coordinator utumn has to be my favorite resist), I was attracted to the beets, types of soups and stews. What better Anni Friesen is your Marketing and time of year. There’s potatoes, and carrots like a young child than learning how to make the most Membership Coordinator, classroom wizard, something about the change to a shiny object. There is something comforting dish right as the leaves start brochure wrangler and all around woman Friday. She is an avid reader and soup of seasons that always gets to about fresh produce that hits straight to to change and the brisk air starts to maker. Ame. As the weather starts to alter, I pull the heart. I, for one, think that the very blow off the lake? out my old sweaters and enjoy the best borscht is made in September and In addition, we are also offering a many things that that the northern October. Cooking 101: Simple Dinners classes Midwest has to offer in the fall. My love affair with autumn and all in September (this follows the whole Though I love Duluth summers, and I the palatability it has to offer definitely Rachel Ray line of thought that you can think that it’s great that businesses came into play when I was planning have delicious meals and not spend boom with the influx of tourists, what to offer for September/October hours in the kitchen), a Kid’s Cooking autumn always makes me feel as if classes. My thoughts immediately flew class actually TAUGHT by a fourteen- Duluth is just mine again. to Jahn, who writes most of the year-old future chef, and another Thai I remember going to Harvest Fest produce recipes. As Assistant Produce cooking class taught by Pak Williams last year to help out at the Co-op table. Manager, she seemed to be the perfect (this one is all about noodles!) Even getting up at 7:00 a.m. didn’t person to teach a class on the best way We’ve also added into the mix a hinder the fact that the day was entirely to cook with local seasonal produce. class that’s more educational than beautiful and enjoyable. Part of this Kay Turk, an oft-returning instructor, cooking, but will still teach you a lot was the weather, part of it was the also agreed to teach another class with about what kind of foods to eat, The Birth You Want Planning for Natural Childbirth sense of the community, and much of some grains dishes. To me, grains and Introduction to Auyreveda. I hope that it was the abundance of local produce produce are the most quintessential you can attend some (or all!) of these An independent childbirth education option and flowers. I felt a kind of time warp autumn ingredients. classes, and further your cooking Prepare for a safe, informed and supported birth. where things were like what I imagine Then, of course, there is soup. If education with the best and freshest Be confident & relaxed,with a solid understanding of the birth process and birthing options. they used to be: simple and unpreten- you know anything about me, you’ll food around. To register call 428-0338 or 340-2108 tious. I have a feeling this will remain know that if I have a love affair with If you’re interested in offering a $175 per family one of my favorite events that we are autumn produce, it comes in second to class or seminar at the Co-op, please Monica Liddle, ND, is a Naturopathic Midwife invited to. my pure addiction for soup. I have pick up a class proposal form at the Jana Studelska is a certi ed doula and midwife’s assistant. While Shannon headed straight to been a soup fanatic almost since customer service counter, at See upcoming dates on www.birthduluth.com the pickles (which reminds her of her infancy, and October’s Cooking 101 www.wholefoods.coop, or send an e- A four-week class to prepare for mother’s and she stores until she can’t class is all about how to make various mail to [email protected]. GG natural childbirth in any setting. 4 GARBANZO GAZETTE A SEPTEMBER OCTOBER the gonzo gourmand by Jim Richardson, Bulk Buyer My kid likes cheese toast. During has never turned her nose up at whole doesn’t hassle me for Wonder Bread… Garbanzo Gazette preparation, I sprinkle a little nutri- grain bread. Thank goodness! I can’t Tangent: I just read about the Published by Whole Foods Co-op tional yeast powder on the bread get her to eat hardly anything good for health benefits of sunflower oil and 610 E. 4th St. • Duluth, MN 55805 before I put the cheese on. She doesn’t her but she regularly eats French they are significant. I always thought it (218) 728-0884 • fax (218) 728-0490 notice. She also likes Amy’s Frozen Meadow Organic Hemp Bread, which was a boring little oil with nothing to www.wholefoods.coop Soy Cheese Pizzas. Sometimes I is whole wheat plus numerous other distinguish it. Turns out it’s crazy STORE HOURS: sprinkle a little nutritional yeast pow- seeds and grains thrown in there. So heart-healthy and great for high-heat 7 am – 9 pm Everyday der on top before heating it; the pow- that really livens up her cheese toast, cooking too, so it makes a good der mostly gets subsumed by melting nutritionally speaking. She won’t eat substitute for canola oil (the other Membership Investment: soy cheese and she is none the wiser the crusts though. It is nice to go into high-heat oil). $100 per voting membership that she’s been supplemented with B a restaurant and order her a cheese Newsflash — whereas I have been Further membership information is vitamins and protein. For myself, I sandwich on whole-grain bread if it’s the Bulk Buyer for several years, now I available at the Co-op help her eat these things, but I pre- available. I tried so hard to get her to am also the Bulk Coffee and Bulk eat lots of healthy things before she Herbs/Spices Buyer. The learning The Garbanzo Gazette is published six pare some grownup toppings first for got picky. But whole grain bread is one curve has been steep, since prior to times a year (January, March, May, July, my portion or I’ll die of boredom: thing that stuck; thank goodness she now I knew squat about herbs and September, November) for the sautéed organic porta- bella and/or shiitake spices and squat about Member-Owners and patrons of Whole coffee. But I’m getting mushrooms, maybe Foods Co-op. The Garbanzo Gazette is there. If any of y’all have some salsa or hot salba/chia facts published by Whole Foods Community any product suggestions sauce, drizzle of flax Chia seeds are tiny black seeds, with a few white seeds mixed in. Co-op, Inc. to provide information on or anything, contact me oil. I give Annie’s Chia has a long history of being eaten for its densely concentrat- Whole Foods Co-op, the cooperative here at the store or fill out Macaroni and Cheese ed food value — for instance, chia was one of the crops (along movement, food, nutrition, and a comment card, I’m all the same treatment. community issues. Views and opinions with amaranth) that sustained the Aztec civilization. Chia is espe- ears. expressed in this newsletter do not Nutritional yeast pow- cially high in omega-3 fatty acids (an important nutrient lacking My relationship to necessarily reflect those of the Co-op der can be mixed invis- in the standard American diet) and many other nutrients besides. coffee has been management, Board or Member- ibly into the cheese In modern times, chia sprouts became a novelty item on their tempestuous. I used to Owners. Submissions must be powder before stirring own as the “chia pet” phenomenon. More recently, the super drink a lot of it but found received one month prior to it in to the macaroni, food value of chia seeds has become more widely acknowledged; myself getting edgy and publication. The next deadline is perhaps with a splash “rediscovered” you might say. weird, so I cut way back. I of olive oil and plain Monday, October 1. Refer “Salba” seeds are chia seeds that have been bred over the past 15 joke that it’s a serum that hemp milk. It’s maca- submissions and questions to years to produce white seeds only. A corporation owns this line of turns me into The roni and omega-3s. [email protected]. seeds and the word “salba” is a made-up word and a registered Incredible Hulk. Now I My kid took a while trademark. My research indicates to me that — other than the only drink it in Editor: Shannon Szymkowiak to warm up to the new color — “salba” and chia are nearly the same. There are claims emergencies (like if a Contributions: Members & Staff Gedney’s Minnesota supervillain is destroying Design: Kollath Graphic Design Organic Kosher Dills, made by the “salba” company that “salba” is so way more nutri- tious than chia that you’d be crazy to eat anything else. However downtown Duluth). I will Printer: InstyPrints available in spears, try to keep your favorite I have seen those claims refuted and I believe there is a certain Mailing: Barcodes Plus whole baby pickles, varieties in stock amount of marketing spin going on. It is true that “salba” is chia Reprints by prior permission and sweet bread & nonetheless — I know that has been bred to maximize the already high nutrient levels; butter slices. She was some of you literally can’t The Garbanzo Gazette is printed on just remember that chia was a superfood long, long before the upset that Cascadian wake up without it. That’s 100% post-consumer recycled paper Farms quit the pickle “salba” variety was created. with soy ink. This paper is recyclable. something I always found business — brand There are currently no certified organic chia or “salba” seeds any- peculiar, but I ain’t The information in the Garbanzo loyalty at age 9. I was where on the market. Organic varieties may start to become avail- making no judgments. Gazette is also available on our web- all, “Shut up, you eat able in the next few years. Whole Foods Co-op carries non- You wouldn’t believe what site at www.wholefoods.coop pickles at Sir Ben’s and organic, Mexican chia seeds in a black cooler by the Bulk Herbs I need to wake up in the at Grandma’s house, & Spices display. We get them from Frontier, a long-respected morning. GG and their pickles ain’t company with strict sourcing practices and rigorous quality test- BEFORE RECYCLING THIS COPY of Cascadian Farm Jim Richardson, Bulk ing procedures. Chia may be special ordered in one-pound bags. the Garbanzo Gazette, please pass it brand.” She quit Buyer, is an ten-year veteran “Salba” is not available in bulk so I have no plans to carry it. of the natural foods industry, along or share it with a friend or neigh- fussing after that — including eight years at Whole bor. This can help save a bit on paper logic sometimes works. Many people sprout chia seeds, or eat them plain, or grind them Foods Co-op. costs and reduce waste. Also, it’s a And, I didn’t really tell and use them in baked goods. I ate a few the other day and liked good way to introduce folks to WFC her to shut up. them, and I have been so impressed by what I’ve read about their who aren’t current customers or mem- However, my kid nutrition that I plan on adding them to my regular diet. bers. MOVING? Pursuant to WFC Bylaws, Article I, Membership, Section 7: “Each member agrees to provide the association his, her or its current address and to keep the association informed of any changes in address.” In an effort to remind our members to keep WFC advised of address changes, the Board, on 8/26/96, approved a policy making a member temporarily inactive when there is no current address on file. Inactive members are not eligible for membership benefits and will not receive the newsletter. Rosslyn Kendrick

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biodynamic. You should have become board of board report a Member of the Whole Foods Co-op in 1989, instead of 2003. For shame. directors For shame! escape from the land of should Stop. All together now: shake it off. Jeri Brysch [email protected] I’ll make you all a deal. You forgive Treasurer should have been a better WFC should have brought your own jars me for being an imperfect WFC Board Finance Committee (Chair) Board President. and bags so you could “donate a President, and I’ll forgive you for GME Committee punch for the Food Shelf.” You should parking your (solo) car in the “carpool Term expires 2008 have made a list so you remembered parking only” space or buying soy IThere, I said it. I’ve been a Board whether it was dried oregano or milk at your neighborhood grocery Lynn Fena Member of WFC for almost six years rosemary store instead of the [email protected] now, and President for three; because that you WFC. We can never Vice President of term limits set forth by our current needed. You “should have” done Finance Committee by-laws (a WFC Director can serve a should have anything. It’s a GME Committee Membership Committee (Chair) maximum of three consecutive 2-year been nicer grammatical and Term expires 2007 terms), I cannot run for re-election in to the chronological 2007. I’m done. In the six years I’ve checkout impossibility. Erik Hahn been on the Board, I should have done clerk. You We’re all doing good [email protected] more. I should have written better should have work. Let’s plan a mass Secretary Board reports; I should have found a bicycled to escape from the Land of Bylaws Committee way to attend more CCMA the co-op Should. We own the Food Policy Committee conferences; I should have instead of Whole Foods Co-op. It’s Membership Committee participated in more online CGIN driving. You Jean Sramek, your Board President, a green building, a Term expires 2007 talkin’ Membership. discussions; I should have not only should have cooperative business, it read my Cooperative Grocer and read “Good Night Moon” to Jaydehn pays livable wages, it’s enhanced David Helf [email protected] Cooperative Business Journal, but and Adrieanne-Maialisa one more Duluth’s hillside neighborhood, it’s Bylaws Committee governed in a sane and sensible way, written articles for them. I should time, instead of yelling at them to go Food Policy Committee have invested more in my member to sleep, because now the kids are and it’s filled with things that taste Term expires 2008 loan during the expansion. I should going to need therapy. You should good and smell good, sold to you by have single-handedly answered each have lost ten pounds. You should have smart people who know what they’re Theresa Koenig and every concern brought forth by a used Italian parsley in that salad talking about. It’s saving the world. [email protected] WFC Member or potential member. I instead of cilantro. You should know Everyone should have a grocery Board Recruitment Committee should have saved the world. the difference between organic and store like that. GG Bylaws Committee In my life as an artist and activist, Term expires 2007 the phrase that makes me laugh out loud, and which has been the subject Jean Sramek [email protected] of both discussion and parody, is, “You President know what you guys should do?” It’s a Bylaws Committee (Chair) phrase that is directed at anyone who Food Policy Committee is working hard to make change; it’s a GME Committee (Chair) phrase that has been directed at the Term expires 2007 Whole Foods Co-op thousands, nay, A millions of times in the last 30 years. “You know what you guys should Sharon Murphy, General Manager do?” also invokes guilt and worry. I Whole Foods Co-op know you’re with me on this. You 610 E 4th Street Duluth, MN 55805 728-0884/w 728-0490/fax • food • [email protected] Brew Music WFC web site: www.wholefoods.coop SPANISH LESSONS… (218) 279-BREW • www.brewhouse.net 600 E. Superior Street Duluth MN 55802 Address to communicate with • entire Board and General Manager: DESIGNED TO MEET YOUR [email protected] FRESH HANDCRAFTED ALES LEARNING STYLE NEEDS. To speak to a Board Member or the GOURMET SANDWICHES • VEGETARIAN MENU General Manager, call the store Tutoring Available at 218/728-0884 HOMEMADE SOUPS & CHILI Letters addressed to Board Members Call Lupita at 724-2745 c/o Whole Foods Co-op, 610 E. 4th St., for individual or small group rates GROWLERS TO GO • LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Duluth, MN 55805 will be forwarded unopened to the Board/Board member.

mission statement The Whole Foods Co-op is committed to the Cooperative Principles, to providing its members, patrons and community the highest quality nutritious whole foods, and to the products and practices which make positive changes in the life of its community, employees and environment. co-operative principles 1. Voluntary and open membership. 2. Democratic member control. 3. Member economic participation 4. Autonomy and independence. 5. Education, training and information. 6. Cooperation among co-ops. 7. Concern for community 6 GARBANZO GAZETTE A SEPTEMBER OCTOBER staff news new products STAFF ANNIVERSARIES DAIRY • Aubrey SEPTEMBER: – Swimmer’s Shampoo & • Trader’s Point Creamery Vikki Carper Sept. 01, 2005 Conditioner – Banana Mango Drinkable Colleen Kelly Sept. 01, 2005 – Northwoods Men Shampoo Yogurt* Briana Lowrie Sept. 03, 2003 – Northwoods Men Deodorant – Wildberry Drinkable Yogurt* Jaclyn Bradley Sept. 06, 2005 – Northwoods Men Hair Gel Michael Colvin Sept. 06, 2005 • Wallaby – Northwoods Men Scalp Tonic Emily Dummer Sept. 06, 2005 – Pear Yogurt* – Northwoods Men After Shave Jeremy Francisco Sept. 06, 2005 – Strawberry Guava Yogurt* Jahn Hibbs Sept. 06, 2005 • Get Real Dolores Meidl Sept. 06, 2005 FROZEN – Soap, Lemon, Mint & Lavender Darcy Sathers Sept. 22, 1995 • Sunrich Melanie Lynch Sept. 23, 2005 – Shelled Edamame • Source Naturals Heidi Frison Sept. 29, 2005 – Edamame in shell – L-Tryptophan – Ultra Potassium • Amy’s Our Deli also has many new gourmet items OCTOBER: – Fibro Response – Paneer Tikka to liven up your meals. Julie Kohls Oct. 02, 2002 – Life Minerals – Mattar Tofu Jill Hall Oct. 05, 2005 – Calcium Citrate GROCERY Amber Haselman Oct. 09, 2006 • Ian’s – Liquid Melatonin • Seeds of Change Rae Lynn Monahan Oct. 11, 2005 – Twisty Macaroni & Cheese – Garlic Gelcaps – Korma Simmer Sauce* Jesse Hoheisel Oct. 24, 2005 – Rotini & Mini Meatballs – Heart Response – Jalfrezi Simmer Sauce* Lisa Anderson Oct. 26, 1997 • Amy’s – Gluco-Science – Madras Simmer Sauce* Carol Kari Oct. 27, 2005 – Spinach Single Serve Pizza • Heel – Tiki Masala Simmer Sauce* – Cheese Single Serve Pizza – Traumeel Ointment • Honestea Honestkids Bulk Buyer Jim Richardson co-hosts – Pesto Single Serve Pizza the 4th Annual “Area 61” UFO – Traumeel homeopathic – Berry Lemonade Drink Convention, Saturday Oct. 20 at • French Meadow remedy – Grape Drink Lakeview Castle, Duluth. – Sprouted Bagel* • Trimedica – Tropical Punch Drink – Hemp Bagel* – Thyadine • Kashi Jim R. is also campaign manager for • Glutino • Planetary – Fire Roasted Vegetable TLC the Mr. Nice for Mayor campaign, – Poppy Seed Bagel – Minor Pain Relief Crackers which has its ultimate campaign – English Muffin • Pamela’s rally/community art show/ • ProBiologic • Green & Black’s – Capricin (Caprylic Acid) – Simple Bites Chocolate Chip performance November 3, – Chocolate Ice Cream* • Life Flo – Simple Bites Ginger Snaps Washington Studios, Duluth. – Vanilla Ice Cream* – Metal-X • Sweet Leaf – White Chocolate/Strawberry – Mint & Honey Tea* Ice Cream* • Whole Foods Co-op – Organic Vitamin C* – 50/50 Lemonade Tea* • Ciao Bella – Lemon Lime Unsweetened – Chocolate Gelato • Natural Factors Tea* – Vanilla Gelato – Bee Pollen – Original Sweet Tea* – Pistachio Gelato – Bee Propolis – Raspberry Tea* – Dulce De Leche Gelato – Royal Jelly – Uri-Sense • Cool Fruits • Ben & Jerry’s – Horse Chestnut – Natural Freezer Pops – Americone Dream Ice Cream – Chewable GABA • Maple Valley* – Grade “B” Maple Syrup Deli Cook Tim Daniel, JP of Produce HBC (Health & Body Care) BULK and Tim Leutgeb of the Front End • PrimaLens • Madhava* • International Harvest claim their melons at MOFF. – Contact Solution – 24 oz. Agave Nectar – Bulk Organic Dried • Ian’s • NatraCare Honeydew Melon Speaking of JP, he and his lovely – Nursing Pads – Original Japanese Panko girlfriend Sarah recently got engaged. – Maternity Pads Bread Crumbs They are looking at a Spring 2008 – Italian Style Panko Bread wedding. Congratulations, JP! • Giovanni Crumbs – Bulk Tea Tree Shampoo & Fall Fest at the Farm will be held Conditioner Saturday, September 29 at • Thursday Plantation Northern Harvest Farm – Zero Lice 2572 County Road 102 Feel Better Wrenshall, MN 55797 218-384-9779 Connect with Life [email protected] • Talk Therapy The fun will start at 1pm. • Expressive Therapy An overdue congratulations to • Sandplay Therapy Alex Mohrbacher of Produce and • Sliding Fee Scale Adam Kemp of Merchandising for completing Grandma’s Marathon and Rain Elvin of the Front End for Catharine J. Larsen, M.A. Licensed Psychologist completing the Half Marathon. Run, Co-op, Run! 218-733-9903 [email protected] Another baby has joined the Co-op family. FE Assistant Maria Lopez has a brand new addition to her house — Romero Everado. Nine pounds with big hands, big feet and lots of black hair. Welcome to the world, Romero!

MMS Mgr Shannon Szymkowiak finally earned her gallon pin at the last Memorial Blood Centers Bloodmobile at the Co-op. Merch Mgr Lisa Anderson is officially sick of hearing about this pin, but Shannon thinks she’s just jealous. WHOLE FOODS A COMMUNITY COOP 7 Discontinuations or: • Kettle Valley – Blueberry Frunola Bars – Cherry Frunola Bars WOW, New Products! – Cranberry Frunola Bars – Apricot Fruit & Fiber Bars By Joe Ulvi, Grocery Buyer. – Raspberry Fruit & Fiber Bars ell, this is my first more expensive. Our regular oats are the sudden, the product is no longer – Wildberry Fruit & Fiber Bars article for the Gazette. I around $1 per lb., so we just couldn’t available (the notorious vendor disco). have been at the Co-op do it. We always regret having to stop carry- • Surf Sweets* for a while, but with all The next process is the slow sales ing a product, but hopefully, we can – Jelly Beans tWhe good writers here, I wanted to disco. These are some of the hardest keep all the essentials on the shelf, • Annie’s Homegrown have a really good topic. So I decided decisions to make in my job. When and still have plenty of diversity in our – Honey Bunnies Cereal* on one of my constant challenges: some products don’t sell well, sooner products. – Bunny Love Cereal* Discontinued Items. or later we have to replace them with Finally, every once in a while, a – Cinna Bunnies Cereal* From here on out let’s use the term things that we think will sell well. product’s ingredients will change, and • Betty Lou’s “disco” to save some typing. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes fall out of the realm of our Food – Peanut Butter Nut Balls So, discontinued items (for me) fall the new products take a while to get Policy. This will result in an immedi- – High Protein Almond Butter into three basic categories; disco’d moving, sometimes they never get ate disco, but remember, the product Nut Balls from vendor, disco’d due to slow sales, moving. The problem is that every will still be available through special and disco’d due to food policy non- time, someone likes the product that order. This is also true with slow sales • Koyo compliance. We will get into what I disco’s. And hey, if I get enough – Udon Noodles* control and what I can’t control later. special orders and customer – Wide Udon Noodles* Let’s start with vendor discos. requests, we may bring the prod- • Crofter’s* These may be from the manufactur- uct back. This has happened, – Concord Grape Jelly ing company itself, or our distributor and believe me, we take note of just decided to stop carrying the ALL customer requests and spe- • Maranatha product. 99% of the time this leaves cial orders. This is the beauty of – Crunchy No-Stir Peanut me with my hands tied, with my only the co-op. Try to get this kind of Butter* option being to find a similar prod- service at the superstores, it just – Creamy No-Stir Peanut uct to replace it. Once in a great won’t happen. Butter* while, another distributor steps up to So, to sum things up, please • Stacy’s carry the product, which happened bear with the constant change – Naked Pita Chips recently with the Mrs. Clark’s may- that goes on at our co-op. We are • Frontera Sauces onnaise (which I like to call the great Special Orders are a great way to get items we don’t always striving to keep it local, carry and a great way for Members to save money. – BBQ mayo disaster of ’07). Also, you may saving costs and food miles. And – Enchilada have noticed the lack of Cascadian be sure to check out the constant Farms pickles on the shelves… these gets discontinued. You may have seen wave of new products coming in! We • Boulder Hot Sauce were discontinued by the manufactur- it in the store, a thick black line run- all work hard to bring you the widest – Harry’s Habanero er, and just recently, I found Organic ning through the bar code of the shelf variety of products that can fit on our • Lucini Gedney pickles through a different tag. This is what I use to make it shelves, and we all appreciate the fact – Extra Virgin Olive Oil* distributor. This turned out to be a known that the product will be no that you choose to shop here and sup- • Annie’s Naturals better solution, as Gedney is a longer available. Sometimes we put up port organic and natural foods. GG – Light Italian Dressing Minnesota company, and it turns out signs to notify customers that this Joe Ulvi got his start in the natural foods the pickles are better than the ones we product will no longer be available, business 10 years ago, and is an upstart • Adina Fair Trade Iced Coffee had before! and often we put it on a disco sale to organic gardener in between hockey games – Espresso* And when bringing in new prod- help it move out. But sometimes, all of and motorcycle rides. – Vanilla Latte* ucts, not just any will do, as all new • Gedney Organic Pickles products must fit our Food Policy, be – Bread & Butter* affordable, and just as importantly, – Hamburger Slices* pass the taste test. And, while just – Baby Dills* about everything under the sun is – Whole Dills* available somewhere, it is often not – Dill Spears* feasible to bring it in. For instance, I • Spectrum* was turned on to a product from Canada, certified gluten-free oats, but – Wasabi Mayonnaise the price involved in shipping a 25# * Organic GG bag was almost three times the cost of the bag itself. This would have put the retail price up around $9 per pound. The packaged 2# boxes were even 8 GARBANZO GAZETTE A SEPTEMBER OCTOBER We need to Your Natural Pharmacy hear from you his article is dedicated to all Bad Breath Ear Infections The 2007 Owner Survey is inside this the cute little ladies I help – Herb Pharm Breath Tonic – Wally’s Ear Candles & Oil – Dried Green foods, daily – Herb Pharm Mullein Garlic Oil issue of the Garbanzo Gazette. The find products as they point to Stress/Anxiety – Proseed Grapefruit Seed Ear Drops deadline for response is November their Women’s World maga- – Neti Pots can also aid ear canal drainage zTine. You go girls! Keep your feet on – Natural Factors Chewable fast acting 30, 2007. Responses can be mailed to GABA Eye Health WFC OR dropped off at the store OR the ground and keep reaching for the – Bach Rescue Remedy – Eye Wash Cups you can participate on-line by stars! – Source Naturals Theanine Serene with – Dr. Christopher’s Herbal Eyebright So, I’ve been inspired to draw up a Relora Eyewash following the link provided on our WFC HBC Quick Reference Guide. In – Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium – Similasan Eye drops, for hydrating, website: www.wholefoods.coop. it, I’ve selected just a few commonly Sleep allergies & pink eye With over 4,000 members, the Board accepted and safe alternatives for – Melatonin Women’s Health and Management need to hear from some of our basic pharmacy needs. – 5-HTP – Thursday Plantation Tea Tree The selection process was actually a – L-Tryptophan Suppositories you to be sure that the products we – Magnesium – Thursday Plantation Vaginol Tea Tree sell, the services we offer, and our bit tough, as we have so many options Cream that offer a safe, natural approach. Muscle Aches planning efforts reflect your – Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium – Boiron YeastAway expectations. A summary of – Fish Oil, EPA/DHA (Persistent yeast problems may require your pharmacy need & dietary changes and additional therapies) responses will be included in a future – Oregon Wild Harvest Muscle Relax how we meet it Hormonal Health issue of the Gazette. Bumps & Bruises Aspirin – Arnica Cream, Gel, Homeopathic pellets – Progesterone Cream – Selection of Herbal remedies Individual survey responses will – White Willow Bark, the true original Cuts & Scrapes remain anonymous. Owner numbers (Bayer developed the synthetic version as – Aura Cacia Lavender or Tea Tree Oils Libido aspirin in 1852) – ProSeed Ouch & Itch Spray – Herb Pharm Men’s Sexual Vitality will be entered in a drawing for a $100 – Herb Pharm Female Libido Tonic WFC gift card! Ibuprofen – Calendula or Comfrey topicals – Minor Pain Relief — a blend of Hops, Personal Hygiene These statements have not been evaluated Humulex, Corydalis, White Willow & by the FDA. These products are not Ginger The Best Deodorant (and I don’t use that intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or word “Best” lightly) We need to Cold & Flu prevent any disease. – Naturally Fresh Deodorant Crystal Rock, – Grapefruit Seed Extract, Colloidal Silver, speak with you Spray, Roll-ON A quick reminder to take a look at Oregano Oil, Olive Leaf, Elderberry, WFC’S Annual Report for Fiscal Year Echinacea, Goldenseal, Vitamin C, Zinc, The Best Toothpaste the new HBC items listed on page 6 of 2007 (ended June 30, 2007) is inside selection of Homeopathy – Kiss My Face this newsletter. Lots of new and exciting changes to our ever-improving this issue of the Garbanzo Gazette. Biodegradable Shampoos Headaches department — new body system The Annual Report includes an – Magnesium, B2, Feverfew – Bar or Liquid Dr. Bronner’s support products and ecologically invitation to the Annual Owners – Quantum Migrelief combines all three – Giovanni Products (now also available in – Oregon Wild Harvest Muscle Relax Bulk) friendly body care choices at your Meeting in our back parking lot on – JR Liggett bar soap service! GG Sunday, September 16, from 1:30 to Upset Stomach – Ginger, available in many forms The Best Facial Care (I’ve already said how Jill Hall, HBC Buyer, loves striped summer 4 PM. – Aloe Life Stomach Formula I feel about that word) pants and sunshine. She’s been about the – SUKI Prior to the business meeting, an – Peppermint, available in many forms local natural scene for seven years. array of our suppliers will be offering Food Poisoning Best Economy Facial Care – Activated Charcoal – Desert Essence samples and tastes of their products – Hydrated Bentonite Clay in a first-time ever Owner-only Tasting Nasal & Sinus Health – Aloe Life Herbal Detox – Neti Pots and herbal washes Fair (1:30 – 2:30 PM). Your invitation – Bee Pollen (chew on the raw stuff) – Nasaline Irrigators, Kid & Adult sizes and the agenda for the business – Probiotics meeting are inside the Annual Report. Acid Reflux – Enzymedica Acid Soothe or pH Basic “They told me he was Candidate profiles and the 2007 Board – Mt. Capra Dried Mineral Goat Whey the one to see… election ballot are also included in the – Dried Green foods, daily Annual Report. Please follow the – Digestive enzymes, wide variety available They were right.” ballot directions carefully and return your ballot by mail OR deliver it to the Co-op OR turn it in at the Annual Meeting before the start of the business meeting (2:30 PM). Thank you!

“He knew how I got to feeling this way, We need you and he knew how to fix it. I feel great again!” Dr. Robb Anderson to read and Duluth Natural Medicine & Chiropractic consider A practice focused on clinical nutrition and chiropractic This issue of the Gazette includes 1731 London Rd • Duluth • www.duluthnaturalmedicine.com 724-4525 the first of a series of Board recommended changes to WFC’s Articles and Bylaws based on the work FROM DULUTH & UP THE done over the last year by the Bylaws Committee and reviewed by a NORWEGIAN RIVIERA Minnesota attorney experienced in Go to www.NorwegianRiviera.com cooperative law. All the proposed GOOSEBERRY TRAILSIDE SUITES XXX OLD NORTH SHORE COURT changes are posted on WFC’s web Creative types! Move to the North Shore! This Build your dream home & create a planned unit site (www.wholefoods.coop). Any resort on 27 acres borders the state park & has a development with this 880 ft. of beautiful Lake additional proposals resulting from state trail access. Four 2-bedroom condo units Superior accessible rocky shoreline. On 17.79 w/off-peak heating & wood burning fireplaces. heavily wooded acres 20 minutes from Duluth. Owner comments to the Board and at Additional building sites & a new home under With a low density sub-division seller may retain a Owner Forums will also be posted on construction. Lake Superior views, cross country lot of their choice or sell the entire property for John H. Anderson the web site. ski, bike, hike. $899,000. Duluth mls #128849, $2,000,000. Call John for details. Duluth mls BFA Interior Design, Twin Cities mls #3266301. Check out the virtual #121211, Twin Cities mls #3080578. Drake University This information process will tour at www.NorwegianRiviera.com & the resorts Realtor/ABR culminate with a final proposal and website at www.Gooseberry.com, business included. (Accredited Buyers Representative) ballot mailed to Owners in March 218-340-1194 cellular 2008. The results of the Owner vote to 218-728-4436 office, ext 207 approve changes to the Articles and 218-834-4199 home Bylaws will be announced at a Special [email protected] Membership Meeting in April 2008.

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WFC-U Class Schedule for September & October Thursday, September 13th Eventually, she changed careers, but her tasting a number of different foods to THE FINE PRINT… READ ME PLEASE! 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. love of cooking lives on. Now, we have the observe their qualities and how they ***Kids in the Kitchen cost is $25 for privilege of picking her brain as she affect each constitution. each adult/child combo for members, The Bounty of Late Summer and $30 for each adult/child combo for teaches us about all the interesting things Instructor Bio: Bonnie Williams Want some great ideas for cooking non-members. Each additional child is we can do with whole foods. Ambrosi earned her certificate in with primarily local and seasonal pro- $10. Children 12 and under must be Ayurvedic Health Education from the accompanied by an adult. duce? Come and learn how to take full Tueday, October 9th American Institute of Vedic Studies in Classes are $25.00 each for non- advantage of the abundance of the sea- 6:00 – 7:00 p.m 1996. A long-time student and teacher of Members and $20.00 each for Members, son. Learn how to cook with Wheat- & Gluten-Free yoga and ayurveda, Bonnie wrote unless otherwise noted. You must pre- Tomatillos and other unique local and “The Seasonal Table” column for the register, as space is limited. Prepayment seasonal specialty items! Product Tour of your class is required to reserve your Garbanzo Gazette for seven years and is Join us as we take a tour about the spot. Classes and lectures must have a Instructor Bio: Jahn Hibbs is currently also a CCP participant. minimum of 6 students signed up 48 our Assistant Produce Manager and has store and show you some of the best ways to shop for wheat- or gluten-free hours in advance for the class to take a great head for recipes. If you’ve ever Thursday, October 25th place. If there are less than 6 students tried one of the recipes frequently found foods. You will also sample some of 6:00 – 8:00 p.m registered, each student will be called by the WF/GF items we carry. There is WFC and informed of the cancellation. in our Produce Department, it was most Cooking 101: Soups & Stews likely compiled or created by Jahn. no cost for this tour, but please regis- They may then either put their pre-paid ter at the Customer Service Counter Remember when you were sick and money toward another class taking place Wednesday, September 19th so we know how many to expect. mother would bring you a steaming within the next three months or they may receive a full refund. If a student 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. bowl of chicken noodle soup, claiming Thursday, October 11th cancels prior to 48 hours before the Cooking 101: that it cured the cold? While we aren’t class, the refund will be applied to a 6:00 – 8:00 p.m allowed to profess its health benefits, future class or a full monetary refund Simple Dinners Thai Cooking: I’m sure it wouldn’t be a stretch to will be given. No refunds will be given Interested in making meals that taste state that this winter comfort food for cancellations received after the All About the Noodle 48-hour deadline or for no-shows. Please like they took hours to make, but don’t helps to warm the soul. In this class be on time! Late arrivals are disruptive have the time? In this class you will Almost everyone loves noodles, but we will make a cream based soup, a how about putting a twist on an old to the instructor and other students. The learn how to plan meals for a week pureed soup, and a tomato based classroom is open at least 15 minutes and not spend hours cooking. You will favorite? Learn how to make a few soup, a broth based soup, and deli- before each class. Anyone arriving more learn how to stretch your Sunday Thai noodle-based dishes that you and cious stew. than 10 minutes late will, unfortunately, chicken or roast into delicious dishes your loved ones are sure to enjoy. not be allowed into the class and will be Instructor Bio: Listed above. counted as a no-show. that take under 30 minutes to prepare. Included are the very popular Pad Thai and a Thai Noodle Soup. If you have any questions, please contact Instructor Bio: Debbie Manhart is a Anni Friesen at 218-728-0884 ext. 182 or long-time employee at WFC and is Instructor Bio: Pak Williams is from [email protected] currently our Store Manager. Fifteen Thailand and has learned how to cook Thai food from years of watching her years ago, Debbie started her career in Reduce Your Environmental Footprint Now... food service by doing a 3-year relatives prepare family meals. She also apprenticeship with a chef and she has spent time cooking at a local Thai been involved with food ever since. As our restaurant. Pak’s philosophy is that former Deli Manager, Debbie is most people shouldn’t be scared of cooking concerned with healthy eating and food something that they don’t know; if you safety (in fact, she teaches employee don’t have the correct ingredients, classes on food safety!) improvise! ...And For The Future Sunday, September 23rd Wednesday, October 24th 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. 6:00 – 8:00 p.m Kids in the Kitchen*** Intro to the Are you, or do you have, a kid that’s Ayurveda Lifestyle After having to cancel our May class age nine or older? If so, you might Low Energy Building Design & Consulting want to check out this new class on Ayurveda, we have now found a taught by a kid, for kids. In this class, new, and very qualified, instructor to Solar Electric & Hot Water Systems fourteen-year-old Iziah will teach basic teach this class again. We’ll begin with Heat Recovery Ventilation Systems skills and tips for kids, and prepare a brief overview of the Ayurvedic sys- some delicious easy-to-make dishes, tem. Class will then focus on getting a including a crock-pot Bison Stew, feel for our individual constitutional 218.722.9003 healthy Fruit Salad, and a Veggie types (Vata, Pitta, Kapha) and how Omelet. Children 12 and other must what we eat affects the balance of ele- CONSERVATION 4804 Oneota Street be accompanied by an adult. ments in our bodies. We’ll practice by TECHNOLOGIES Duluth, MN 55807 Instructor Bio: Iziah Schramm-Miller www.conservtech.com is a fourteen-year-old Proctor High School freshman. He taught himself how to cook when he was younger, and now is planning on pursuing a career in the culinary arts. Iziah has a lot of ambition and likes to try out his recipes on his family. Thursday, September 27th 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Kay’s Way: Easy Healthy Dinner Ideas Learn how to make easy, delicious, and healthy dinners. In this class you will learn how to make Green Gazpacho, Escarole Soup (Italian Rag Soup), Millet and Bean Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing, Whole Wheat Spaghetti Salad, Simple French Bread, and a Wild Rice, Yellow Pepper, and Black-Eyed Pea Salad. Instructor Bio: Kay Turk, a favorite local cooking instructor, returns for another Co-op class. Kay started her cooking career working as a private chef. 10 GARBANZO GAZETTE A SEPTEMBER OCTOBER

welcome, new members! Does your school do fundraising? Nadine Joy Carlson Ralph J. Klein A new program offered by Equal Exchange gives your Kristine Erickson Betsy Allen school the opportunity to sell Fair Trade and organic Bonnie Majerus Nancy Erickson chocolate, coffee, tea, pecans and dried cranberries with a Judith Long Gary Wise 40% profit for your group. Teaching materials about Fair Mary Jean Krausert Anita Rouse Trade are also available. Smith Frank S. Davis Carolyn Beth Heistad Nancy O’Neill For more information, contact Kelsie Evans at Anthony Lockhart Spellerberg [email protected]. Diana Kuklis Lauren Burton Claudia Sartini-Rideout Robin Fornengo Lisa Tormondsen Benjamin Boylan Andrea J. Hansen Cynthia Haensel Mary L. Maslowski Michael Warson Patricia Pocconatto Linsey Langmo Cheryl L. Westman Joanne Nelson Maria Stommes Peggi Goetsch Jake Turman Erin Sarkkinen Shawn Roed James T. Jarosz, PA Kelly Quade Michelle M. Russell Philip Eugene Pruss Anna Delora Owens Carol Hursh Jodi A. Supanich Jamie Lynn Nelson Kathleen M. Peippo Stephinie Miner Sandra Thornton Thomas Dougherty Nona L. Goertz We have set a goal of 730 new members to reach before July 1, 2008. Forty-six new Members is a good start, but we have a long way to go. Welcome, new Members!

Membership Matters David Helf, Board of Directors There is no better way for a new lonesome group of about 4,000 active idea of providing organic and sustain- Contact me or other Board Members Co-op Board member to appreciate the Members, “up here” in Duluth. able foods, in the middle of nowhere. and tell us what you think of the direc- strength of our movement than to Though we are beginning to prosper, Joining with other co-ops not only tion the Board is taking our Co-op. attend a CCMA (Consumer we can’t always see the larger picture gives us a strength in numbers, the Attend the Annual Meeting. VOTE! Cooperative Management Association) of all the other Co-ops across this vast ability to buy larger volumes of prod- Shop at the Co-op and encourage meeting, as I did recently. Sometimes country. ucts, and to advertise together, it also others to shop here. Assert your it is easy to feel as though we are a Member-Owners of Whole Foods gives us the advantage of borrowing Ownership, not just your Membership. Co-op should and stealing the work of all the other And, thanks for listening. GG know that we are a Managers and Member-run Co-op David Helf was elected to the Whole Foods part of a vital and Boards in America. Joining with other Co-op Board in September of last year. He creative group of co-ops gives a bigger voice, and shows has been shopping at co-ops and cooking people, diverse as us that in the long march toward sus- like Adele Davis since 1982 (young people, America, commit- tainability, we have very good partners. ask your parents who she was), and growing his own food for most of his ted to a powerful Just as I experienced the heady 53 years. He thinks it would be nice to have set of ideals. We sensation of meeting other Board a conversation with each Member about are not isolated. Members and Managers of co-ops and the Co-op, so he welcomes your emails. We are not tilting felt empowered, WFC Members can Tell him how we can strengthen the link at windmills, as do the same. Tell our store employees between the Board of Directors and our Member-Owners: the old saying what is good about our store. Make [email protected] goes, pursuing the positive suggestions for change. WHOLE FOODS A COMMUNITY COOP 11 Proposed Changes to WFC’s Articles of Incorporation The Board of Directors recommends the following ARTICLE III — PLACE OF BUSINESS the association with the consent and approval of shall be elected by ballot by the Members of the changes to WFCs Articles of Incorporation. Section 1. Principal Place of Business. The principal the Board of Directors. Capital stock shall be association from their own number at the annual Additions to the Articles are in italics and place of business of said cooperative shall be 1332 subject to redemption as provided by law, in the meeting. The size of the Board of Directors and the underlined while deletions are struck through. 610 East Fourth Street in the City of Duluth, County manner prescribed by the Bylaws. The capital terms of its members the directors shall be Throughout the Articles, the term association has of St. Louis, State of Minnesota. Branch offices or stock of this association shall be non-assessable. prescribed by the Bylaws. been changed to cooperative. The names and places of business may be located at other Section 6. When the Board of Directors determines Section 2. Board of Directors Vacancies. Vacancies address of current Board Members (Article VII) locations elsewhere. that the cooperative has sufficient working capital, in the Board of Directors, except in cases of will be updated prior to submitting the final Class B and Class C stock may be called for removal by the members of the association, may be revisions for a vote by the membership. Section 2. Registered Agent: Registered Office. The registered agent of the association is Sharon L. payment at par. Stock shall be called for payment filled by the remaining members of the Board. A There will be an Owner Forum to discuss these Murphy and the registered office is located at 1332 as provided in the bylaws. Any redemption of stock person or persons so appointed may hold office revisions on Monday, October 15, 2007, from 6:00 East Fourth Street in the City of Duluth, County of is subject to the requirement that at the time of until the next annual meeting of the members and to 7:00 PM in WFCs classroom. Owners can also St. Louis, State of Minnesota. redemption the total amount of stock remaining until their successors have been elected and communicate with the Board via email outstanding after deduction of the amount of stock qualified. ARTICLE IV — DURATION ([email protected]) or through comment redeemed, plus the permanent reserve of the Section 3 2. The annual meeting of the Members cards available at the Customer Service Counter at This association shall have perpetual existence. The cooperative, shall at least equal the total liabilities shall be held in the territory served by this the Co-op. period of the continuance of this cooperative shall of the cooperative. cooperative within four (4) months after the date of The entire text of the Articles and Bylaws with all be perpetual. Section 7. Calling Class B Stock. When the Board of the close of the fiscal year, on such date and time as the proposed changes are posted on WFCs web ARTICLE V — CAPITAL Directors determines it has sufficient working the Board of Directors shall select in each year. The site (www.wholefoods.coop). Any additional capital, Class B stock may be called for payment at members have both the right and responsibility at proposals resulting from Owner comments to the Section 1. Authorized Shares. The total amount of par. Preference when calling Class B stock shall be such meeting to elect directors, to hear and consider Board and at Owner forums will also be posted on authorized capital stock of the association shall be given for Class B stock issued in exchange for Class the reports of officers and of the management of the the web site. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and A stock and for Class B stock purchased for cash to association and of any committees accountable to it, shall be divided into Sixteen Thousand (16,000) satisfy the membership equity requirements. Either to determine any amendments necessary to the This information process will culminate with a final shares of Class A stock at a par value of Five proposal and ballot mailed to Owners in March portion of Class B stock may be called for payment Bylaws, and to conduct such other business that is Dollars ($5.00) each, and Sixty-Four Thousand either: brought before them. 2008. The results of the Owner vote to approve (64,000) shares of Class B stock at a par value of changes to the Articles and Bylaws will be Five Dollars ($5.00) each, and Two Hundred (200) a) in chronological order according to the date of Section 3. Vacancies in the Board of Directors, announced at a Special Membership Meeting in shares of Class C stock at a par value of Five issue, in which case all of such stock issued in a except in case of removal by the Members, may be April 2008. Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each. given fiscal year shall, as nearly as practicable, be filled by the remaining directors of the Board. The called at the same time; or person or persons so appointed shall hold office AMENDED AND RESTATED Section 1. The amount of authorized capital stock ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION b) on the basis of a percentage of all said stock until the next annual meeting of the Members or of the cooperative shall be two million four until successors have been elected and qualified. OF hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000) and shall outstanding, in which case the same percentage of WHOLE FOODS COMMUNITY CO-OP, INC. be divided into three classes of stock. said stock held by each holder shall be called at the Section 4. A director is not personally liable to the Duluth, Minnesota same time, without regard to the date of issue; cooperative or its stockholders Members for 1998 a) Class A stock shall consist of seventy thousand provided always, that at the time of calling Class B monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty 2007 (70,000) shares of voting stock with a par value of stock for payment, the total amount of Class B except in the following circumstances: five dollars ($5.00) per share = $350,000. ARTICLE I — NAME stock remaining outstanding after deduction of the a) For a breach of the directors duty of loyalty to b) Class B stock shall consist of three hundred amount called, plus Class A and Class C stock and the cooperative or its Members; The name of this cooperative shall be WHOLE ninety thousand (390,000) shares of non-voting plus the permanent surplus of the association, shall FOODS COMMUNITY CO-OP, INC. (the stock with a par value of five dollars ($5.00) per at least equal the total liabilities of the association. b) For acts or omissions not in good faith or that association cooperative). share = $1,950,000. involve intentional misconduct or a knowing Section 7. In case of dissolution or liquidation of violation of law; ARTICLE II — PURPOSES c) Class C stock shall consist of two hundred (200) the cooperative, there shall be given a preference to Section 1. General Purposes. The general purpose shares of non-voting stock with a par value of five holders of Class C, then Class B, and finally Class A c) For a transaction from which the director derived of this association is to assist in and foster a hundred dollars ($500.00) per share = $100,000. stock. an improper personal benefit; or modification of societys goals away from power Section 2. Class A Stock — Voting. Class A stock may ARTICLE VI — ALLOCATIONS TO MEMBERS d) For an act or omission occurring prior to the and profit and toward a more humane approach of date this section of Article VII of the Amended be issued for cash to a person or organization to Section 1. Allocation of Patronage Refunds. All mutual cooperation for the individual and common qualify him, her or it as a member of the Articles of Incorporation this provision became good. Our more specific purpose is to maintain a annual net income from member patronage, effective. association. Only Class A stockholders shall be including patronage refunds received by this retail cooperative grocery and natural foods store deemed to be and shall be referred to as members Section 5. The current members of the Board of which carries a broad range of nutritious whole association from other cooperative associations of this association. Only Class A stockholders shall and available or distribution. Directors, their addresses and terms of office are as foods and household goods for purchase by its have voting power, and each such stockholder shall follows: members and others in keeping with our food and be entitled to only one vote, regardless of the Section 1. All or any part of the patronage refund Name and Address Term Expires non-food policy statements. The association shall number of shares owned. Voting by proxy shall not declared by the cooperative at any time may be operate on a cooperative basis and provide such be permitted. No dividend shall be paid on Class A paid in Class B stock, by allocated equity reserve or Jeri Brysch, ______, Duluth, MN 55803 2008 goods and services to its members at the lowest stock. by the issuance of capital interest certificates, or by Lynn Fena______, Duluth, MN 55803 2007 reasonable cost. In order to accomplish these any other media determined by the Board of goals, the association may buy, sell, market, store, Section 2. Class A stock may be issued for cash to Directors. Erik Hahn, ______, Duluth, MN 55812 2007 warehouse, acquire, transport, distribute, process, any person to qualify him or her as a Member if he David Helf, ______, Duluth, MN 55812 2008 or she is eligible therefor. No dividends shall be Section 2. Methods of Payment of Patronage produce and otherwise engage in any lawful activity Refunds. All or any part of a patronage refund Theresa Koenig, _____, Duluth, MN 55803 2007 connected with or related to its purpose. paid on Class A stock. declared by the association at any time may be paid Heather Murphy ______, Duluth, MN 55806 2007 The purpose of the cooperative shall be to engage, Section 3. Class B stock may be issued for cash, in in cash or Class B stock, by allocated equity reserve under a cooperative structure, in a mercantile and payment of patronage refunds or in exchange for or by any other method determined by the Board of Jean Sramek, ______, Duluth, MN 55803 2007 marketing business to supply and furnish to its outstanding Class A stock to any person or Directors and as set forth in the Bylaws of the ARTICLE VIII — OFFICERS Members and patrons such goods and services as organization not eligible to be a member of the association. association, firm, cooperative, non-profit The officers of this association shall consist of a the Members may require or in any lawful business Section 2. All of the annual net savings from president and one or more vice-presidents elected as the Members shall authorize. corporation or corporation. Class B stock shall have no voting power and no dividends shall be paid patronage with Members available for distribution by and from the directors. The secretary and the For these purposes it shall have power to: thereon. as determined by the Bylaws shall belong to the treasurer shall be elected by the directors but need a) Borrow money from its Members and others Members of the cooperative and shall be allocated not be directors or stockholders. The offices of Section 4. Class C stock shall may be issued to to them on the basis of patronage as defined in the secretary and treasurer may be combined. When so upon adequate security; to issue bonds, holders of Class A stock. Class C stock shall have debentures, notes and other obligations and to Bylaws. combined, the person filling that office shall be no voting power. Dividends may be paid on Class C called the secretary-treasurer. Any other officers secure the same by pledge, mortgage, or trust deed stock at the discretion of the Board of Directors Section 3. Payment of Debts upon Liquidation. In on any property of the cooperative; draw, make, the event of liquidation or dissolution of the required by the Bylaws of the association shall be after all expenses have been met and any necessary elected by and from the directors. accept, endorse, guarantee, execute and issue reserves set aside, not to exceed eight percent association, all debts and liabilities shall first be promissory notes, bills of exchange, drafts, (8%) per annum. Dividends, if declared, shall not paid according to their respective priorities. The officers of this cooperative shall be a president, warrants, warehouse receipts, certificates and other be cumulative. nor exceed eight percent (8%) per Holders of capital stock shall then be paid the par one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a obligations and negotiable or transferable annum. In the event of the dissolution or value of their shares in the order of priority treasurer, who shall be elected annually by and instruments for any purpose deemed necessary to liquidation of the association, there shall be a specified in these Articles. Any remaining assets from the directors. The offices of secretary and further the objects for which the cooperative is preference for Class C stockholders. Class C stock shall be contributed as the Board of Directors or treasurer may be combined, and when so formed. shall be redeemable at par as provided by the Board trustees of the association shall determine either combined, the person filling such office shall be b) Acquire, purchase, hold, lease, encumber, sell, of Directors. (a) to an association doing business on a termed “secretary-treasurer.” cooperative basis or (b) to a non-profit corporation exchange and convey such real estate, buildings ARTICLE IX — DISSOLUTION, AMENDMENTS, Section 5. No share or stock shall be issued for less which is exempt from income taxation under and personal property as the business of the than its par value, nor until the stock same has SEVERABILITY cooperative may require. Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. been paid for in cash or its equivalent as set forth Section 1. This cooperative may be dissolved in the c) Purchase, sell, transfer and own capital stock, above Stock shares shall be paid for at such time Section 3. Upon dissolution or liquidation of the manner provided by law. bonds, and obligations of other corporations and in such manner as the Board of Directors shall cooperative the debts and liabilities of the Section 2. These Articles of Incorporation may be and/or cooperative associations. determine and each share of stock shall be paid for cooperative shall first be paid according to their at such time and in such manner as the Board of respective priorities. Stockholders or other holders amended as provided by law. The proper officers d) Join with other cooperatives to form district, Directors of the cooperative shall require. The of equity or capital reserve credits or other media and employees of this association are authorized to state, national or international purchasing, association may begin doing business after ten issued by the Board of Directors shall then be paid take whatever lawful action may be necessary and marketing and service organizations; and to percent (10%) of the authorized capital stock has the par value of their shares or credits with proper to make said amendments to the Articles of purchase, acquire, and hold capital stock, notes, been subscribed and paid in. Members shall be payments made in the order of preference stated in Incorporation effective. bonds, and other obligations of such organizations. required to purchase one share of Class A stock and the Articles of Incorporation (Art. V, Sec. 7). Any Section 3. In the event that any provision of these e) Do and perform every act and thing necessary an amount of Class B stock as determined by the additional property remaining after stockholders Articles of Incorporation is determined to be invalid and proper to the conduct of its business for the Board of Directors from time to time. The and other equity holders have been paid shall be or unenforceable under any statute or rule of law, accomplishment of the associations business or cooperative shall have a prior lien, with the usual distributed to another cooperative doing business then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the accomplishment of the purposes set forth right of ordinary liens for enforcement, upon on the on a cooperative basis or a non-profit organization such extent and shall be deemed modified to herein or permitted by the laws of Minnesota outstanding stock for any indebtedness due it. exempt from taxes under Section 501(c) of the conform with such statute or rule of law without applicable to the cooperative, and to have and Stock shall not be sold or transferred except back to Internal Revenue Code, as shall be determined by affecting the validity or enforceability of any other exercise all of the powers conferred upon the the cooperative with the consent and approval of the Board of Directors or Trustees. provision of these Articles. cooperative by the laws of Minnesota under which the Board of Directors. Capital stock shall be ARTICLE VII — DIRECTORS, ANNUAL MEETINGS RESOLVED FURTHER, that the proper officers it was organized, along with any amendments or subject to redemption as provided by law and by and employees of the cooperative be and they supplements to those laws and acts amendatory the Bylaws of this cooperative. The capital stock of Section 1. The government governance of the hereby are authorized to take whatever action may thereof and supplemental thereto. this cooperative shall be non-assessable. cooperative and the management of its affairs oversight of management shall be vested in a be necessary and proper to make said amendments Section 6. Transfer/Redemption of Stock. No Board of Directors, the members of which who to the Articles of Incorporation effective. stock shall be sold or transferred except back to 12 GARBANZO GAZETTE A SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Ayurveda: Living With Nature Book Review by Bonnie Williams Ambrosi by Judy Kreag, Member oga, in one form or another, ourselves. The doshas are simply a r. Koyfman’s book is different ways they can be cleansed. seems to be happening way of looking at the elements in us designed to create a better He says that the entire body improves everywhere these days! On the and around us. The balance of these understanding of how our in health even when just one organ Y heels of this mainstream Yoga elements is always shifting. It body works, how it stores has been cleaned. Also, weight loss enthusiasm is a budding interest in changes over the course of the day, it Dunwanted chemicals and toxins, and can be a positive side effect of organ the less well-known branch of Yoga changes with the seasons, it changes how it is able to release them. The cleansing. called Ayurveda, a holistic health as we grow older. The beauty and the book is based on the Trinity of Good A few of the many different system that arose in ancient India. challenge of Ayurveda is that it Health: proper nutrition, adequate methods listed to rejuvenate an organ Ayurveda, which means “science of demands our attention, demands exercise and internal cleansing. Our are colonics, irrigation, massages, dry living,” offers an elegant and inspiring that we be present and awake to the society talks a lot about diet and sauna, juice and phyto therapy, partial worldview in which human beings are tides of Life within us. That is not exercise, but body cleansing is not fasting and yoga. A few of the positive an integral part of Nature, constantly easy. Maybe that’s why Ayurveda your regular front- results experienced manifesting its elements in our bodies hasn’t exactly swept the nation! page news. However, when using these and minds. Learning to observe and But, brave readers, don’t you love it is body cleansing methods are balance these elements (earth, water, a challenge? Would you like to learn that is the key to Deep Internal Body elimination of fire, air and ether, or space) in our more? Join me here at the Co-op on strengthening the Cleansing constipation, loss of lives is the key to restoring and main- Wednesday, October 24 from 6 to body and maintaining excess body fat, by Dr. Yakov Koyfman, N.D. taining health. Ayurveda emphasizes 8 pm for Intro to Ayurveda. We will good health. strengthened proper diet and lifestyle to create this have a brief overview of the In the first part of immune system, balance, and relies upon the individ- Ayurvedic system, then focus on get- the book, Dr. Koyfman talks about increased energy, sounder sleep and ual’s own senses as primary tools of ting a feel for our individual consti- how we are surrounded by toxins: in better digestion. diagnosis and healing. Self-knowledge tutions and how what we eat affects our food, in the air we breathe and in The book ends by talking about and self-care are at the heart of the balance of the elements in our the water we drink and bath in. Toxins how to maintain a healthy immune Ayurveda. bodies. We will practice by tasting a are unavoidable! The job of the liver, system and prevent future build up of The aspect of Ayurveda that you are number of different foods to observe colon, kidneys, lungs, lymph glands toxins. As one grows in knowledge most likely to encounter in our culture their qualities and discern how they and skin is to eliminate wastes and and understanding of how the body is the system of constitutional types, might affect each constitution. To toxic substances. However, often our works, a person is more likely to be or doshas —Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. sign up for the class, contact Anni organs do not know what to do with interested in keeping his or her body This typology should not be used sim- Friesen at [email protected] or all of the manmade chemicals, so they healthy. Because of the world we live plistically as yet another way for us to call 728-0884. GG store them in many different parts of in today, we need to take that extra label — and therefore limit — the body, but mostly in the colon and step to keep our bodies healthy and liver. If these organs are not cleaned strong. For more information you can out, our immune system is weakened find this book in the book section of Once again, WFC will have a free and the body becomes more the store. GG susceptible to disease. Koyfman states Judy Kreag has written two guidebook/ that by the age of 40, the average cookbooks and has worked for a local person already has 70% of his or her nutritionist. She is presently the Executive in our “Dungeon of Danger” aka the Co-op liver polluted by toxins. Director of The Dwelling in the Woods, a basement. Take the Fright Elevator to the lower spiritual retreat 75 miles south of Duluth. Next, the author highlights level for free games, treats and music from individual organs and talks about 4 pm–7 pm on Wednesday, October 31. We can’t wait to see all of the booo-ti ful costumes!

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is safer for the people who harvest our food. Fresh Perspectives organic harvest season 9. Promote biodiversity. Visit an organic farm and you’ll notice some- e all have reasons why environment downstream as well. 6. Assist family farmers of all sizes. thing: a buzz of animal, bird and we buy organic food. Pesticide drift affects non-farm com- According to the Organic Farming insect activity. These organic oases are We’ve read articles in munities with odorless and invisible Research Foundation, as of 2006, there thriving, diverse habitats. Native newsletters like this one poisons. Chemical fertilizer drifting were approximately 10,000 certified plants, birds and hawks return usually Wand we’ve seen posters in stores that downstream is the main culprit for after the first season of organic prac- organic producers in the United States list the Top 10 reasons for making an dead zones in delicate ocean environ- compared to 2,500 to 3,000 tracked in tices; beneficial insects allow for a organic choice. That list has been ments, such as the Gulf of Mexico, 1994. Whether the farm is a 4-acre greater balance, and indigenous ani- recently updated so it’s probably a where its dead zone is now larger than orchard or a 4,000-acre wheat farm, mals find these farms a safe haven. good time to take a fresh look—it’s 22,000 square kilometers, an area larg- organic is a beneficial practice that is 10. Celebrate the culture of agricul- called “The Top 10 Reasons To er than New Jersey, according to genuinely family friendly. ture. Food is a ‘language’ spoken in Support Organic In The 21st Century” Science magazine, August 2002. 7. Avoid hasty and poor science in every culture. Making this language and it was revised by Bob Scowcroft of 3. Protect future generations. your food. Eleven years ago, genetical- organic allows for an important cultur- the Organic Farming Research Before a mother first nurses her new- ly modified food was not part of our al revolution whereby diversity and Foundation, Sylvia Tawse of The Fresh born, the toxic risk from pesticides has food supply; today an astounding 30 biodiversity are embraced and chemi- Ideas Group and Alan Greene, M.D., already begun. Studies show that percent of our cropland is planted cal toxins and environmental harm are of DrGreene.com. infants are exposed to hundreds of with GMOs. Organic is the only de radically reduced. 1. Reduce the toxic load: Keep harmful chemicals in the womb. facto seal of reassurance against these For the complete list and descrip- chemicals out of the air, water, soil 4. Build healthy soil. Monocropping and other modern, lab-produced addi- tion of the benefits see www.natural- and our bodies. Buying organic food and chemical fertilizer dependency tions to our food supply, and organic foodsmerchandiser.com. promotes a less toxic environment for has taken a toll with a loss of topsoil is the only food term with built-in References this issue: Health Benefits of all living things. With 0.5 percent of estimated at a cost of $40 billion per inspections and regulatory teeth. Bramble Fruit, www .raspberryblackberry.com, crop and pasture land in organic, year in the United States, according to Top 10 Reasons To Support Organic In The 21st 8. Eat with a sense of place. Century, B Scowcroft, Executive Director, Organic according to the USDA, this leaves David Pimental of Cornell University. Whether it is local fruit, imported cof- Farming Research Foundation; S. R. Tawse, co- 99.5 percent of farm acres in the 5. Taste better and truer flavor. fee or artisan cheese, organic can founder and president, The Fresh Ideas Group; United States at risk of exposure to Scientists now know what we eaters demonstrate a reverence for the land A. Greene, M.D., founder, DrGreene.com and noxious agricultural chemicals. have known all along– researchers at pediatrician, Stanford University, www.natur and its people. No matter the zip code, alfoodsmerchandiser.com, vol XXVIII, num 5; 2. Reduce, if not eliminate, off-farm Washington State University just organic has proven to use less energy Organic Agriculture And The Global Food pollution. Conventional agriculture proved this as fact in lab taste trials in than conventional agriculture (on aver- Supply, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems doesn’t only pollute farmland and which organic berries were consistent- age, about 30 percent less), is benefi- (2007) 22: 86-108, published by Cambridge University Press. farm workers, it wreaks havoc on the ly judged as sweeter. cial to soil, water and local habitat, and 14 GARBANZO GAZETTE A SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Notes management report from A caravan from China comes, available.” As a result of Member- 2007 Farm and Food Bill, visit For miles it sweetens all the air Owner and customer questions, our www.cornucopia.org: the front With fragrant silks and dreaming Buyers are conducting department- The Cornucopia Institute is dedicated gums, specific reviews for food and non-food to the fight for economic justice for the Monthly Sales Dates Attar and myrrh— products labeled as imported from family-scale farming community. Since our monthly sales don’t always A caravan from China comes. China or likely to be only available Through research, advocacy, and eco- start on the first day of the month from China and advising whether nomic development our goal is to empow- those products are: er farmers both politically and through and don’t always end on the last, ith apologies to Richard marketplace initiatives. The Organic there are usually a few people who LeGalliene, author of “A 1. Labeled as certified organic and Integrity Project acts as a corporate come expecting to find existing or Caravan from China W 2. Whether domestically produced watchdog assuring that no compromises new items on sale a day or two after Comes,” it is time for an update: equivalents are to the credibility of or before the changeover. I know it Organic food from China comes, available. organic farming can be a real bummer to go through Organic production protects the methods and the this for some people so here are a Initial reports from neighborhood food it produces are few ways to tell when the sale dates our Buyers indicate But the neighbors have no access to made in the pursuit our suppliers are run through: the food of profit. We will aware of the environ- And the caravan leaves actively resist regula- • Every sale sign will list the last day mental and regulatory An international trail of greenhouse tory rollbacks and the sale is good thru or state concerns and, when gas emissions. the weakening of “while supplies last”. comparable products organic standards to While I don’t understand all the cannot be sourced • If you have current WFC receipt, protect and main- economic ramifications of “free trade,” elsewhere, manufac- there is a message near the bottom tain consumer confi- I would rather we traded products and turers are conducting that will tell you what the last day dence in the organic knowledge with China than accusa- additional tests to of the sale is. food label. tions and political rhetoric. And I defi- ensure quality. We’ve And please con- • We get our largest deliveries on nitely support ensuring sustainable also learned that it is tinue to support Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. farming practices in all corners of this very challenging for the local and Due to limited backstock space we planet. manufacturers to regional growers coincide sale dates around those But, when we offer organic foods inform us what specif- and producers who from China that could be grown in ic ingredients were delivery days. Currently, monthly offer their prod- this country, low-priced foreign sourced from what sale dates will end on Mondays or ucts at WFC. As imports are forcing domestic organic specific country for Sharon Murphy enjoys getting back to Wednesdays and start on Tuesdays this Co-op grows farmers out of business. And can we what specific batch of her Co-op roots by doing a little or Thursdays. bagging for customers at MOFF. to serve more trust organic foods grown in China product as they are Member-Owners • Check the website or give us a call considering the high levels of soil, air shopping in a global and more customers, the market we if you’re not sure. Our phone and water pollution and their over- commodities market for the best pos- create for local and regional products number is (218) 728-0884. whelmed regulatory systems? sible price and are not required to regenerates our economy and our WFC’s Food Policy prioritizes offer- label ingredients by country of origin. We also offer rain checks at the community. GG ing a variety of fresh foods that are For links to the most recent articles Customer Service Counter and at “certified organically grown (free of on this international issue as well as Sharon Murphy each register for items that are out of pesticides and chemicals), whenever what’s happening with domestic General Manager stock during sales. So, if it’s nearing See you at the Annual Meeting possible, and locally produced, when efforts to erode the integrity of organi- the end date please do not hesitate on September 16th cally grown food, e.g., portions of the to ask for one. Thank you for bearing with us. We aim to provide great service and prices but, sometimes in order to do that, we need to do things a little differently.

RRR Progress Report As of June 30, 2007 the RRR (Reduce, Reuse, Redeem) Program has donated $631.00 to the Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, enabled 302 WFC customers to redeem their cards for $1.00, and has saved a minimum of 18,660 paper handled grocery bags. Thank you to all who have participated by bringing their own grocery bags. Everyone wins with RRR!

Briana Lowrie is the Front End Manager for Whole Foods Co-op. She has been employed with WFC since September 2003 and has worked in the co-op grocery industry for more than eight years. She is passionate about improving the systems and services of the Front End and looks forward to suggestions and comments. She can be reached by email ([email protected]), postal mail, phone, or in person at the store. WHOLE FOODS A COMMUNITY COOP 15

A Day in the Life… Hot Bar Cook by Anni Friesen, Marketing & Member Services Coordinator t’s early morning and the Co-op Dan also has a fair amount of con- Do items, which can sent back. [The Co- is quiet. The lights are on, and trol over what’s for breakfast. He gets include cleaning or op kitchen] isn’t as the employees are silently adjust- to try new things and has freedom of prepping as needed. fast paced, but the ing to the morning and prepar- creativity. Some things that we’ve seen In the afternoon, daily production Iing for the coming day. Everyone has a since Dan started breakfasts are the the evening crew makes up for that.” look of determination on their faces. Carlton Skillet Scramble, Potatoes arrives. The hot bar Erik also claims This isn’t the same place as it is in the O’Daniel, Apple Cheddar Bread cooks in the evening that he has learned bustle of the afternoon. There is some- Pudding, and the staff favorite, Big (on a rotating basis) some new things thing peaceful about the solitude of Country Burrito. Dan, a former are Erik, Tim, Jake, here, “I’ve used Co-op mornings. employee at Nokomis, Red Mug, and and John U. One of new ingredients At 6:00 a.m. Dan Sauter is one of Sir Ben’s has also become more aware them is in charge of that I never used the earliest to arrive. Now that hot bar of the food he’s making, “I’m more “keeping up” the hot before like tofu, sei- breakfast has been moved up to 7:30 conscious of allergens and meat sub- bar, and the other Deli Cook Dan Sauter is one of many tan, and other meat am, he has to come in even earlier stitutes than I was before. I’ve also with cooking the chefs bringing you delicious Hot Bar eats substitutes, and every day. than he used to. He begins the day by learned a lot about Organic items they will have quinoa.” setting up the kitchen and then gets to Standards.” on the hot bar the following day. This The hot bar cooks are an interest- work making breakfast. Dan doesn’t After he gets breakfast out, Dan decision is based on who has more ing group with varying years of experi- mind the early mornings, “It’s nice to needs to start thinking about lunch. experience doing what. ence behind them. The Co-op is a be here in the morning. I get to see Though there is a schedule posted a On a Wednesday afternoon, around place where they can learn about, and the sunrise and work in solitude. I week prior, and most of his food is 2:00 p.m. Erik is standing at a cutting cook with, organic items. If you also get done early which frees up the prepped the night before by evening board prepping cauliflower for a curry. haven’t tried the Co-op’s hot bar yet, rest of my day.” When he first started hot bar cooks, Dan will need to prep This is his third job in the food service don’t miss out any longer, and if you at the Co-op over a year ago, things anything that cannot be done the day industry. Years ago, he started out at see one of the cooks come out in their were a little different. At the time ahead. This will usually include Subway, and then eventually got hired whites, say hello, or try to stump them breakfast was prepared alongside preparing a vegetable dish. at Ridgeview Country Club; this is with an interesting cooking question! another cook. This made it easier to Meanwhile, he must also check on the quite a bit different. Erik says that GG get things done, but Dan isn’t both- breakfast bar and prepare items as there is some relief in working in the ered by the change. In fact, it’s made they start to get low. After this is all deli kitchen, “You don’t have to worry him a better multi-tasker. done, Dan then starts on a list of To about pulling tickets, or having plates