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ith the changing of appreciation for that special lady. Yes, for sure, it’s not a party without Directions: the seasons come your mom. Mother’s Day was treating yourself, family and friends to Cake: many reasons to nationally recognized in 1914 by mouth-watering desserts. While your Sift flour, baking powder, baking celebrate. Whether President Woodrow Wilson even options are virtually limitless, we find soda and cinnamon into large bowl Wit’s enjoying the rainy beauty of spring though it was first suggested as early that a delicious carrot cake is always a and whisk together. in May, or soaking up the brilliant rays as 1872. True origins of Mother’s Day crowd pleaser and sure to make the Add shredded carrots and chopped on those balmy days in June, the can be traced all the way back to ones you care about celebrate you! walnuts to flour mixture and mix. reasons to celebrate ancient Greece and the honoring of In a food processor or with an are many and electric mixer, blend eggs and varied. With the sucanat. When smooth slowly add arrival of May come canola oil and mix well. the celebrations of gourmet to go celebrate! Pour egg/sucanat mixture into Cinco de Mayo and by Avalon Jackson, Cook flour/carrot mixture. Mother’s Day. June Divide batter between two 9 or 10 brings a fresh start with Father’s Day Rhea the “mother of the gods.” Today Try this delicious carrot cake recipe at inch oiled round cake pans. Bake at and the beginning of summer with the we use this day to show our mothers home: 325 degrees for about 30–35 minutes. solstice. how much we care. Whether it is just a Use a toothpick to check if they are With the inevitable rain in May also card dropped in the mail or a lavish Cake: 2 c All Purpose Flour done. comes a new sense of life as winter’s feast, the second Sunday in May is all 2 t Baking Powder Cool cakes and prepare frosting. debris is washed away and is replaced about your mom. June brings more 2 t Baking Soda reasons for celebration including Frosting: with the wonderful fragrance of freshly 2 t Cinnamon Mother’s Day’s counterpart, Father’s With an electric mixer or in a food cut grass, blossoming flowers and 1 # Carrots (shredded) processor blend cream cheese and sweet morning dew. For us in the Day. The first Father’s Day was 3/4 c Walnuts (chopped) Northland this is more than enough to celebrated in Spokane Washington in 2 c Sucanat butter together. Scrape down sides of celebrate for the whole month of May, 1910. Father’s Day was not officially 5 Eggs bowl and process until smooth. Add but it doesn’t stop there. May is full of recognized until President Lyndon 1 c Canola Oil powdered sugar and vanilla and events worth celebrating. Kicking off Johnson declared that every third process again until smooth. the month is Cinco de Mayo, the day Sunday of June belonged to the dads. Frosting: Assembly: 8 oz Cream Cheese (room temp) commonly thought of as Mexico’s On June 22 we celebrate the summer Frost top of one cake. Place the 2 sticks Butter (room temp) Independence Day. However, Cinco de solstice. This is the longest day of the other cake on top of the first and use Mayo commemorates one victory of year and the shortest night. This 3 1/2 c Powdered Sugar 2 t Vanilla the remaining frosting to cover all the Mexicans over the French army in joyous day also marks the beginning of sides. May garnish with additional the year 1862. Festivities vary from one summer as a season and that is a chopped walnuts. GG area to another but all involve feasting reason to celebrate in and of itself! However or whatever you choose to Avalon Jackson, Cook, loves to bake at work with friends and family. May is also the and at home. She enjoys nothing more designated month for you to show celebrate in May and June, one thing is than indulging your sweet tooth.
the back 40 “scratch cooking” hile chimpanzees flavorings, and methods. You can particularly salty stock. Cooking can may eat ants on a log, braise cabbage, steam cauliflower, be such a wonderful way to express we are the only caramelize leeks, sweat onions, and so your love of others with the time species that combine on. and care taken to prepare a dish or ingredientsW such as celery, peanut Following recipes is important in meal. butter, and raisins to work off the the beginning of a life of cooking Cooking the food just before eat- flavors of each component. Although from scratch. It is important to have ing it is also a fantastic appetizer, so many people are intimidated by the those early successes, which build to speak. What better to pique your possibility of failure, cooking for confidence in your abilities. In this appetite than to smell that freshly yourself and loved ones has so many way, you can learn why certain steps zested lemon or those mushrooms benefits. In our busier lives, more so work or ingredients work in unison. absorbing the juice of their neighbor- Grilled Salmon with than our not so distant relatives, we After you can prepare a dish readily ing pearl onions? It is surely satisfying Grapefruit sadly prepare fewer and fewer meals and have a solid foundation, you can to sit down to a meal that you pre- 4 Salmon Fillets, 6 oz these days. The advantages to home feel free to adjust it and experiment. pared with your own efforts, to literal- 1 c Grapefruit Juice, cooking are numerous, including the Cooking is different than baking in its ly eat the fruits of your labor. Leave from one to two grapefruits control over salt and fat content, the strictness. Baking is indeed a science the dishes for the morning. 2 T Balsamic Vinegar desired degree of doneness or and requires precise measurements to Resources for recipes are abun- 2 T Brown Sugar tenderness, sharing both the kitchen see satisfactory results. Cooking is a dant. Try libraries, cookbooks, book- 1/2 t Sea Salt and dining room experience, and the much looser practice, adding half the stores, friends’ collections of recipes, 1/2 t Black Pepper opportunity to make ample amounts amount of onion called for will not the newspaper, cooking shows, and 8 Slices of Grapefruit from one large for leftovers. It is also a good way to ruin the recipe. One great technique surely the world wide web. A great grapefruit save money as eating out regularly can to experiment without fear of compro- practice is to search for a recipe on the be rather expensive. Cooking at home mising the entire dish, is to put a internet and combine what you like Combine the juice, vinegar, and also allows you to know and control small amount of your prepared food about two or three different recipes. half each of the salt and pepper. Bring exactly what you’re eating. You can into a dish and add a little of an ingre- You can even refine your search to to a boil and reduce heat to medium. make items from your own garden, dient to that amount. Did adding a lit- look for recipes with those two or Cook uncovered for about 15 minutes, focus on the seasonal crops, and invite tle salt help? Did putting in a drop of three ingredients that you’d like to see or until the liquid is reduced by half others to join in to reap the rewards of lime juice make the other flavors together. Write notes on your recipe and thickened. your efforts. You could even start a come out more? You have utter con- about what worked and didn’t as far as Sprinkle the remaining salt and potluck with family, friends, or co- trol when cooking at home, if you adaptations. Maybe one day a week, pepper on each side of each salmon workers. don’t like cashew, well then, feel free take the time to make a new dish or piece. The art of combining thousands of to substitute them with pecans. Start utilize a main ingredient that’s new to Grill the salmon over medium heat ingredients is an amazing one. I often off with simple combinations of ingre- you. As you look at more and more for about 5 minutes per side. Brush look at a recipe and wonder whoever dients by making dishes like soups or recipes you’ll learn combinations of the fillets with half of the glaze while thought of that or when that was first salads. ingredients that are sure hits. Leeks grilling. done. Recipes are truly limitless and It doesn’t have to be all or nothing are great with potatoes, cabbage loves Serve the salmon over the grape- continue to evolve using newly avail- with cooking from scratch. If you tomatoes, pears and vanilla go perfect fruit slices and pour the remaining able ingredients. There are so many want to make a soup but don’t have together, lemons are a match with glaze over part of the salmon fillets. cultural cuisines to borrow from and the time to make homemade chicken asparagus, nutmeg matches Brussels Try serving this salmon with boiled combine into an entirely new and stock, then use a good quality pre- sprouts, and the list goes on. fingerling potatoes with butter and unique flavor. Many of the ingredients pared chicken stock. Feel free to take Here is a simple, yet satisfying parsley and steamed asparagus. at hand today were not even known advantage of time savers, just buy recipe perfect for the springtime. Put Serves 4. GG about by many of us all that many quality products and check the ingre- on your apron and paint the salmon Justin Hemming, Assistant Produce years ago. The magic of cooking com- dients. It’s wise to taste it so you can pink, if you will. I wish you great Manager, has worked at WFC for over five bines the various methods of cooking, compensate for strong flavors, like a cooking and wonderful eating. years both in the deli and now in the produce dept. He lives in town with his handsome dog Cosmo. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DULUTH, MINNESOTA MAY/JUNE 2006 PAID DULUTH, MN PERMIT NO. 492 610 East 4th Street Duluth MN 55805 Address Service Requested
In this issue A We Reply 2 Better in Bulk 6 New Members 10 Dean’s Report 3 Management Feature: Herb Feature 4 Report 7 Canola Oil 11 Gourmet To Go Seasonal Table 5 Member Feature 8 12 The Back 40 12 Board Report 5 Book Review 9 2 GARBANZO GAZETTE A MAY JUNE new products HBC (Health & Body Care) • Source Naturals Ultra Colloidal bring along some dehydrated bell Silver peppers, carrots, white cheddar cheese • Lumina CELL FOOD — a liquid powder, egg powder, crystallized supplement (just add to water!) • HerbaSway Concentrates: ginger, bacun’s, and some broth base of ionic trace minerals, plant Green Tea, Blueberry Magic and such as vegetable or chicken flavor. enzymes and amino acids. Cholestra Enjoy! Frozen • Burt’s Bees Carrot Seed Oil General Merchandise Complexion Mist • Quorn Cutlets (meatless) • High Mowing Seeds • Burt’s Bees Feelin’ Flaky • Quorn Nuggets (meatless) • Spontex Sponges Shampoo • Quorn patties (meatless) • 1 oz. bottle with dropper for your • Ecco Bella Dark Chocolate Face • Morningstar Farms Thai Burgers extracts Mask (meatless). • Superior Herbals Soaps — • Ambassador Boar Bristle made by a couple in Lutsen Bulk Herbs, Spices & Tea Hairbrushes Kerri Haldeman, Mary Shackelford and • Mrs.Kelly’s Organico Melograno • EO Hand Sanitizer — Julie Kohls, Stockers, keep our aisles full of Bulk Department — this pomegranate, hibiscus all products, old favorites and new! 2 oz., 8 oz. and travel pack sizes. • Organic Amaranth and organic green tea blend is a pantry just for the delicious • Kiss My Face Cheap Kisses (replaces non-o amaranth) tribute to the adventures the aroma. Travel Bags Kelly family had on a trip to Italy. • Organic Pine Nuts A Special Note from Buyer Susan: • Eclectic Institute Maitake (replaces non-o pine nuts) • Mrs. Kelly’s Blueberry Rooibus If you are a camper, I’d like to point Mushroom supplement — a zesty blend of blueberries out a few items for the upcoming • Organic Wild Rice • Quantum Migrelief: Feverfew, and rooibus, worth having in the season. On your next excursion, (replaces non-o wild rice) GG Magnesium and Riboflavin(B2)
please ask us, we are happy to help! Dear Co-op, – Jane, Deli Manager Can we get covers for the Dahl milk? We Reply If there are specific grocery items that Signed, Crying over spilled… Dear Co-op, we no longer carry, please ask. We may Dear Crying, I miss some of the items from the be having trouble sourcing them or it We now offer reusable, plastic covers “old” store. Also, the new Deli Hot & may be an item we can special order. with a pour spout for $1.49 available at pre-made things are not well suited for – Lisa, Merchandising Manager the registers. us Celiac folks. Signed, Gluten-Free Dear Co-op, – Brad, Cool Buyer Dear Gluten-Free, Put pencils & paper out by the commu- Dear Co-op, I would appreciate knowing what you nity boards so people can write down Keep Vermont cheddar in stock! miss and we will try to work it into the numbers & names. Signed, Active Signed, Cheesehead rotation. Although the tags may not Citizen Dear Cheesehead, specifically say “Gluten Free,” we have Dear Active Citizen, I am sorry that Vermont cheddar has several items each day that are. If you Great idea! Consider it done! not been on the shelf on a regular have a hard time reading ingredients, – Gina, Member Services Coordinator basis. I will try to source a more reli- Dear Co-op, able supplier. Stay tuned & thanx for Why no grapeseed the comment! oil? Eh? Signed, – Wolfie, Cheese Buyer Flowers on the Rocks Canadian (we Dear Co-op, container gardening, think) What is the ATM costing us? Signed, Dear Canadian, Fiscally Concerned garden design and Grapeseed oil has Dear Concerned, maintenance been out of stock The ATM is costing WFC floor space, from our supplier – with an organic touch electricity & a computer connection. It for quite some time is offered as a service to our cus- (all brands!) I will Kathy Thomas tomers. We make NO money on it & keep tryin’! have no responsibility for maintaining 218-290-1439 – Karl, Grocery it. Dear Co-op, Buyer – Sharon, General Manager Consider strongly offering option to purchase DTA bus passes at your serv- ice desk. Signed, Keep on Bussin’ Dear Bussin’, Coming Soon! 9OU !RE 5NIQUE – Briana, Front End Manager To the Canola Concerned: Please read the article on page 11. 9OUR HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE TOO We hope this addresses your concerns. /VERWHELMED BY MENOPAUSAL TREATMENT OPTIONS "OTHERED – Jim, Bulk Buyer BY PAIN FATIGUE WEIGHT GAIN AND INSOMNIA 7E PROVIDE THE Dear Co-op, Can you get any of Burt’s Bees prod- WOMENS HEALTH CARE YOUVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ucts in Bulk? Signed, Squeaky Clean ® Ìi}iÌ]Ê`Û`Õ>âi`Ê À>Ê i>Ì ÊV>Ài° Dear Clean, Burt’s Bees Company does not offer ® «Ài iÃÛiÊÕÌÀÌ>Ê>`ÊV À«À>VÌVÊ i>Ì ÊV>Ài° their products in Bulk. Sorry! ® ,à >ÃÃiÃÃiÌ vÀ LÀi>ÃÌ V>ViÀ] i>ÀÌ `Ãi>Ãi E ÃÌi«ÀÃð – Jill, HBC Buyer Dear Co-op, ® /ÀÕÞÊ«ÀiÛiÌÛiÊV>Ài]ÊÀ>Ì iÀÊÌ >ÊÕÃÌÊi>ÀÞÊ`iÌiVÌ° Why don’t you change your trash serv- 4O LEARN MORE CALL US FOR A BROCHURE ice to a company that recycles plastic #1 – #7? Signed, Recycler Dear Recycler, Our current waste company, Hartel’s/DBJ does recycle all of our #1 ,ONDON 2OAD $ULUTH -INNESOTA \ – #7. Thank you for your concern! 6)2').)! 3(!0)2/ $# \ .!.#9 35$!+ -$ s WWW9OUR(EALTHAND7ELLNESSNET – Debbie, Store Manager
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GROWLERS TO GO • LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 4 GARBANZO GAZETTE A MAY JUNE Spring Cleaning! by Alaena Diamon, Lake Superior Herbalist Guild embers of our herb spray, leave on for 20 minutes and as those used by 14th century doctors Garbanzo Gazette guilds are beginning to wipe with a towel or spray and leave to during the Black Plague, were based Published by Whole Foods Co-op plant seeds indoors, in dry. Use the All-Purpose Cleaner for on good science. Many essential oils, such as the oils of lavender and 610 E. 4th St. • Duluth, MN 55805 anticipation of your kitchen counters, appliances, sMpringtime on the horizon. The spring floors, and windowsills. Use in your thyme, are more antiseptic than (218) 728-0884 • fax (218) 728-0490 www.wholefoods.coop cleaning bug hits us about this time, dishwasher as a dish rinse or in the phenol, the industry standard. STORE HOURS: perhaps a genetic carry-over from our laundry as a rinse. Research is also showing that 7am – 9pm Everyday ancestors, who used this time to get antibacterial plant oils may not cause their homes in order so that they could Creamy Soft Scrub: drug resistance as could be the case Membership Costs: spend their time tending their gardens Pour 3/4 c baking soda into a bowl. with common chemical disinfectants. $100 per voting membership when the weather warmed. We’ve been Add: 1 t vegetable glycerin to keep the This essential oil-based spray leaves a Further membership information is researching and developing our own mixture from drying out. Add enough lovely, clean scent. It is a good choice available at the Co-op blends of natural cleaning products, liquid detergent to make a texture like to use for misting your cutting board frosting (about 6 t). Add: 5 drops each The Garbanzo Gazette is published six with this in mind. Non-toxic to us and after use. Tea Tree and Lavender essential oil to times a year (January, March, May, July, the environment, they work as well Mix up some natural cleaners, and kill bacteria. Scoop the mixture onto a September, November) for the and sometimes even better than their get busy with spring cleaning and member-owners and patrons of Whole chemical counterparts! Here are a damp sponge, and wipe the surface. when spring is finally sprung you can Foods Co-op. The Garbanzo Gazette is couple of recipes that I love so much Wipe off with dampened cloth and spend your free time basking in the published by Whole Foods Community that housework is almost a joy! polish with dry cloth. This is the warmth of the sun soaking up that Co-op, Inc. to provide information on perfect recipe for cleaning the bathtub Vitamin D and not locked into because it rinses easily and doesn’t Whole Foods Co-op, the cooperative All-Purpose Spray Cleaner: housecleaning drudgery! GG movement, food, nutrition, and Heat 2 c Distilled Water. leave grit. Store in a sealed glass jar, to Kay Smith, herbalist with over 20 years community issues. Views and opinions Add: keep the product moist. Works great 1/2 t Washing Soda experience and education, teacher, mom, expressed in this newsletter do not for shining my glass stove top! wife, friend, massage therapist, a member necessarily reflect those of the Co-op 2 t Borax of the Lake Superior Herbalist Guild. management, board or member- Stir until dissolved. Anti-Bacterial Spray: Add: For more information on the owners. Submissions must be received 2 c Water 1 t Liquid Castile Soap 1 T Liquid Castile Soap Lake Superior Herbalist Guild contact one month prior to publication. The (I use Dr. Bronner’s) (I use Dr. Bronner’s Lavender) Katie at 218-721-3065 or on the web: next deadline is Thursday, June 1. Refer Add: 40 drops pure Lavender Essential submissions and questions to www.diamon-naturals.us/Guild.htm. 1 c Natural Grain-Distilled White Oil [email protected]. Vinegar Pour the water into a spray bottle. Herbs are medicine and their use must be Editor: Shannon Szymkowiak 1 t Lemon Essential Oil Add the soap and lavender essential taken with care and respect. Each Contributions: Members & Staff 1 t Sweet Orange Essential Oil oil and shake to blend. Spray on the individual is different and may react Design: Kollath Graphic Design Pour into clean gallon jug, either surface and wipe off with a dry rag. differently to certain herbs such as allergic Printer: InstyPrints heavy plastic or glass, so the cleaners Don’t rinse at all. reactions. Self-treat at your own risk. Mailing: Barcodes Plus will not dissolve it. Label clearly. Pour Makes 1 pint spray. Consult a physician should symptoms Reprints by prior permission into labeled spray bottle to use. Shake NOTE: New research is proving persist. before each use. Spray on and wipe The Garbanzo Gazette is printed on that the old folk recipes using herbs clean with cloth. Use as a daily shower and essential oils to kill germs, such 100% post-consumer recycled paper spray to cut down on soap scum. Just with soy ink. This paper is recyclable. The information in the Garbanzo Gazette is also available on our Moon & Stars Childcare website at www.wholefoods.coop Evening and Weekend Hours Call 218-724-3945 or email [email protected] Four openings from infant to school age! Before and after school care openings also available. Excellent references available. A few good reasons to call would be: 1) Smaller Child Count 2) Flexible Scheduling 3) Environmentally conscientious home 4) Home cooked meals that are mostly organic using whole food ingredients. Alternate diets and Breastfeeding moms welcome! BEFORE RECYCLING THIS COPY of the Garbanzo Gazette, please pass it along or share it with a friend or neighbor. This can help save a bit on paper costs and reduce waste. Also, it’s a good way to introduce folks to WFC who aren’t current customers or members. 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. W H O L E F O O D S A C O M M U N I T Y C O O P 5 the seasonal board report the greater good, part II table by Jean Sramek, Board President by Bonnie Williams Ambrosi, n our last episode, WFC’s discount for senior members — that We are not saying that no seniors are member Board — after nearly two years is, the 5% discount for WFC members poor or that we begrudge them dis- Ayurveda, the practice of bringing of discussion, input from who are at least 62 years of age and counts. However, we have heard from our constitutions into balance with members, and analysis, and who request this discount. many groups (e.g., students, low Nature, has its origins in ancient India. Imeetings — considered a You may be saying to yourself, “Is income neighbors, families with Ayurveda — “the science of life” — is recommendation by the Membership WFC’s Board, drunk with power and young children) that would also bene- considered the medical branch of Yoga. Committee to discontinue the working giddy from paint fumes, just slashing fit from a discount. We want WFC to But the practice of Ayurvedic diet is not member discount. At their March member benefits willy-nilly, because be financially healthy, to pay fair limited to Indian food, as you know meeting, the Board approved a they can?” The answer is NO (besides, wages to our employees, to provide a from my columns. It simply requires motion: the paint used at the new site is non- rebate to all members, and to keep that we perceive the qualities of the To discontinue working toxic). We are not entering prices fair and competitive for people food we eat, as well as of the world member discount accrual at into this decision — or of every demographic. around us and our own bodies and the end of the current fiscal any other decision that Last year, the Membership minds, and learn to use these qualities year (June 30, 2006) and to affects WFC members — Committee surveyed our senior mem- to create balance. continue to offer volunteer lightly. We are simply bers and researched what other coop- Since everyone’s body is unique, opportunities for members to doing our job, which is to eratives are doing about preferential there is no short list of good or bad participate in Co-op events. maintain a vision for discounts. If WFC’s senior member foods in Ayurveda, except to say that WFC, to look towards the discount is discontinued, seniors and fresh, whole foods are generally Current working mem- future for our member- other groups may still be offered pro- preferable to processed forms. And that bers will receive their dis- owned cooperative, and to motional discounts on certain days leads us to eating seasonally, for what is count as long as they have do what’s best for the and on certain items in addition to the more fresh and whole than food from a balance of accrued work Jean Sramek, your long-term financial health “member-only” specials all members the garden, Farmer’s Market, or local credit. This was a decision Board President of WFC. currently enjoy. produce at the Co-op? that was a long time com- A retail discount given As always, we’d like your input. Two early summer crops are green ing, and we are confident it was a to senior citizens is a somewhat dated What do you think? Please join us at onions and parsley (especially if you good decision. tradition, a social convention that grew the next Membership Committee start the parsley indoors or buy plants Now we are in the process of mak- out of a time when people of retire- meeting on Monday, May 8, 5–6 PM to set out). Herbalists have revered ing another discount decision: ment age were expected neither to live in WFC’s classroom space on the parsley since ancient times. It has been whether to retain or discontinue the very long nor to have much money. lower level. Help us work towards the called upon to cure baldness, calm greater good. GG fretful children, relieve beestings, strew graves and churches, and braid into victory garlands. It also, less Jim Booth, LUTCF Thank you to whoever helped us keep apocryphally, sweetens the breath, Owner up on the shoveling this winter at the improves digestion, and cleanses the 118 East Superior Street blood. In Ayurvedic terms, it is slightly Suite 10 Phone: 218-279-6005 old store location. It didn’t go unnoticed warming and mildly diuretic. Duluth. MN 55802 Cell: 218-393-1998 Onions are another ancient 1-800-475-4915 Fax: 218-722-9994 and was much appreciated! medicine/food. They are expectorant, www.boothfinancialadvisors.com [email protected] — Debbie, Store Manager aphrodisiac, and diaphoretic Jim Booth, Registered Representative, Securities offered through Ameritas Investment Corp. (AIC), Member NASD/SIPC, (promoting sweat). They boost the 5900 O Street, Lincoln, NE 68510, 410-467-6900, AIC and Booth Financial Advisors are not affiliated immune system, and for this reason are helpful for colds and flu. They are strengthening, too, building up a weak constitution. Because of their stimulating properties, however, onions are not considered sattvic, or balanced, food for meditators. The taste of the onion is pungent and hot, but its energy is surprisingly cool, making raw onion difficult to digest. If you have problems with it, cooking the onion makes it much easier on the stomach. This recipe, of Italian origin, uses parsley and green onions together with beans, which are good food in every season. White Bean Salad 2 cans (app. 2 cups) cooked white beans 2 or more green onions, chopped (Sauté in olive oil if digestion is a problem) 2 handfuls of parsley, chopped 1/4 cup olive oil 3 tbsp. lemon juice freshly ground black pepper 1/4 tsp. salt, or more if desired Combine all ingredients in a bowl and let them sit quietly for a while before being eaten, to marry the flavors. Serve at room temperature with some excellent bread. 6 GARBANZO GAZETTE A MAY JUNE staff news STAFF ANNIVERSARIES: better in bulk May: opefully all the scoop bin With the polenta and beans you still get Michael Karsh 16 years a bit. If you’re ambitious you could Teague Alexy 6 years lids have had magnets your grain-and-legume-food-combin- smooth and cool the polenta the night Sue Boorsma 1 year added to them by the time ing-full-protein, plus the polenta made before and refrigerate it until you’re Susan Stone 1 year you read this and can stay a fun substitute in terms of both flavor ready. Then spread tomato sauce and oHpen by themselves so you don’t need and texture (and I supplemented it June: your favorite pizza toppings on it and Christof von Rabenau 20 years three hands to shop anymore. Other with a couple tablespoons of nutritional bake it until the toppings start to Jay Newkirk 9 years bulk aisle fixes are in the pipeline as yeast flakes too). The whole thing was brown. It can take some practice to get Brad Rozman 2 years well. topped with organic mango salsa, and the crust just right; my first couple of Christie Culliton 1 year Check out our new organic homemade mango and avocado gua- tries fell apart rather easily (but still Jane Herbert 1 year Minnesota grown wild rice, hand har- camole. Wow. A side note about mak- Rayann Schramm 1 year tasted fabulous — I just pretended it vested by Native Americans and ing polenta is that you must take care was a casserole). The main issue is to Congratulations to Produce Assistant processed over a wood fire. We will to stir it constantly or it will burn. But let the polenta cool completely so it has Teague Alexy on the birth of his daughter, Annika Nora. carry this as long as supplies last, but don’t let that deter you; the time and more body; make it a thin crust and it the wild rice harvest was low this year energy expenditure is not significantly should dry well all the way through. Coordinator Rain Elfin and his wife have purchased a home in the so we may see some occasional short- greater than making rice, and it is Here’s a fun recipe I found for all Denfeld neighborhood with the help ages as suppliers run low on their arguably better tasting than rice. you folks allergic to corn: of Northern Communities Land inventory. Lazybones method: crumble in the Corn-free Baking Powder: Trust. Welcome home! Tasted the organic bulk dried mango precooked polenta logs from aisle two 1/2 t Cream of Tartar, Please welcome our newest staff: lately? The quality is unsurpassed. This instead of cooking your own bulk plus 1/4 t Baking Soda. is one of the flagships of the bulk foods polenta. Tradeoff: the freshest taste Kala Edwards – Deli Counter Blend, store airtight, yields 1-2/3 c aisle as far as I am concerned, emblem- possible. Deb Elmer – Administrative and use one-to-one in recipes. Assistant – Finance atic of the kind of quality food the bulk Either way, I heart polenta. Bulk Julia Holmblad – Produce Assistant aisle is known for. polenta makes a great pizza crust too. I remain your humble servant. GG Rianna Reiter – Deli Counter I made delicious burritos by substi- Smooth it out thinly onto a cookie Jim Richardson, Bulk Buyer, is an eight year Joseph Woodcock – Storekeeper – tuting polenta for rice. Let’s see, what sheet and allow it to cool all the way. A veteran of the natural foods industry, Store Operations else was in there …. Can of black beans couple hours should do the trick for including six years at Whole Foods Co-op. Morgan Alexy – Deli Cook sautéed with onions, garlic, cayenne, sure. 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Learn More. harborcityschool.org | 218-722-7574 | 332 W. Michigan St., Duluth 8 GARBANZO GAZETTE A MAY JUNE board of Socially Responsible Investing directors Investing to reflect your own beliefs and priorities Jeri Brysch by Jim Booth, Member [email protected] Treasurer s I sit down to write this decision made by a fund company to that comes to mind is a story about Finance Committee (Chair) article I am returning from a pioneer socially responsible investing, Zhene Muzyka, CEO of Zhene Gypsy GME Committee week long trip to the last the Calvert family of funds in 1982, Tea Company. She states in her article Membership Committee A fishing village in the Yucatan launched the Calvert Social Investment “The Socially Responsible Investee” Term expires 2006 Peninsula. The village has about two Fund (CSIF). CSIF was the first Green Money Journal Spring 2005 hundred local fishermen and their mutual fund to actively oppose issue, “That being a socially Chad Coffey families. Not much has changed there apartheid in South Africa. Then in responsible investee is exhilarating. I [email protected] in the last 50 years or so. They live as 1994 following Nelson Mandela’s am always at work on making my Secretary Food Policy Committee (Chair) they always have but now electricity victory in the country’s first open investors a return, yet it is a return that GME Committee has reached their village and I fear for elections, Calvert became one of the is holistic.” I would like to echo that Membership Committee the commercialization that will follow. first mutual funds to re-invest in a free sentiment. Investing and following Term expires 2006 As I was driving back up the peninsula South Africa. your heart, being true to your spirit I was thinking how sad it will be when There are several mutual fund and enjoying the financial security that Chris Edwardson the entire Yucatan coast is given over companies that proclaim to be socially goes along with it is a good thing. If [email protected] to tourists and cruise ships. responsible funds yet according to Paul you do your research, invest for the Vice President Somehow this thought process Hawken, an environmentalist, long term and don’t chase returns, Board Recruitment Committee brought me to my chosen profession entrepreneur, journalist and author, socially responsible investing will pay Finance Committee of being a financial investment advisor. some fund companies may not invest off more then just financially for you Membership Committee This means I assist others with their in gambling so they could be called and society. Term expires 2006 investment decisions and planning for “socially responsible” but they may still I don’t know if investing socially Lynn Fena their futures. Somehow, this all tied hold Halliburton and Monsanto. The responsible will help Xcalak stay the [email protected] into being more socially responsible in reason for this is people want returns, sleepy little fishing village it is today. Board Recruitment Committee my practice. the highest they can get. In most cases I do know that following my Food Policy Committee What does it mean to be a socially returns for the socially responsible conscience in my investing style will Membership Committee (Chair) responsible investor? It means funds should lag behind their make me more aware of how my Term expires 2007 investing to reflect your own beliefs corporate counterparts. Why would investments affect others in this world. and priorities. It means investing in you expect lower returns? The GG Erik Hahn companies that may meet and reflect industries that drive the market [email protected] your politics, ethics, companies that include tobacco, alcohol, utilities, Food Policy Committee hires and promotes women and pharmaceutical, banks, computer Membership Committee Term expires 2007 minorities, compensates their workers companies, soda companies, etc. Most fairly, have good labor-management of these companies for a variety of Theresa Koenig practices, provide a safe and healthy reason shouldn’t clear the screening [email protected] workplace. Other issues such as process to be included in a socially Board Recruitment Committee environmental issues, pollution responsible fund, but in many funds Term expires 2007 prevention, minimizing exposure to they are included. Clearly the only environmental risk, may be factors to reason for this is returns. Jean Sramek consider. Finally, areas that may be on There are a few very solid [email protected] the forefront and important include companies that offer mutual funds and President product safety, international aren’t allowing returns to drive them. Food Policy Committee operations, indigenous peoples rights These good funds can be found by GME Committee (Chair) Term expires 2007 and community relations. taking a small amount of time and The history of socially responsible doing research, or contact your Sharon Murphy, General Manager investing goes back to the ethic financial advisors and ask if they have Whole Foods Co-op precepts embodied in Jewish Law. socially responsible funds. If you 610 E. 4th St/ Quakers and other religious orders would like to know what you own you Duluth, MN 55805 starting in the 18th century refused to can go to certain websites and enter 728-0884/w invest in “sinful” industries such as the name (or partial name) of your 728-0490/fax distilleries and weaponry. In the 1960s, fund and find out what companies are 724-7998/h the environment, civil rights, and held inside that mutual fund. [email protected] militarism were all brought to the It is an amazing journey WFC web site: www.wholefoods.coop national foreground. Apartheid, Viet investigating Socially Responsible Address to communicate with Nam, and later the Exxon Valdez Companies; some of the CEO’s are entire Board and General Manager: spurred public indignation about truly great at sticking to their [email protected] corporate practices. principles and beliefs. One example To speak to a Board Member or the An example of a conscience General Manager, call the store at 218/728-0884 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. cooperative 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 W H O L E F O O D S A C O M M U N I T Y C O O P 9 Book Review by Judy Kreag, member CELEBRATE! f the new American father feels o you know whether the The bottom line is that Monsanto has outrageous examples of how our food Ibewildered and even defeated, food you put on your filled our stores with GE foods is being tampered with and backs his let him take comfort from the fact table has genetically whether they are safe or not. At a facts up with 15 pages of references. that whatever he does in any engineered (GE) biotech conference in 1999 Monsanto Throughout his book (at the end of fathering situation has a fifty Dingredients in it or not? If you shop envisioned the world in 2020 as one each chapter) Smith documents percent chance of being right.” mostly at a regular grocery store you where 100% of all commercial seeds examples of how animals turn away — Bill Cosby can be pretty sure that some of the would be GE and patented. In other from GE food and eat only natural food is genetically engineered. By the words, natural seeds would become grains. Time and time again the geese, CELEBRATE! year 2003, Smith says that statistics extinct! As of 2003 they owned 23% of rats, cows and pigs walked right past showed that 60% of all processed the world’s seed companies capturing the GE food and either went to only n the UK, seeing a chimney foods, as well as 80% of soy and 38% the natural grains or didn’t eat at Isweep on the way to a wedding of corn planted in the US. came from all if only GE food was available. It is thought to bring good luck and genetically engineered seeds. So, seems that animals have a natural it is still possible to hire one to even though very little scientific Seeds of Deception sense to eat only what is good for attend wedding ceremonies. Other research on the safety of GE foods Jeffrey M. Smith them. If only Monsanto would pay good luck omens when seen on has been documented (except what attention. However, greed often the way to the ceremony include has been done by the biotech giants blinds one’s sense of honor. lambs, toads, spiders, black cats themselves) hundreds of millions of 91% of the GE market. However, the For more detailed information on and rainbows. people have been sold unmarked GE public has not taken this lightly and how the government and big foods for at least the last 20 years. even though the government and large industries continue to tamper with our In reviewing Smith’s book I found corporations continue to distort, hide food supply, pick up a copy of Smith’s that chapter after chapter read like a and cover up the truth, there are many Seeds of Deception. I’ll bet you won’t be fiction horror story. From the U.S. and people around the world working hard able to put the book down. GG Canada to England, scientists, to bring healthy food to your table. Judy Kreag has written two guidebook/ politicians and consumers who raised Jeffrey Smith is one of them. cookbooks and has worked for a local questions about the safety of GE foods Smith’s new book, written in 2003, nutritionist. She is presently the Executive Director of The Dwelling in the Woods, a found themselves demoted, has taken on the GE giants in a bold spiritual retreat 75 miles south of Duluth. reprimanded, slandered and silenced. new way. He has filled his book with T. R ox Calendar of Events May/June 2006 Basic Numerology: Learn how basic numerology can help you discover what motivates you, your purpose in life, and where your hidden talents lie. Saturday, May 20, 10 am-12 pm ($25) Discovering Your Inner Wisdom: Exercises and techniques designed to help you access your own inner wisdom and guidance. Wednesdays (5/17; 5/24; 5/31; 6/7; 6/14; 6/21), 7 pm-9 pm ($125) The Experience of Knowing: All day workshop focusing on “taking our seat” in the world. 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W H O L E F O O D S A C O M M U N I T Y C O O P 11 by Jim Richardson, Canola Oil Fears Addressed Bulk Buyer he history of the Canola oil its smoke point, an unhealthy situation because insects coated in oil will suffo- of governmental and regulatory funny scare began in 1996 when for any oil, but particularly in the case cate. business going on surrounding Mad Perceptions magazine pub- of rapeseed as high concentrations of Myth #6: Rapeseed, a member of the Cow disease, but a secret link to Canola erucic acid were inhaled. oil does not appear to me to be part of lished an article that made mustard family of plants, was the Tadverse health claims about Canola oil it. Since traditional frying temperatures source of mustard gas in World War I, that bordered on outright conspiracy Some criticisms of Canola oil here in the West are lower, the danger which demonstrates the toxicity of theory. I myself am a conspiracy buff revolve around the fact that much of burning your oil is much less likely, Canola oil. and believe plenty of criminal conspira- and there’s almost no erucic acid to Canola oil, since its invention through FALSE. Mustard gas is a chemical that cies have been successfully perpetrated inhale crossbreeding, has subsequently been got its name because of its smell and in secret against the popu- from subjected to genetic engineering. In color; it is unrelated to the mustard lace. However, to be credible, Canola addition it is argued that much Canola family of plants. claims needs at least a shred any- oil has been extracted, processed, and of documentation and evi- way. Myth #7: Canola oil gave rats health preserved using toxic chemicals. All dence beyond mere anec- Any oil problems in scientific experiments, this is TRUE, however, these criticisms dote. The Perceptions article, of any demonstrating Canola’s toxicity. only apply to non-organic Canola oil. which was also written psue- kind The way to avoid all that is to buy dononymously, contained FALSE. These experiments were invali- organic canola oil from the Co-op. By that dated by the discovery that rats do not neither. It is also worth starts definition — as ensured by third party, pointing out that Perceptions metabolize any oils well, and so make independent certifiers — organic smok- poor oil research subjects. Any veg- magazine is a publication by ing in Canola oil is free of genetic engineer- and for mental health patients (I’m not etable oil causes health problems in ing and chemical processing. The the pan should be discarded, and a rats. making this up), and as well as popu- lower heat used. That said, canola oil Canola oil I buy for the bulk depart- larizing various claims of the paranor- can take heat in the upper registers of Myth #8: Canola oil causes Mad Cow ment is from Spectrum, one of the mal, it seems to cater to morbid Western cooking and is a good choice disease. most trusted and respected organic predilections for paranoia. Of course food companies in the world. I stand for frying. FALSE. There are no scientific indica- not all mental health patients are mor- behind it 100%. GG tions of a Canola/Mad Cow link. The bidly paranoid or prone to believing Myth #3: Canola oil is an industrial oil science all points to a mis-folded pro- Jim Richardson, Bulk Buyer, is an eight year undocumented claims. I myself have unfit for human consumption. veteran of the natural foods industry, tein called a prion as the causative been a mental health service user in including six years at Whole Foods Co-op. FALSE. Many food oils can be agent of Mad Cow. And there is plenty the past, and I am paranoid and have processed for industrial uses, which also popularized various paranormal has no bearing on whether or not they claims. Not to put too fine a point on it, also have food grade forms. The fact I may be the best person on staff to try that Canola oil can be used industrially and evaluate these claims against with extensive processing does not Canola. mean that food-grade Canola oil is Since the Perceptions article came unhealthy to eat. Other healthy food out, numerous Internet sites have oils that have industrial uses after pro- uncritically echoed it. However, I have cessing include flax oil, walnut oil, found that the claims against Canola coconut oil, and olive oil. They can all amount to nothing: be used for both food and industry, Myth #1: Canola oil was created by depending on how they are processed. genetic engineering. Myth #4: Insects won’t eat rapeseed FALSE. The invention of Canola oil or Canola in the fields, so it must be predates the technology of genetic engi- toxic. neering by two decades. Canola oil was FALSE. Major insect pests of rapeseed created by traditional crossbreeding of include: flea beetles, diamondback the rapeseed plant, in order to lower moths, armyworms, root maggots, rapeseed’s high levels of erucic acid. grasshoppers, lygus bugs, bronzed field Oil from un-crossbred rapeseed has beetle larvae, snails and slugs. Canola’s high concentrations of erucic acid, and susceptibility to pests is precisely why for this reason rapeseed oil has never most of it is grown in Canada, as been established as a cultural favorite Canada’s cold weather discourages (although it has been used in a pinch pests. in India and China for a couple hun- Myth #5: Spraying canola oil on dred years). The health effects of con- insects kills them, so it must be toxic. suming lots of un-crossbred rapeseed oil are deleterious, primarily because of FALSE. Any oil makes good pesticide the erucic acid (although small amounts of erucic acid have some Duluth Superior Symphony Presents medicinal uses). However, if it’s called Canola oil, it represents a cultivar of the rapeseed that has had the erucic acid content all but completely bred out of it. The name Canola is an acronym Season Finale—Verdi’s“Requiem”with DSSO Chorus for “Canadian oil, low acid,” and in the absence of high concentrations of eru- cic acid, it has some desirable qualities Saturday, May 6, 8pm • DECC Auditorium e k including a healthy fat profile. r t e r o e A giant concert to complete a tremendous G k Myth #2: The Wall Street Journal c e E n i y published an article that showed t season. It doesn’t get more grand than Verdi’s e s i c r a cooking with Canola oil causes lung h t C cancer. 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