Fall 2010 a Garbanzo Gazette
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PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID ber DULUTH, MN em ing PERMIT NO. 492 m t 610 East 4th Street e h Duluth MN 55805 r e Address Service Requested p a s t , l o o k i n g t o t h e f u t u r e 2 FALL 2010 A GARBANZO GAZETTE management report first time at the co-op… by Sharon Murphy, General Manager From WFC’s time line: Meeting on Saturday, October 16, at 1970 — 20 people got together at Chester the new/old Clyde Iron Works Banquet GARBANZO GAZETTE Creek House (1306 East 2nd Street) and Center, 2920 West Michigan Street. Published by Whole Foods Co-op formed the Whole Foods Co-op in Owners and guests will share their own September 1970. The first order ($200) was 610 E. 4th St. • Duluth, MN 55805 picked up at the People’s Warehouse in first-time at the Co-op stories and view (218) 728-0884 • fax (218) 728-0490 Minneapolis in Susan Askelin’s 1958 Buick pictures, newsletter archives and video www.wholefoods.coop in October 1970. The car’s transmission clips from TV news and other STORE HOURS: couldn’t handle the first delivery and it blew documentaries (remember our West 7 am – 9 pm every day out coming into Duluth. Co-op members End store?) over the past four decades. helped get the order the rest of the way to Membership Investment: the Chester Creek House. There will be a delicious dinner, a brief $100 per voting membership business meeting and then music for hether you joined WFC in dancing by the Clearwater Hot Club Sharon Murphy Further ownership information is 1970, last week or some from Grand Rapids, MN. This will be a General Manager since 1988 available at the Whole Foods Co-op. time in-between, you will special event and reservations will be Attended first CCMA in 1988 probably always remember limited, so please respond promptly if Gazette contributor since 1978 Still never gets the last word Wyour first time at the Co-op. My first The Garbanzo Gazette is published you can attend. four times a year (March, June, visit in 1974 wasn’t about food and I and the public, not just construction WFC is a co-sponsor with others in September, December) for the Owners didn’t shop. I was looking for informa - workers, will have unrestricted access the Hillside community of a new event, and patrons of Whole Foods Co-op. tion on midwives in the area and found there to celebrate as a community. a traffic-stopping event that we hope The Garbanzo Gazette is published by out more than I expected when I met Music, food, games (the return of the will be the source of many happy new Whole Foods Community Co-op, Inc. to then Coordinator John Fisher-Merritt infamous tofu toss), families and memories. Hill Fest 2010 will take provide information on Whole Foods and learned about his family’s experi - friends galore, with the Lake on one place, literally, at the intersection of 6th Co-op, the cooperative movement, ence with a home birth. side and our Hillside neighborhood Avenue East and 4th Street on food, nutrition, and community issues. around us! GG This fall we will celebrate WFC’s Saturday, September 18, 2010. Traffic Views and opinions expressed in this 40th Anniversary at the Annual Owners will be blocked from that intersection Sharon Murphy, General Manager newsletter do not necessarily reflect those of Co-op management, Board or Owners. Submissions must be received one month prior to publication. The next deadline is Friday, October 29. Refer submissions and questions to progress on ends [email protected]. n the Policy Governance model, an • Continuation of donation to Duluth sustainable agriculture projects at Editor: Shannon Szymkowiak ENDS Statement answers the Community Garden Program of other co-ops and in other Contributions: Owners & Staff question “What will be/is different $0.10 for each packet of organic communities. garden seeds sold (8,712 packets Design: Kollath Graphic Design because this co-op exists?” The • WFC provided $500 of organic IENDS Statement approved by the WFC sold). Printer: InstyPrints garden seeds to a new urban Mailing: Barcodes Plus Board of Directors on March 23, 2009: • Management participation in gardening project coordinated by Reprints by prior permission In Duluth there is a thriving community meetings in support of Community Action Duluth that will the Safe and Walkable Hillside create jobs to grow vegetables on The Garbanzo Gazette is printed on consumer-owned cooperative that Committee, Hill Fest 2010, and the vacant land for local restaurants. 100% post-consumer recycled paper supports, invests and partners to create a healthy community Hillside Business Association. with soy ink. This paper is recyclable. • WFC’s time and resource including, but not limited to, • Partnership with the Duluth contributions to the Green Jobs/Food The information in the Garbanzo a healthy regional food system. Public Library on the 2010 One System Committee were recognized Gazette is also available on our website In the April-June 2010 quarter, the man - Community/One Book event at the Sustainable Community at www.wholefoods.coop agement reported the following including hosting talks in WFC’s Summit at the DECC on June 16, A progress on ENDS to the Board: classroom, participating in events at 2010. the Library and distributing a copy of Board and Management Team mem - • $165 for mileage reimbursement for Barbara Kingsolver’s book, Animal, MOVING? Pursuant to WFC Bylaws, bers attended the 2010 Consumer WFC employees who choose to Vegetable, Miracle, to every employee Article I, Section 6. Current Address. Cooperative Management Association volunteer as farm workers for local and Board member. Each Member agrees to provide to the growers who supply produce to WFC. Conference in Bloomington, IN, focus - cooperative his or her current address and • Management met monthly with the ing on workshop topics relating to sup - to keep the cooperative informed of any • Continuation of staff time and Board’s Ad Hoc Study Committee port of local, sustainable agriculture. changes in address. This obligation shall technical support to offer cross-dock providing logistical support and continue even after a membership has opportunities linking WFC’s local researching and reviewing been terminated as long as the Member growers with area food co-ops. has any interest in the cooperative. In an effort to remind our Owners to keep WFC advised of address changes, the Board, on 8/26/96, approved a policy ChangeChange youryour worldworld making an Owner temporarily inactive when there is no current address on one posee at a time. file. 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This means we will menu has finally come to cranberry sauce, and spinach), Grilled (black bean or Florentine burger), and always have a vegetarian option. The fruition. If you haven’t had the Hummus Wrap (with roasted red pep - the BSTA also remain as house rest of the merchandiser will hold opportunity to check out the pers, black olives, tomatoes, and aioli), favorites. whole chickens, wings, hot sandwiches, Tnew menu here is an overview. The Club (ham, turkey, bacon, cheddar, We updated our pre-made sandwiches egg rolls, lasagna, mac & cheese, pot tomatoes, spinach or sprouts, and vol - We created our own house-made chipo - and are now offering egg salad; pies, calzones and whatever else our canic horseradish sauce), Feta tle sauce and volcanic horseradish ham/Swiss/chutney; turkey pesto pita; cooks can dream up. Portabella (with roasted red peppers, sauce to use as condiments for our sig - chipotle beef wrap; and an Italian sand - • We also purchased a smoothie sprouts, and volcanic horseradish nature sandwiches. wich. maker! Stop at the Deli Counter to find sauce), and the Café Special (a grilled out what the smoothie of the day is. New are the Mexican Melt (black bean ham and cheese).