BRIARPATCH FOOD CO-OP COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER APRIL | MAY 2017 Local advice to get your garden off to a strong start! pages 8-10 Photo by Akim Aginsky FOOD AND FARMS SAVOR THE SEASON BOARD ELECTION CO-OP IMPACT Know your egg farmers; Back to Easter eggs, brunch recipes Meet your candidates, Every Day is Earth Day vote online Basics Farm and Higareda Farm with seasonal produce Pages 22-23 Pages 4-5 Pages 6-7 Pages 18-20 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED SERVICE CHANGE 27 No. PERMIT Cedar Ridge, CA Ridge, Cedar Grass Valley, CA 95945 CA Valley, Grass U.S. POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE U.S. 290 Sierra College Drive, College Sierra 290 PRSRT STD PRSRT BriarPatch Food Co-op Co-op Food BriarPatch 2 APRIL | MAY 2017 THE VINE, BRIARPATCH FOOD CO-OP NEWSLETTER CO-OP GRAPEVINE Sponsored events & announcements EARTH CELEBRATION COLONIZING THE LOWER Stay informed about activities and events with updates from our YUBA WATERSHED 1821-1851 e-newsletter, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter channels. We will Sierra College Nevada County Campus – N12 have speakers, demos, and in-store promotions during April to Tuesday, April 18, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Published bimonthly celebrate and educate. by BriarPatch Food Co-op Presentation by Dr. Tanis Thorne and Hank Meals The Vine Team POETRY FESTIVAL DAY OF THE YOUNG CHILD KEEPING Marketing Manager: Sat., April 1, 9a.m. – 6:30 p.m. - Sierra College campus in Grass Valley KIDS SAFE CARNIVAL Margaret Campbell BriarPatch is pleased to be a founding sponsor of the Nevada Sierra College Nevada County Campus Editor: Saturday, May 6, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. County Arts Council's First Annual Sierra Poetry Festival. Lisa Moeschler Fun activities, treats, and education for children and families California State Poet Laureate Dana Gioia is scheduled to be the Art Director: keynote speaker, along with a full line-up of talented poets and Anna Campbell BLUE MARBLE JUBILEE FUNDRAISER FOR presenters. Don’t miss it! 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And, we can Clean oven botanical extracts. ☐ clean with a clear conscience by using eco-friendly brands that Remove and clean stove • Safe for waterways and marine life. ☐ are kind to our bodies as well as the planet. Would you like to burners and knobs • Free from perfumes, dyes, alcohol, ammonia, bleach, win a complete supply of products, along with sponges, towels, ☐ Clean and organize drawers chlorine, chloroform, ethers, ethoxylates, parabens, and the like? Just enter our free product give-away (up to a $100 and cupboards petroleum solvents, phosphates, phthalates, sulfates (SLS/ value) that we’re offering our e-newsletter subscribers this spring! ☐ Discard old spices SLES), and triclosan. ☐ Mop floor and baseboards BIOKLEEN • Products never tested on animals. ☐ Wipe down top of fridge • 100% of the energy used in their manufacturing and offices MRS. MEYERS ☐ Clean behind fridge is offset through wind power credits. (if possible) • Uses concentrated, biodegradable formulas with at least • Saves water in manufacturing by using ultra-concentrated BEDROOMS 25% post-consumer plastic in their bottles. cleaning product technology pioneered in 1989. ☐ Wash all bedding, including • Made with essential oils and never contains chlorine bleach, • Products are free of phosphates, chlorine, ammonia, mattress pads, bed skirts, and ammonia, petroleum distillates, parabens, phosphate, or petroleum solvents, butyl, glycol ether, brighteners, artificial comforters phthalates. colors, and artificial fragrance. ☐ Replace pillows • Phosphate-free. • Bottles are generally recyclable as #1 or #2. Their eco bottle ☐ Go through closets, switch out • Products never tested on animals. is a plastic reduction that uses a compostable shell. seasonal clothing • Products never tested on animals. SEVENTH GENERATION ☐ Rotate and flip mattresses if necessary • Uses 100% post-consumer recycled bottles that display ECOS LAUNDRY ROOM ‘How to Recycle’ icons on each package • All five manufacturing plants use solar energy and are ☐ Clean behind washer and dryer • Using recycled materials, saved 1.1 million trees and 2.9 carbon-neutral, protecting us from exposure to over 50 ☐ Remove front lint plate and million pounds of carbon dioxide annually. million cubic feet of landfill space over 15 years. clean thoroughly • Products including their Natural Dish Liquid, 95% of whose • Readily biodegradable, pH balanced, greywater and septic GENERAL ingredients are derived from plants, are third-party tested by safe, and made using 100% renewable energy. ☐ Dust ceiling fans an independent lab. ☐ Dust ceilings and corners of • Zero Waste Platinum certified at all five manufacturing • Free & Clear Liquid Laundry Detergent and Free & Clear walls facilities, diverting 95% of the waste from landfills through 4X Concentrated Liquid Laundry Detergent are EPA Safer ☐ Dust/clean vents and fans reducing, reusing, and recycling. 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