Just Food Co-op

A message from the nominating committee:

Dear Just Food Member-Owner,

It seems hard to believe that we are nearing our fifth year in business. As a young and growing enterprise, our progress has been due to the dedication and hard work of both our excellent Staff and our strong Board of Directors. The Staff handle the day-to-day operations. The Board of Directors, representing the member-owners, look at the big picture. They set long term goals, monitor progress, envision the future, and ensure the Co-op’s vitality and success. You are hereby invited to join in that process. It’s Your Co-op.

This fall, an unprecedented five Board Positions will be open and we are searching for member-owners who would like to consider applying to serve on the Board of Directors.

In addition to three positions currently held by board members who will be completing regular three-year terms, two other open positions include a two-year term and a one-year term to fill the incomplete terms of board members who regretfully had to resign for career and personal reasons. We are hoping you will decide that the time is right for you to contribute to the health and well-being of your Co-op, as well as to the community at large, by offering to serve on the Board of Directors.

You can pick up applications and get further information either on the web site (www.justfood.coop) or in packets available at the store. Included are:

1. Application form
2. Board of Directors job description
3. Explanation of the nominating process which we will be following.

Several dates to be aware of as you determine whether or not you may wish to run for office:

1. July. Orientation meetings for potential applicants in order to answer your questions and to explain the nature of the commitment and the Co-op’s operating principles.
2. August 16. Deadline for submission of applications to the Nominating Committee.
3. August 28. Recommendations to the Board from the Nominating Committee. You will be hearing from the Nominating Committee or the Board after that date.
4. September 6. Deadline for member-owner supported candidates which requires at least ten signatures of current member-owners.
5. October 21. The election of the new members to the Board of Directors will take place at the Annual Meeting.

We look forward to hearing from you and hope that as a member-owner you will want to invest your time and talent in this important effort. If you have any questions, feel free to contact any of us on the Nominating Committee.

Sincerely yours,

Bob Ciernia
bobciernia@msn.com

Angel Dobrow
adobrow@hotmail.com

Philip Spensley 301-9814
pspensley@earthlink.net

Kaaren Williamson-Garvey
kwilliam@carleton.edu

The July Co-op Advantage Flyer, complete with deals for everyone on lots of great Co-op products, can be viewed here: CAP Flyer July 2008

Just Food will be closed on July 4, but we’re open regular hours the rest of the week. So if you’re looking for an easy, delicious way to feed your 4th of July guests, order a party platter from the Just Food Co-op Deli! Call Miller at 507-650-0106 by Tuesday morning to place your order for a cheese tray, shrimp platter, fresh fruit tray or more.

For a more low-key celebration, stop in to pick up chips, salsa, fruit, soda, cheese, crackers and more, and know that you’re getting foods free of artificial ingredients.

Celebrate good food this 4th of July! Shop Just Food Co-op!

To thank our customers for their business, Just Food is offering a free cup of hot, organic, fair-trade coffee with any purchaseon Saturday, June 28 from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, June 29 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. And we recommend that you pair your yummy coffee with a delicious cookie from Positively Third Street bakery in Duluth- on sale Saturday only for only $1.50.

Avoid the construction- you can get to us easily if you take 6th Street west off of Division.

Thanks for shopping Just Food Co-op!

THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.

Are you interested in natural foods and able to work evenings and weekends? Do you have a strong attention to detail? We’re hiring a grocery stocker! Application deadline is Friday, June 27. Stop in to Just Food or call 507-650-0106 for details, and visit our jobs page to download an application.

Attention Co-op Owners: your Board needs you! Consider running for the Board of Directors. (You must be a Just Food Co-op Member-Owner to run for the Board. Click here for details on becoming a member-owner.)

Click here for more information including a Board job description and timeline.

Local meat producers Mike and Linda Noble of Farm on Wheels and Todd Churchill of Thousand Hills Cattle Company were featured in an article in Minnesota Monthly called Pasture Prime. The article talks about the benefits of local, grass-fed meat. Read the article here. Farm on Wheels meat is available in our frozen meat case. Thousand Hills beef and hot dogs are available in our fresh meat case.

Click to open a pdf of April/May 2008 newsletter: compost-april08

In this edition:
Local Wedding
Greens
Herb Gardening
G-Daipers
Earth Week
….and more!

Click to view a PDF of the June/July edition of The ComPost: compost-june08

Topics in this edition:

The Importance of Physical Activity
Grilling with Vegetables
Blood Drive
Bisphenol A in Plastic Bottles
….and more!

The June Co-op Advantage Flyer, complete with deals for everyone on lots of great Co-op products, can be viewed here: cap-june-2008

Did you know that less people give blood during the summer? What with all of our vacations, plus summer activity schedules to keep track of, blood donation tends to take a dip during the warm months. But the amount of blood needed does not go down.

Luckily, there will be a convenient blood drive at Just Food Co-op next Tuesday, June 24, from 1-6 p.m! But you’ve got to call 650-0106 or stop in at Just Food and make an appointment for one of the time slots available (every 15 minutes between 1 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.) so that you don’t have to wait in line the day of the drive. We only have 1/3 of our appointments filled… So give us a call today, and help save a life this summer.

Please join us for Tableland, a documentary by Canadian filmmaker Craig Noble. This hopeful film tells the stories of local food and the people connected to it. In making Tableland, Noble visited numerous farmers, producers and chefs from throughout Canada and the United States who work together to provide delicious, quality food to their customers. Traveling along with Noble, you’ll visit beautiful locations and hear from with the farmers, producers and foragers of vegetables, wine, cheese, beer, honey, baked goods, oysters and mushrooms. You’ll also meet the chefs and others who purchase these products, an act which in many cases has changed their relationship to their food, farmers and foodshed.

Brimming over with beautiful images and passionate language, Tableland is a celebration of food and the relationships that come out of sharing it. Make sure to catch the Tableland showing at the Just Food Event Space on June 17 at 7 p.m. Reserve your seat by calling 507-650-0106.

This Saturday, June 14 at 1 p.m. we invite you to join us in the boulevard in front of Just Food to help us spiffy it up! Switzer’s Nursery has generously offered to prepare the site for us. Volunteers arriving at 1:00 will get to help us plant the area with donated divisions. If you have divisions of your perennials or extra annuals that you would like to donate to your co-op, please bring them to the store on Saturday at 1 p.m. If you have any questions, or to sign up to volunteer, please call Chris at the store at 650-0106.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!