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An Energetic Election . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Article Amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Board Candidates. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16 The Ends & The Beginning. . . . . . 17 Not My Bag.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Healthy Kids Lunches. . . . . . . 20-21 Apples Anytime . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-25 Fall Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
About the ComPost Fertilizer for the Mind Editor: Victoria Scott The ComPost is a bimonthly publication of Just Food Co-op and is published for the benefit of our membership and the community.The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Just Food Co-op or its members. For information about submissions, contact Victoria Scott at 507.650.0106 or social@justfood.coop. Letters to the editor are welcome and may be sent to the same email or 516 Water St. S., Northfield, MN 55057. Just Food Co-op is a proud member of the Twin Cities chapter of the National Cooperative Grocers (NCG).
Board of Directors board@justfood.coop
Penny Hillemann - President Joni Karl - Vice President Nola Moen - Secretary Clark Ohnesorge - Treasurer Karen Fossum Nancy Malecha Dirk Peterson Lee Runzheimer
Management Team Sherri Meyers General Manager
Stephanie Aman Marketing and Community Relations Manager
Lindsay Byhre Human Resources Manager
Valdon Critser Retail Manager
Membership Benefits
Save The Date! OCTOBER 13, 2018 10am-1pm
Just Food Co-op Annual Harvest Festival There will be food, and family fun for all ages. 2
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• Supporting a locally-owned, sustainable and socially responsible business. • Email subscription to The ComPost. • Profits returned to members as patronage rebates, at the discretion of the Board. • Member-only prices on Co-op classes. • Check writing for up to $20 over the amount of purchase. • Member-only specials on selected items throughout the store. • 10% case discounts, some exclusions apply.
An Energetic Election! By: Penny Hillemann, Board President
Please vote! I urge you to read the candidates’ statements thoughtfully and vote for up to five candidates.
Penny Hillemann
Since I first ran for the Just Food Board of Directors in the fall of 2011, there hasn’t been a Board election even close to what we have this year: 10 candidates running for five open seats. Many feel this is ideal, giving Owners real choices in their Board representation. In past elections we have rarely even had one more candidate than seats available. People are busy, there are many opportunities to serve on other boards and commissions in Northfield, and that’s just the way it has been.
What’s different this year? There could be a variety of factors. There are issues people are passionate about. Also, this year we were able to extend the application deadline from mid-July to early August. And last fall the Owners approved a modest level of compensation for board members effective this year. Any or all of these factors may be playing a role. Whatever the reason, we on the Board are happy to see this much interest in Board service and so many strong candidates. The Board’s primary duties are to set strategic direction for the Coop, evaluate the General Manager’s performance through a series of policies, and protect the assets of the Co-op through duties such as approving large contracts, making sure our policies and bylaws keep up with a changing world, and conducting an annual meeting to keep Owners informed. Please vote! I urge you to read the candidates’ statements thoughtfully and vote for up to five candidates you believe will bring the most valuable experience and perspectives to their role as Board Members tasked with representing all of Just Food’s Owners. Fall 2018
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Article Amendment RESOLUTION OF THE MEMBERS OF
JUST FOOD: NORTHFIELD COMMUNITY CO-OP, INC.
Amending the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation WHEREAS, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Just Food: Northfield Community Co-op, Inc., a Minnesota cooperative
(the “Co-op”), has approved, subject to the approval of the members of the Co-op (the “Members”), an amendment to the
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Co-op (the “Articles”), the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by this reference to increase the number of authorized shares of its Class A and B stock (the “Amendment”);
WHEREAS, the Board has deemed it to be advisable and in the best interest of the Co-op that the Members of the Co-op
WHEREAS, the Members believe that it is in their respective best interest and in the best interest of the Co-op to approve
approve the Amendment, and has directed that the Amendment be submitted to the Members for their approval; and
the Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE LET IT BE:
RESOLVED, that the Articles of the Co-op shall be amended by the Amendment, the provisions of which shall be deemed
FURTHER RESOLVED, that all acts and things heretofore done by any officer, employee or agent of the Co-op, on or prior
to be incorporated therein by reference as if originally a part thereof;
to the date of these resolutions in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the resolutions herein contained be, and the same hereby are, in all respects, ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted as acts on behalf of the Co-op; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that any officer, employee or agent of the Co-op is authorized to take all those actions, execute
other documents and pay those expenses that are in the judgment of such officer, employee or agent necessary, proper or advisable to complete and carry out the intent of these resolutions.
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Article Amendment Continued
Exhibit A
Form of Amendment
Section 1 of Article V of the Articles will be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “Section 1. The amount of authorized capital stock of the association shall be eleven-million-fifty-thousand
dollars ($11,500,000) and shall be divided into four classes of stock. Class A stock shall consist of six-thousand (6,000) shares of voting stock with a par value of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per share for a total of one-
hundred-fifty-thousand dollars ($150,000). Class B stock shall consist of six-hundred-thousand shares of nonvoting stock with a par value of five dollars ($5.00) per share for a total of three-million dollars ($3,000,000).
Class C stock shall consist of twelve thousand shares of non-voting stock with a par value of two-hundred-fifty dollars ($250.00) per share for a total of three-million dollars ($3,000,000). Class D stock shall consist of
10,000 shares of non-voting stock with a par value of five-hundred dollars ($500.00) per share for a total of five-million dollars ($5,000,000).”
Amendment Explanation • Our original articles only provided for 4000 shares of Class A stock, meaning we could only have 4000 Just Food Co-op members. • We currently have close to 3600 Owners (active and inactive) and new Owners join almost every day! • In order to continue to welcome new Owners, we would need to amend our articles as suggested above.
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Candidate Profile community without straying from our core principles. Strong
that support efforts to promote cooperative values in broader society.
connections with local farmers
This is an important part of fulfilling
will be key to this process. We
Cooperative Principle 5: Education,
need to make sure that expansion
Training and Information, as well as
means providing more high quality, locally produced foods, not
Cooperative Principle 7: Concern for Community, and is a role that Just
trying to out-Cub Cub and becoming
Food Co-op is in a unique position to
indistinguishable from a corporate
be able to work towards in
chain grocery store in the process.
Northfield.
If handled well, this could be an
Meet Revmira Beeby:
opportunity to get the Co-op involved
Before I got involved with Cooperation
in the community in new ways and
Northfield, I served on the city’s
play a more active role in supporting
Human Rights Commission. My
Growing up in Northfield, Just Food
all kinds of cooperative efforts, as well
experience on the HRC taught me the
Co-op was my first introduction into
as increasing the knowledge of and
value of having a diverse age range on
the world of cooperative economics,
desire for local sustainable products. I
a board or commission. This diversity
and helped teach me the importance
am excited to have discussions among
offers a variety of perspectives and
of sustainability, democratic
the membership about how to take
connections with a variety of groups
community control over resources,
advantage of these opportunities going
within the community. I also got the
and fostering local connections and
forward.
opportunity to learn about what kind
cooperation. These are values that
of human rights issues Northfield
continue to form a core part of my
Beyond being raised in a Just Food
was facing, work on projects like the
worldview and inform the projects
Co-op family, my involvement
Municipal ID campaign to address
I have been working on since high
with cooperative enterprises also
some of these issues, and help host
school. I am running for the Board of
includes working with Cooperation
community events such as MLK Day.
Directors because I want to play my
Northfield, a group dedicated to
I will be interested in seeing how
part in ensuring that Just Food Co-op
building economic democracy in
the Co-op can address important
remains grounded in these values and
town. Our group’s projects include a
issues relating to our values from our
continues to be a just, democratic
compost collection worker co-op and
position in the Northfield community.
institution deeply rooted in the
a sustainable chicken farming worker
Northfield community.
co-op. We’re also dedicated to social and environmental justice organizing.
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One of the main challenges I see
I believe that the role of co-ops is
facing the Co-op is how to scale up
not just to be standalone businesses,
and serve more of the Northfield
but to serve as anchor institutions
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Candidate Profile We’d rather not eat in a cafeteria
board member of Cannon Village
and prefer not to eat processed
Gardens. I have taught quite a few
and packaged food. Is this an
courses at the Cannon Valley Elder
impossible dream?
Collegium on subjects including China, Afghanistan, and science-fiction.
Our hope is that the Co-op, with the forthcoming expansion of its kitchen and eating areas, will solve at least part of this problem for us and others in Northfield’s
Meet Richard "Dick" Bodman:
growing senior population. If elected
Ways to Vote
as a Board Member, I will do my best to support the Co-op’s mission and to assist in the current fund-raising
For the past fourteen years my nose
campaign. I would also like to increase
and tongue have led me to the tasty
opportunities for Co-op staff and
hot soups and crunchy walnut cookies
Board Members to speak to groups
at the Co-op.
in the community. For myself, I would like to learn more about the grocery
I am applying for a position on the
industry so that I can judge better
Board of Directors. My wife and I have
what sorts of improvements would be
been Co-op members since the
practicable and desirable.
beginning and have benefitted greatly from having a source of safe, healthy
I am retired from St. Olaf College,
and locally-sourced food. We eat lots
after twenty-six years teaching Asian
of fresh fruit and vegetables and make
Studies and Chinese language. I have
most of our food from scratch, but
been a department head, served on
now that we are seventy, we can see
personnel committees, and served on
that future food preparation and food
the board of a consortium of private
shopping will become more work and
colleges teaching about Asia. My wife
less fun. How can we continue to live
and I have a hobby farm near Cannon
on our own, eat healthy and delicious
City but also maintain a residence at
meals, but have someone else do the
Village on the Cannon in Northfield.
cooking, the washing up, and maybe
At Village on the Cannon, I have been
even the food delivery?
a member of the Aging In Place task
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force and am also a newly-elected Fall 2018
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Candidate Profile and the daily focus on getting
Farm, and Valley Creek Farm. We’ve
the operational details right
helped to plant and harvest, helped
all happen thanks to the
with fundraising, and joined in many
commitment of staff, Directors,
potlucks and celebrations. It’s difficult
and owners. I’ve gotten to
to overestimate how much these
know many of the cashiers and other staff members much better
Meet Tim Braulick:
memberships have enriched our lives – we’ve had so many
since my wife became a part-time
opportunities to get involved, learn
employee and I like how that has made
new ways of thinking, work with
my experience of the Co-op richer.
others who share our hopes and
I know that I can make a positive
values, and just have fun belonging to a
contribution to keeping the Co-op
community.
Serving on the Board of Directors
strong and growing, helping it fulfill
of Just Food Co-op
its mission of inclusion, justice, and
Opportunities and challenges for
I’d like to serve on the Board because
sustainability. I’m looking forward to
Just Food Co-op
I believe in the Co-op’s mission. I see
meeting new and interesting people,
I see that there are many challenges
how the Co-op is part of the quality
and learning a lot about how our Co-
and opportunities at Just Food, many
of life here in Northfield and I’d like to
op works.
flowing from the planned expansion
contribute to the efforts of those
and many coming from the high goals
individuals who make the Co-op so
Experience with Just Food Co-op
and standards that the Co-op has for
much more than just a store.
and other cooperative enterprises
itself.
We’ve been shopping at food co-ops Our family joined the Co-op in its
and have been members of CSAs for
I think the time during the expansion
start-up days and I stop in often.
more than twenty-five years, and I’ve
project will offer operational
Sometimes I do a big shopping run,
been amazed in the steady growth
challenges of just keeping all the
sometimes I just pick up one or two
in professionalism and quality I’ve
functions working well to provide a
items. Often, I see a friend and have a
seen. I’m also deeply heartened by
good experience for customers and
conversation. I might bump into
the enthusiasm, commitment, and joy
staff. In addition, good communications
someone I know slightly and perhaps
I see from those who work in these
and sound fiscal management will be
get to know them a little better.
enterprises.
essential.
the store and confident in the quality
At one time or another we’ve been
After the expansion, the challenges
of products.
members of The Wedge, East
and opportunities will probably be
Always, I feel engaged in the energy of
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Calhoun Co-op, St. Peter Co-op,
even greater. The change from being
The sense of community, the work
Just Foods, Common Harvest Farm,
a “small” co-op to a medium-sized or
to promote health and fairness,
Open Hands Farm, Big Woods
“large” co-op will require setting and
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Meet Tim Braulick Continued
managing new expectations, building
In the corporate world, I’ve managed
trust to change, and developing and
large budgets, built teams, hired and
maintaining a larger staff with more
managed vendors,
nuanced skills.
designed new processes, and selected
and the group’s activities (1 year). •
Member of the Board of East Calhoun Co-op (1 year).
•
Owner of a small consulting
and implemented new technology/
business (writing,
Additionally, there is competition
systems. As a member of a farm family,
communications, education) that
from other food stores who see the
I’ve worked as the managing partner to
employed my wife and me, along
growing consumer demand for local
help siblings and other family members
with 4-8 sub-contractors (7+
and organic food. I think Just Food
complete a generational transition of
years)
has done a wonderful job keeping
the family farm.
•
its position as the store of choice for
Manager in corporate world (medical device industry) in
many shoppers, but I think competition Professional and volunteer
various departments, including
will continue to put pressure on our
experience relating to the work of
professional services, edwucation,
margin.
Just Food Board
creative services, and marketing.
•
Grew up on small family farm in
Managed large and small
Minnesota.
teams, including employees and
•
Managing partner of the limited
contractors, with budgets around
opportunities, but what
liability company set up by my
$1M.
a great place to be! These challenges
siblings and myself to manage
and opportunities are part of the
assets of our small family farm and
successful growth of the
transition ownership to the next
The next few years will offer new and some unexpected challenges and
Co-op and from ambitiously putting into practice the high ideals of the
generation (15+ years). •
Member of the Core Group for
members of Just Food.
•
Member and harvest volunteer at
Skills, formal training, and
•
Member of the Board of Directors
staff, directors, and
Valley Creek CSA (10+ years) Big Woods CSA (4+ years)
education that may directly
of the Friends and Foundation of
contribute to the mission of Just
the Northfield Library during the
Food Co-op
period when the Foundation was
I have significant experience in
created (3+ years).
managing people, budgets, and leading
•
Volunteer and paid member of
teams to complete large
Arts Plan team, which led to
projects. I have writing and
creation of Northfield Arts and
communications skills that I’ve applied
Culture Commission (1 year).
to change management and
•
Created and maintained initial
organizational readiness, as well as to
web site for ReNew Northfield to
employee and customer education.
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Candidate Profiles I am one of the founders of
Northfield Curbside Composting, which operates as a Worker
Compost, growth of our business over the past year has opened up new, unforeseen challenges and countless
Cooperative. That is a business
opportunities. You can’t have one
that I did research and
without the other, and I would like to
development for and finally
see the co-op make the most of these
kicked off in July of 2017. We
opportunities, and handle the challenges
have now been successfully in operation for over a year. Through
that arise in a way that keeps the communities best interests in mind.
the process of starting that business
Meet Helen Forsythe: Why would you like to serve on
and governing it as a worker co-op, I
With reference to the “Criteria” for
have learned a lot about co-ops and
serving as a Just Food Co-op Board
the cooperative principles through
Director, what skills, formal training
research prior to starting this business,
or education would you bring that
and primarily the direct experience of
directly contribute to the mission of
running this business.
Just Food Co-op? I have taken courses through Prescott
the board of directors of Just Food Co-op?
I am also a founder and current worker-
College in the field of Sustainable
I would like to serve on the board of
owner at Feed the People Farm, a
Community Development. I do the
directors of Just Food Co-op because
worker cooperative of four young
bookkeeping for both the farm and the
I feel that Just Food is an important
people located just north and west of
compost business, so I have financial
pillar in the Northfield community and
Northfield. We sustainably grow free
experience that I think will be very
I would like to be a part of shaping and
range chickens using organic methods
applicable in the Just Food Co-op
sustaining this important institution.
and permaculture design learned from
Board. I am skilled in group facilitation
I see Just Food and other grocery
our partners at Main Street Project. I
and in coalescing diverse groups of
cooperatives as a crucial part of a
am a farmer dedicated to regenerative
people around common goals.
strong, healthy agriculture system, and I
agriculture and building the cooperative
feel that I have the skills and passion to
green economy.
support Just Food.
Describe any professional or volunteer experience you have
What opportunities and challenges
had that would provide insight
What experience or involvement
do you see in the future for Just
or skills on the Just Food Board,
have you had with Just Food Co-op
Food Co-op?
including having served on a board
or other cooperative enterprises?
I see expansion as being a great
or a governing committee of other
I have been a member of Just Food
opportunity for the co-op to have
organizations.
since I moved to Northfield at the age
more business and thus further support
Professionally, I have started and
of 9 and recently started my very own
local farmers, and create more good
currently run two worker cooperatives.
household membership!
jobs for this community. I also see
This means that I am skilled in the
expansion as a possible challenge. From
practices of teamwork, democratic
my experience in Northfield Curbside
decision making, conflict resolution,
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Meet Helen Forsythe Continued
strategic planning, finance/cash flows,
Just Food Co-op. Since that time, Just
challenge in the near term. More space
marketing, human resources, and most
Food has been for us the place we turn
means the Co-op can provide more
importantly; prioritizing the welling
to for fresh, local, sustainably produced
products and services to the community,
being of people and the planet while still
foods; a place of community and
bring in more quality products from local
operating a business to make a profit.
friendship; and a resource for learning
producers and provide a better working
about issues that affect us every day. In
environment for staff and shopping
I served for three years from 2011
a word, Just Food has been a place of
experience for customers. Essentially, I
until 2014 on the Healthy Community
nourishment for us and I would like to
think the expansion allows Just Food
Initiative Board, with one of those years
see that it continue to be a nourishing
to grow in those areas where we
as a co-chair of the board. This gave me
place, in the broadest sense, for its
have been and should continue to
experience operating in a formal board
customers, staff, local producers and the be successful. But it does bring with
setting, being a part of decision making,
wider community.
and meeting facilitation as the board
it serious challenges: taking on and servicing more debt and adapting to a
co-chair. I have also been involved in
As a downtown business owner
new way of operating can be stressful
many less formal committee settings,
(Imminent Brewing), I value the Co-op
and quite difficult while also trying to
such as being on the Earth Day Planning
for the vibrancy it brings to Northfield.
maintain the principles and goals Just
Committee for the past 7 years putting
Having a locally run, downtown grocery
Food was built on.
on festivities for the Northfield area in
store is a luxury not many small towns
celebration of Earth Day.
enjoy and it keeps our downtown
Longer term, I see great opportunities
strong. Imminent Brewing has worked
for Just Food to partner even more
with the Co-op in a variety of areas
with local producers as the Cannon
and in my former position in the solar
Valley continues to flourish as a quality
industry, I was thankful for Just Food’s
food producing region. Just Food has
community room where I could
the ability to differentiate itself from
provide a space for people to learn about solar panels and what
other stores that simply cannot supply the same quality of products as our
factors to consider when deciding co-operative can by tapping into and if solar may be a good fit for their
supporting local products. Competition
homes. Simply put, the Co-op is
from larger grocery stores bringing
more than just a grocery store—it’s on more organic products is certainly a community gathering space and a resource for Northfield.
something to be concerned about, but Just Food can compete with them and has an opportunity to cement its
Meet Derek Meyers:
The expansion plans at Just Food
reputation as the only store where you
will make the Co-op an even greater
can get a variety of products that are
resource for our community. However,
truly local.
When my wife, Laura, and I moved to
having recently gone through a large
Northfield 5 years ago, one of the first
buildout, I see the expansion as both our
things we did was become members of
greatest opportunity and a difficult
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Meet Derek Meyers Continued
If I’m to be considered for this position, I should also say a bit about myself.
What opportunities and challenges
So, I’ve been involved with issues of
do you think in the future of Just
sustainability and the environment for
Food Co-op?
quite some time, which I see as key
Challenges: Will be over seeing
concerns for Just Food. My education
the Capital Campaign for the Just
is in English and Political Science and
Food expansion project.
I hold an M.A. in the latter where I
Opportunities: To learn and observe
focused on environmental politics. I
the navigating the many components of
pursued these studies further for a
the expansion project.
time in a geography PhD program at the London School of Economics, but eventually switched over to starting Starting a business taught me how
Reacquaint Yourself With Nola Moen:
to write a business plan, run financial
Current Just Food Board Secretary
and running Imminent Brewing.
analyses, develop a marketing strategy,
With reference to the “Criteria” for serving as a Just Food Co-op Board of Director, what skills, formal training and education would you bring that directly contribute to the
secure financing, hire and work with
Why would you like to serve on the
mission of Just Food Co-op?
contractors, complete a build out, attain
Board of Directors of Just Food
My background as a social worker for 31
a whole host of licenses and permits
Co-op?
years has exposed me to many
and, finally, open and run our brewery.
I would like to serve on the Board of the
challenging and unique experiences
I’ve also done a lot of community
Just Food Co-op because I
working with children and families.
engagement, both with Imminent
would like to become more involved in
Brewing and other businesses and
the Northfield community.
Describe any professional or
organizations I’ve been involved with
I have had a local CSA share for 5 years.
volunteer experience you have that
(All Energy Solar, BikeNorthfield, the
I support local farmers market
woul d provide insight or skills on
Spearfish Bicycle Co-operative, etc.),
and preserve food for the winter
the Just Food Board, including having
and I see reaching out and giving back
months.
served on a board or
to the community as a crucial piece
governing committee of another
to running any successful business or
What experience or involvement
organization.
organization. I hope that my experience
have you had with Just Food Co-op
I have served 1 year on the JFB. My
running a business, engaging the
or other cooperative enterprises?
education background is a MSSW
community and working on issues of
1) I have served 1 year on the JF Board.
which focuses on communication,
sustainability may benefit the board of
2) As a former Social Worker I was
problem solving techniques, and
directors and that, if elected, my skills
involved in organizing community
strategic planning. As a School Social
will serve Just Food Co-operative and its
resources for low income families.
Worker, I served on many
members, employees, local producers
planning and problem solving
and the planet for the better.
committees.
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Candidate Profiles The Just Food Co-op has the opportunity to serve the
needed while keeping in mind what is best for all parties involved.
community of Northfield in a niche that otherwise would go
If I am fortunate enough to be elected
unfulfilled otherwise. The Co-op
Director I pledge to give my full
can offer organic food from local growers and farmers unlike other
Meet Wayne Perleburg:
attention to the position. It would be my intent to see that
grocery stores in the area. I believe
Just Food Co-op is a success in the
this is very important and should be
foreseeable future! Just Food Co-op
expanded. Challenges facing the coop
should be a great place to work and its
include the “big box” stores such as
customers to shop.
Cub and Aldi. Pricing and selection are the main challenges to be overcome.
I would like to serve on the Board of
I fit the “Criteria” as Just Food director
Directors of Just Food Co-op because
due to my many years of involvement
of my deep belief in providing the
with organic food and alternative
best quality food and service to the
medicine. I have served on many boards
community possible.
involving health, welfare and pensions.
Voting Instructions • Each Owner Number gets 1 vote.
I have attended numerous workshops I also believe in the coop way of doing
and seminars that deal with the
business as keeps the store accountable
challenges and solutions to business’s
to its customers and the
both large and small.
community at large. And the customers also have a stake in seeing that store
I have served on the executive board
serves the purpose that it
of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. I
was created for.
have volunteered at various homeless shelters in Rochester MN, Mankato
I have been an owner/member for the
MN, and Chesterton IN.
six years that I have lived in Northfield. I have also belonged to Cannon Valley
My professional experience includes
Co-op in Northfield as well as the
serving on grievance resolution panels
Freeborn County Co-op which supplies
on the state, regional and national
LP gas. I have also belonged to the
level. My decisions have affected 10’s of
Evergreen Food Co-op in Albert Lea,
thousands of people. As a result I have
MN.
no problem making the hard decisions Fall 2018
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Candidate Profiles by the Co-op has been
Just Food Co-op has been good to
instrumental in the growth
me, my family, and my business. I'm
and success of our farm.
invested in very real and personal ways in its success and am eager for
My role as a Co-op grower also gives me a unique and I think important perspective
the opportunity to contribute my time and energy toward its exciting next chapter.
as a prospective board member.
Meet Michael Pursell:
As a local farmer and a founding member of Cannon Valley Grown, I've been working closely for the past few years with other local farmers
One of the first things my family and
on the Steering Committee of that
I did when we moved to Northfield
new initiative to help put local food
three and a half years ago was to
on the map in a new way. I hope
become members of Just Food, and
that as a member of the Co-op's
we have frequented the Co-op nearly
Board of Directors, I can be a
every week since. We moved here
voice for local producers and for
from South Minneapolis, where we
deepening the Co-op's commitment
were proud members of the Seward
to products grown, raised, and made
Co-op for over six years and where I
right here in our community.
served on the Board of Directors of the Seward Neighborhood Group.
Despite my eventual landing in
My family shops at Just Food because
agriculture, much of my educational
investing in the Co-op is a way for us
and professional background is in
to express our values and invest in our
writing and communications, dating
Why would you like to serve on
chosen community at the same time.
back to my English major at St.
the Board of Directors of Just Food
Meet Mason Randall:
Olaf. As a small business owner, I'm
Co-op?
Since becoming members, our family
also familiar with the many of the
I believe my love of food and
has also become one of the Co-op's
challenges-financial and otherwise
professional skillset can support Just
suppliers, as we started Late Bloom
that face a growing business, and I
Food continue in their
Farm in 2016 and began working with
hope that I can bring this experience
upward trajectory as an amazing
Just Food to sell bouquets of our
to bear as Just Food makes the huge
community resource for quality food.
Northfield-grown flowers. This early,
and long-anticipated leap forward into
enthusiastic and ongoing support
its expansion.
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Meet Mason Randall Continued
What experience or involvement
business development catering to the
Hollywood Blvd directly with the lead
have you had with Just Food Co-op
take-out or read-to-eat food market.
talent for the events to develop set
or other cooperative enterprises?
For Just Food, I see this as a call to
pieces and sound solutions as well as
I presently serve on the Northfield
respond with its own expansion and
various music concerts to support
Day Care board of directors here in
community presence to not only “stay
planning, quality, and safety
Northfield where we are constantly
in the game,” but to step forward as
aspects. Working through these, I have
looking at ways to provide a top-
a more prominent name in the local
learned a great deal about logistics and
notch day care to the community
food industry. I think the on-demand
contingency planning, built networks
and identify grants and subsidies to
food options as well as the downtown
of associates in an array of fields, and
help the organization be a resource
location are huge pluses
gained an appreciation for the detail
for ALL community members who
that are a platform to be expanded
that is required to put together a large
care about quality and trustworthy
upon by building upon the existing
and successful event.
care for their children ages 3-6 years
business to develop new sales
old. At Michigan Tech, I was elected
channels.
On a personal level, I am passionate
and served as a Student Government
about food. Having traveled a great
representative for my class in addition
With reference to the “Criteria”
deal in my life, friends and family
to similar service in my K-12 years.
for serving as a Just Food Co-op
would surely note that I have a
Since my teenage years, I have been
Board Director, what skills,
common mantra that the best way
an active participant in the churches
formal training or education would
to meet a new town is to start with
I have attended to help serve the
you bring that directly contribute
their food. My wife often finds me lost
community by making events,
to the mission of Just Food Co-op?
in local grocery stores, restaurants,
resources, and logistics move our
I am presently the Director of
fishing boats, farms, and food trucks
mission forward.
Research and Development for a large
wherever we travel. It is not only a
healthcare company and
gateway to the culture,
What opportunities and challenges
have many years of experience
but to the people. I live and believe
do you see in the future for Just
developing robust and quality
this with great sincerity.
Food Co-op?
software products in a variety of
Just Food has a lot of challenges in
focal areas, project plans, technical
Describe any professional or
the near future with the on-going
infrastructure, managing employees,
volunteer experience you have had
renovations and attention to nearby
managing budgets,
that would provide insight or
Economart as they expand their
building and developing teams, and
skills on the Just Food Board,
footprint and offerings in addition
other related items that go with the
including having served on a board
to having a very successful brewery
job.
or a governing committee of other
opening just across the street that
organizations.
reminds people of their presence. An
As a side career, I have often, (more
Respectfully, I believe I covered what
area I feel they are entirely neglecting
so in my younger days) worked in
I have to share in the above questions
that leaves opportunity for Just Food is the live production field, working on
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Candidate Profile teamwork are necessary to move the
company forward. I feel I could bring a fresh face along with new ideas
spent long term and keep them
from shopping at one of our local competitors.
for growth. 4. What skills, formal training and 2. What experience have I had with Just food co-op or other
op would benefit from? •
related
As far as education, I have a Bachelor’s Degree in
enterprises? Our goal when my wife and I moved to
communications from Brockport
Northfield was to get involved in the
State University in Brockport, New
community. Colleen works part-time
York. Part of the SUNY system.
at the co-op and I have recently joined
Meet Stephen “Zack” Zastrow:
education have you had that the co-
Rotary. In Shakopee, I was involved
Grew up in a college town. • My professional background in sales
with the Lion’s Club for 15 years helping
and marketing would make me an
those in need. Some examples were the
excellent candidate for the co-op
Lion’s Club bowling for special needs
board. I make decisions every day
Thank you for your consideration
children all over the state of Minnesota,
on how do we as a company get
on selecting me as a potential board
our annual ice golf and softball
better. How do we increase sales?
member.
tournaments help to make Shakopee
Is our customer base (membership)
Lions one of the biggest organizations in
growing? Are we using all social
the state.
media options? Are we providing
My wife Colleen and I moved to Northfield a year ago from Shakopee,
good customer service?
where we lived for 20 years. We were
3. What opportunities and
looking to downsize and always liked
challenges to you see for the co-op
5. Have I been on any boards that
what Northfield had to offer. We were
in the future?
would benefit the co-op?
right!
These are exciting times at the co-op
• For the past 18 years, I have been
because of your upcoming
on the senior management team
1. Why would you like to serve to
expansion. I think having somebody
for 5 medical companies where my
serve on the Board of Directors?
with new ideas to move it forward,
input is relied upon on a daily basis.
My senior management background
offering input on what departments
would serve the board well. I’ve been
should be expanded and focusing on
and exceeding revenue goals is
in the medical device industry as a sales
what will increase revenue. Growing
something I’d like to continue to do
and marketing executive for over 30
can sometime be an issue short term.
the co-op.
years. I’ve been involved with a number
However, expanded product offerings
of start-up medical companies where
for our members and non-members
problem solving, unexpected issues and
I believe will help to increase dollars
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• Heading up Sales and meeting
Thank you for your consideration.
The Ends and the Beginning By: Sherri Meyers, General Manager
As we look into the future and our annual election, it is important to take a moment and reflect on the incredible year we recently concluded (our fiscal year ended in June.) My heart is full of gratitude for those of you who continue to make the Co-op part of your life. For some this means stopping in for a quick, healthy lunch option, for others it means grabbing ingredients for a special meal, and for still others it means stopping in to chat with friends and neighbors while doing your regular grocery shopping. No matter how often you stop in to see us, we value the opportunity to be the Sherri Meyers
grocer you trust for quality, healthy food and the best customer service in town delivered by the most knowledgeable staff!
We accomplished some truly incredible milestones last year. Here are some highlights from my annual Ends review: • The Co-op purchased $1.7M from cooperatively owned businesses and $1.67M from local farmers and producers. • 91% of our waste was recycled or composted. • 51,000 bags were saved by our customers • An 81% decrease in refrigerant lost • $1.7M in wages, benefits, and staff discounts paid to staff. •
100% of employees at Just Food make a livable wage as defined by MIT’s county model. We add 5% for Northfield’s higher cost of housing.
• 82% of staff make an hourly rate greater than the minimum
If you want to know more about the great things • Our Marketing and Outreach team sponsored or held 111 Just Food accomplished last year, you may educational opportunities. That is one almost every 3 days! want to read my Ends review. It can be found This next year brings many challenges as we launch our Capital on our website at http://justfood.coop/files/ OwnersEndsFY18.pdf Campaign, and our long awaited expansion project. Just Food livable wage.
needs to remain competitive in our market – our competition is refreshing their look and their offerings. In order to continue to do good things in our community, we need to keep up, if not lead! I look forward to the opportunity to answer your questions about the capital campaign, or our expansion project. Feel free to stop in, drop me a line at gm@ justfood.coop or call me at the store at 507-650-0106. It has been a pleasure to do work on your behalf this past year leading Just Food through the planning of our project. I anticipate the day when we can cut the ribbon on our newly expanded store and sell even more good food, provide even more good jobs, and do even more good in our community.
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Not My Bag.
may use them as a means to bring freshly picked garden vegetables in to share with coworkers; some may just have that ‘bag filled with other bags’ in their front hall closet. The knowledge that is slightly less common is that paper grocery bags have just, if not more, of a negative impact on the environment.
By: Kevin Krein
A
How could that be, you may be asking yourself—the paper itself the
s a shopper, how many times have you found yourself in this position?
bag is made out of must come from recycled material, and, like any good natured individual, you make the attempt to reuse, or recycle the bag when you are finished with it.
You enter the grocery store—Just Food Co-op, for example—and upon entering, after you’ve dug out your list, and are firmly grasping
Members of the Just Food Green Team recently looked into the
the handle of the shopping cart, you realize that you’ve forgotten to
environmental impact of using paper grocery bags, and they were
bring in your bags.
surprised at what they found. Information on this topic has been available, both online and in print, for a number of years, and the first
If you’ve left your reusable grocery bags at home, it may not be
result from a quick internet search of ‘Are paper bags bad for the
worth leaving the store in order to drive back to your house and grab
environment?’ provides a short, helpful article from Eco Myths.
them—in this scenario, you will, more than likely, need to rely on the paper grocery bags provided by the store.
The conceit of the article is most accurately summed up through a quote Eco Myths uses from Eric Masanet, Ph.D., an Associate
But what if you’ve left your bags in the car?
Professor of both Mechanical Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University in Illinois. Masanet says
After exhaling a long, pained, exasperated sigh at your own
that moving from plastic bags to paper bags isn’t exactly a ‘greener’
forgetfulness, do you park your shopping cart temporarily in order to
decision, and that consumers need to look at the impact each part of
dash back out through the parking lot and retrieve your bags from the
the product’s life cycle from the beginning to the end.
back seat, or trunk? Or, do you let a conciliatory thought run through your head—“It’s just this one time,” you say to yourself. “I’ll be sure
The use of natural gas and oil to create the film used for plastic
to remember to bring those bags in next time. Today, I’ll just use
grocery bags is certainly detrimental, but the production of plastic
paper bags when I get to the check lanes.”
bags apparently creates fewer greenhouse gases, and uses less water and chemicals than the production of paper bags.
Certainly, we’ve all found ourselves in some variant of this situation, but what if those paper bags were not an option? Or, if they are still
The conversion of hard wood into paper also requires a very
an option, what if there was a small cost, to you, in exchange for using
resource-heavy pulping process, which was determined through a Life
them to bag up your purchases?
Cycle Analysis to be ‘significantly worse’ than plastic in terms of the impact it has on human health, as well as eco-toxicity.
At this point, it’s fairly common knowledge that plastic grocery bags have a rather negative impact on the environment. Some people may
The article also talks briefly about the distribution of paper bags as
reuse a plastic bag to clean up after their companion animal; some
well—paper bags are five to seven times heavier than plastic bags,
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and require more trucks to carry deliver them, causing more air
Outside of the compostable utensils the Green Team has researched
pollution in the process.
for Just Food’s deli department, as well as compostable bags for produce, the team has talked, on more than one occasion, about the
While the Eco Myths piece concludes that it isn’t really ‘black and
notion of Just Food becoming a ‘bagless’ store.
white’ between which is worse—paper or plastic—and in the end, points readers in the direction of purchasing reusable tote bags, it
During the summer of 2017, Seward Community Co-op began
does provide some anecdotal information about plastic grocery bags
charging customers five cents per paper bag used.
having a higher reuse rate—either as trash bags, or to pick up animal waste.
Allison Meyer, Advocacy and Governance Specialist with Seward, said the store originally looked into charging for paper bags in
It also discusses the environmental impact that littering both paper
preparation to comply with a proposed Minneapolis city ordinance
and plastic bags has. Paper bags decompose so quickly that even if
regarding paper and plastic bags. Due to legislation at a state level,
they are not reused or recycled, they are not necessarily going to
the ordinance was never adopted, but Meyer said Seward wanted to
have a detrimental effect on the ecosystem the way plastic bags
continue with the program—simply because of the positive impact it
do—the article plastic bags' ability to clog storm drains, as well as
would have on environmentally speaking.
their uncanny ability to end up in the ocean. In the year since
How many bags were saved by
Recycling a paper bag is relatively easy; trying to rid yourself of a
this program was
the the Planet Planet Patch Patch Program? Program?
plastic bag is not. In all likelihood, your residential recycling pick
implemented, Seward
FY2017: FY2017: 48,000 48,000 paper paper bags bags
up will not take plastic bags of any kind, and the hopeful inclusion
Community Co-op
FY2018: FY2018: 51,000 51,000 paper paper bags bags
of them in your curbside bin is only going to cause a number of
used 24 percent fewer
problems for the machinery at the recycling center.
paper grocery bags (139,400 bags.)
But if you aren’t going to reuse them for garbage, or for picking up
The same way that Just Food often asks its customers to ‘think
after your dog, and your hallway closet’s ‘bag full of other bags’ is
about where their food comes from,’ we would now like you to
completely full, what do you do with a plastic grocery bag to keep it
consider how you get that food from the store into your home.
out of the ocean?
Consider the journey that paper grocery bag has taken to get to the checkout lane at Just Food, the short jaunt it will take from the
The site Earth 911 has a helpful list of ways you can try to recycle
store’s parking lot to your home, and finally, what becomes of it
plastic bags, as well as reasons why you should do so.
after you’ve put your groceries away.
While a number of grocery stores—both large, chain stores as well
Consider if you would be concerned with the idea of paying five
as locally operated cooperatives—have encouraged shoppers to
cents for the use of a paper bag within the store, or if you would
be more thoughtful about the environment by ridding their check
be understanding; and think if this would serve as a strong enough
lanes of plastic bags, or temporarily going ‘bagless’ in celebration of
reminder to bring in your reusable grocery bags when you come in
Earth Day, Just Food’s Green Team has spent a number of months
to shop.
exploring what might be possible as the store looks ahead toward its long awaited expansion.
Resources: Earth 911- https://earth911.com/recycling-guide/how-to-recycle-plastic-bags/
Eco Myths- https://ecomyths.org/2014/05/27/myth-paper-bags-are-greener-than-plastic/ Seward Co-op blog- https://seward.coop/posts/1074
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Healthy Kids Lunches
Simple ideas to banish lunchbox boredom.
O
By Mandy Makinen kay, parents. We all
Battling boredom
know that back to
I had always planned on
school is, although
being the mom who
bittersweet for our children, pretty
would break out the
good for us. Our children are again
cookie cutters to make
occupied in noble pursuits, they get
lunchtime sandwiches
regular exercise, they have plenty of
special, or who would creatively
time with their friends and the
market sacks of carrot coins or a
echo of “I’m bored” vanishes from
stand-up broccoli forest to my child.
is that it teaches my son about
the halls of our homes. Things are
But the reality is, that takes time.
nutrition — which types of food
always good for a
Our family tries to put emphasis on
have what nutritional value. Now my
few weeks — at least until a
dinner and eating (mostly) home-
son knows that peanut butter is a
new boredom sets in. School lunch
cooked meals together at night,
protein, not a vegetable. He knows
burnout.
so with already limited time in the
that a banana is not a significant
evenings, packing elaborate bag
source of complex carbohydrates
lunches has fallen by the wayside.
but that a whole wheat bagel is.
Working under time constraints
Emphasize efficiency
might take some of the creativity
There was a time, I am sure, when
For those who regularly pack lunches for an elementary school–aged child, you may
out of presenta-tion, but it
all kids would sit down to lunch at
common points of
doesn’t have to mean a boring or
school with enthusiasm and dig in,
friction. Namely,
unbalanced lunch. We adopted a
focused on the task of chewing their
boredom with
baseline of this equation: 1 + 1 +
food and getting refueled for an
have run into a few
1 = 1. One fruit or vegetable (e.g.,
afternoon of learning. I believe that
over what did not get
carrots, banana, cucumber, apple),
time was somewhere around the
eaten that day, and
one protein (turkey, peanut butter,
year 19-oh…never?
content, argu-ments
issues revolving around
ham, cheese), and one carbohydrate
trading for
(bagel, crackers, English muffin,
has always been, an important social
junk food. Let’s
tortillas) = one lunch. Dividing
time for kids. This is when jokes
look over
lunch-building into predictable
get told, bragging gets done and
the issues,
units makes it easy for my son to
where today’s hilarious sight gags are
one at a
participate by choosing different,
tomorrow’s doctor’s visits (raisins in
changing components. One of the
the nose, anyone?). This is also when
best side effects of this lunch style
your child is supposed to focus and
time.
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eat their whole lunch.
— are a hot commodity. For a kid
Remembering to keep portions
who brings a healthy lunch every
small and the eating process
lunch, at our local food
day, those things help him build an
co-op, where
efficient (think bite-size finger
argument that his mother is the
it’s easier to
foods) helps ensure that more food
meanest, most boring person alive.
gets eaten. This is the way toddlers
It’s disappointing to think that the
stuff I don’t want him to
eat, but I find it works great at any
healthy meal we spent time and
eat: high-fructose corn
age (I love a “snack lunch” at the
money planning and purchasing could
syrup, hydrogenated
office myself). It doesn’t have to
be traded for less healthy food on
fats, artificial chemical
look extremely coordinated to be
a whim. Though I suspect my son’s
a good lunch — a handful of nuts,
whole wheat bagel or almonds rank
a bag of snap peas, some cheese
low in lunch table trading values.
minimize the
sweeteners and dyes. My hope is that
cubes, grapes, whole wheat bagel
he’ll covet
half. All these things are easy to eat,
But to alleviate the feeling that
these treats
and more important, can be safely
my child is going to be scarred by
enough that they don’t end
eaten while paying attention to at
his health-fanatic mom who never
up in trading action and
least three other things at once.
allowed him to have fun foods,
it keeps him eating our
we've added “mystery” items to the
home lunches, which are
Less lunch trading
lunchbox — something that doesn't
My son reports that a lot of
fall into the main food groups: fruit
unsanctioned lunch trading happens.
leather, organic chocolate milk,
than the
Packaged, processed foods designed
natural energy bars, a single serving
alternative
for lunchboxes — fruit snacks,
of chips. We shop for these mystery
cookies, chips and cheese puffs
items, along with the rest of his
healthier
overall, for
1 + 1 + 1 = 1
fruit / vegetable
protein
carbohydrate
years to come.
lunch
Dividing lunch-building into predictable units makes it easy for kids to participate by choosing different, changing components. Reprinted by permission from StrongerTogether.coop.
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Apples Anytime
Ah, autumn — perfectly embodied in the humble apple. More than 17,000 varieties of this tempting fruit have been identified, and Red Delicious is only the beginning. At the Co-op, you’ll find apple varieties that boast wide-ranging flavor profiles, from the oh-so-tart to satisfyingly sweet. Some are ideal in a lunchbox, while others shine in baked goods. Explore an array of possibilities for savoring this versatile fall favorite at every meal with these recipes. You’ll quickly discover that “an apple a day” isn’t nearly enough!
French Toast with Warm Apple Pecan Compote Servings: 6. Prep time: 60 minutes.
Compote ⁄4 cup water or apple juice
3
⁄4 cup brown sugar
1
⁄4 cup maple syrup
1
⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
1
⁄4 cup raisins
1
⁄4 cup chopped pecans
1
3 cups apple, peeled and cut into 1⁄2 -inch pieces Pinch of salt 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2 tablespoons butter
Reprinted by permission from StrongerTogether.coop.
French Toast with Warm Apple Pecan Compote Continued
French Toast 2 tablespoons butter 5 large eggs 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons maple syrup Pinch of salt 1-pound loaf of soft-crusted bread (such as brioche or challah) cut into 1-inch thick slices 1. To make the compote, bring the water, brown sugar,
Waldorf Salad with Yogurt and Honey Servings: 4 – 6. Prep time: 30 minutes.
1 lemon, juice and zest (about 2 to 3 tablespoons juice) ⁄2 cup Greek yogurt
maple syrup, cinnamon and raisins to a boil in a
1
saucepan. Add the pecans, apples and salt. Bring the
1 teaspoon honey
mixture to a simmer and cook for about 15 minutes,
Salt and pepper to taste
stirring occasionally.
2 cups apple (1 large apple), cut into bite-sized pieces
Add the cornstarch and butter and simmer another
1 cup seedless grapes, halved
3 to 5 minutes until slightly thickened. Keep warm
1 cup celery (2 to 3 ribs), cut into 1⁄2 -inch pieces
while preparing the French toast, or prepare the
1
⁄2 cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
compote the night before and reheat.
1. In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, zest, yogurt and honey. In a large salad bowl,
2. Heat the oven to 300˚ F. Place a metal rack in the oven to keep pieces of finished French toast warm
gently toss the apples, grapes, celery,
while the rest is cooking. Melt a little of the butter in
and walnuts with the dressing. Season to taste with
a large skillet (or two skillets to make the process go
salt and pepper. Substitute nonfat Greek yogurt for a
faster) over medium-low heat. Whisk the
lower-fat version if you like.
eggs, milk, maple syrup and salt in a large bowl. Soak each slice of bread in the egg mixture for about 30 seconds on each side. Place in hot skillet and cook each side for 3 to 4 minutes until golden brown. Add more butter for each new piece of toast added to the pan. Slice French toast into triangles and serve
Breakfast, lunch and dinner — or anytime in between — there are endless ways to enjoy apples all day. Visit StrongerTogether. coop to find more delectable apple recipes.
topped with warm apple compote.
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Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake
Gingered Beet and Apple Salad
Servings: 8. Prep time: 55 minutes; 15 minutes active.
Servings: 6. Prep time: 30 minutes.
⁄2 cup whole wheat flour
1 pound beets, peeled
⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 apple (about 1⁄2 pound) 1⁄4 pound carrots, peeled
⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, minced
⁄2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon apple cider
⁄4 teaspoon allspice
2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 1
3 1 1
1 ⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoon olive oil
⁄2 cup vegetable oil or melted coconut oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1
1
1 egg, beaten ⁄4 cup milk
1. Using the shredding blade of a food processor or a
1
1 teaspoon vanilla
grater, shred the beets, apple and carrots. Mix well
1 cup diced apple 1⁄4 cup dried cranberries
with the remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately or refrigerate to let the flavors blend.
1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Butter or oil an 8 x 8 inch
Fresh apples and apple cider make this beautiful, jewel-toned slaw refreshing and delicious. Try using a variety of beets — like golden or chioggia beets — for an even more colorful salad.
pan. 2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, oats, baking soda, salt, spices and sugar. Stir in the remaining ingredients until just combined. The batter will be very thick. Spread the batter evenly into the pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean. Let cool before slicing.
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Butternut Apple Bisque
Apple Raspberry “Nachos”
Servings: 6. Prep time: 45 minutes.
Servings: 4. Prep time: 20 minutes.
1 medium onion, diced
1 cup frozen or fresh raspberries
1 tablespoon butter or vegetable oil
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 tablespoon curry powder (or more, to taste)
1
1 butternut squash, about 1 ⁄2 pounds, seeded, peeled and
2 large Honeycrisp apples, halved, cored
⁄2 cup chocolate chips
1
cubed
and sliced thin ⁄4 cup pecans, chopped
1 Granny Smith apple, cored, peeled and cubed
1
5 cups low-sodium vegetable stock
2 tablespoons shredded coconut
Sea salt to taste
2 tablespoons plain or vanilla yogurt
1. In a 4-quart pot, heat the butter or oil and
1. In a small pot, simmer the raspberries and maple
saute the onion over medium heat until soft, about 5
syrup for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove
minutes.
the raspberry sauce from the heat and pour into a small container through a fine mesh strainer to
2. Add curry powder and sauté 3 more minutes, being
remove
careful not to burn.
the seeds. Set aside the finished sauce.
3. Add squash, apple and vegetable stock to
2. Melt the chocolate chips either in a double boiler
the pot and bring to a boil.
or by microwaving for about 3 minutes on low, in a
4. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook
microwave-safe bowl.
20 to 30 minutes, or until the squash is tender.
3. To build the nachos, spread out or overlap the apple
5. Puree the soup in a food processor or
slices on a platter or large plate. Lightly drizzle the
blender and salt to taste.
apple slices with the melted chocolate and raspberry Tip: For some extra spice, add 1 tablespoon ginger,
sauce, sprinkle pecans and coconut over the top, and
peeled and chopped, to the pan at the same time as
serve with yogurt as a dipping sauce.
the onions, or add chopped candied ginger as a garnish
Mix and match your favorite toppings for a creative, kid-friendly afternoon snack.
before serving.
Warm up with tart Granny Smith apples and creamy butternut squash. Fall 2018
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Co-op for Fall September 6, 2018
Townie Pepper Tasting
September 10, 2018
September 15, 2018
Taste some local peppers and
Capital Campaign Launch
Sept. Sample Saturday
see how many Scoville Heat
The official launch date to raise
Sample Day is the third
Units you can handle before
the 1.5 million dollars needed to
Saturday. Please join us in
reaching for the chocolate milk.
expand the Co-op.
trying samples from our
Price: Free!
Cost: Owners, ask for a packet.
vendors.
Where: Just Food Co-op
Where: Just Food Co-op
Cost: Free
When: 6:00-7:00pm
When: September 10
Where: Just Food Co-op
Reminder that this month
When: 10am-1pm
$ 1,500,000 $ 1,400,000
$ 1,300,000
$ 1,200,000
$ 1,100,000
$ 1,000,000
$ 900,000
$ 800,000
$ 700,000
$ 600,000
$ 500,000
$ 400,000
$ 300,000
$ 200,000
$ 100,000
$ 25,000
September 9, 2018
September 18, 2018
Parade of Produce Just Food Co-op will be
participating in the DJJD Day
TwoAd Tuesday September 12, 2018
Fill It Fresh
There are usually 2 Tuesdays each month where you can shop
Our Monthly 10% off Fresh
both Co-op Deals flyers. This is
Event.
one such Tuesday.
staff will be even be dressed as
Cost: One time purchace of $2.99 cooler
Cost: None
produce!
bag.
Where: Just Food Co-op
Cost: Free
Where: Just Food Co-op
When: 7:00am-9:00pm
Where: Division St. Northfield, MN
When: 7:00am-9:00pm
Parade. We will be handing out local apples! Some of our
When: Starts at 2pm
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Keep In Mind Dates To Remember for
Be on The Lookout For
September 19, 2018
Board Meetings
Seasonal Produce
Did You Know
September - Local Apples
Just Food Co-op is Expanding?
November 14, 2018
October - Squash
Owners may buy C Shares to
Remember to email Sherri at least
November - Citrus
invest in the expansion project.
1 week in advance to be put on the
& so much more!
Not an Owner?: It's a one-time
schedule if you would like to attend a
A benefit of membership is 10% off
investment of $125
Board Meeting.
case discounts. This includes produce,
Unable to Contribute Large Amounts?:
except where noted.
Don't worry! As the project moves
Dates To Remember for
Coffee With The Board
forward, we will be doing Round Up at
October 6, 2018
Board of Directors Election.
November 3, 2018
Voting for our new Board
Enjoy coffee and a treat and come talk
Directors will begin in
to your Board Members about the store.
September and end at our
September 1, 2018
the Register for specific items - you may contribute any amount at the register. How About a Job?: Watch our website for job postings.
Annual Meeting. Watch your Dates To Remember for
Fill It Fresh
email for voting information. Review ballot items and
September 12, 2018
candidates on pages 4-16.
October 10, 2018
Each owner number gets 1 vote.
November 14, 2018
$ 1,500,000 $ 1,400,000
Take 10% off your cooler bag of fresh
$ 1,300,000
$ 1,200,000
items. Learn more on our blog.
$ 1,100,000
$ 1,000,000
$ 900,000
$ 800,000
$ 700,000
Dates To Remember For
$ 600,000
Sample Saturdays
$ 500,000
$ 400,000
$ 300,000
September 15, 2018
$ 200,000
$ 100,000
October 13, 2018
$ 25,000
November 10, 2018 Sample items and speak to our vendors about your favorite prodcuts.
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