[Cgfc-discuss] Fwd: food co-op

[Clint Popetz]

If someone has information about Chicagoland food coops, particularly
West side, could you contact this person?

				Thanks,
				-Clint

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 18:16:31 -0500
From: Laura Novotny <laura at 7rays.com>
Subject: food co-op
To: cgfc at prairienet.org
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Greetings, Folks at the Common Ground Food Co-op!

My husband and I have just moved back to Illinois from Eugene, Oregon,
which is home to Grower's Market Co-op, as well as many wonderful 
small, organic-friendly food shops. We are experiencing a sort of 
"culture-shock", as the only options available to us as far as grocery 
shopping seem to be the big corporate-type stores (Whole Foods, Wild 
Oats, Trader Joe's)...We are searching for a locally-minded co-op,
and our internet search lead us to you--your Co-op sounds like exactly 
what we are interested in becoming a part of; unfortunately we are 
too far away (Western suburbs of Chicago). Does anyone there know 
of any co-ops up our direction? 

We are very committed to supporting the idea of eating locally (growing 
as much of one's own food as possible) and seasonally. In the event 
that we can not find an area co-op, we would be very seriously interested 
in forming one, or some sort of "buying club" even...can you direct 
us to someone who would be willing/able to answer some questions,
or some resource from which we can get some information on how to 
proceed? Any help you may be able to offer would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance; I am so pleased to see that somewhere like 
Common Ground exists and look forward to a time when we may have 
the opportunity to visit!

Best Regards,
Laura Novotny
e-mail: laura at 7rays.com





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