[cgfc] CGFC's Weekly Bytes, Vol. 1, Issue #2

[Lisa BK]

GREETINGS!

Welcome to Common Ground Food Co-op's weekly (for now) e-newsletter! You're 
getting this missive because you're a member of Common Ground who's also 
signed up to be on the CGFC mailing list. If you aren't interested in 
receiving these updates, please email commongroundfoodcoop at gmail.com. A 
paper version is posted on the bulletin board in the store.

Every week, via this transmission, members will be provided with store 
updates/news, links to relevant news items/political actions, and other bits 
and pieces worthy of mention. If you have anything of a similar bent you 
think members should know about, please email links to 
commongroundfoodcoop at gmail.com. Thanks!

STORE NEWS:

****We're still looking for tabling volunteers for the Farmers' Market - 
working all morning isn't required. If you have some time on the morning of 
8/27 and/or the mornings of 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, and 9/24, please contact Lisa 
B-K at commongroundfoodcoop at gmail.com OR call the store at 352-3347 and 
leave a message.

****Here's another volunteer opportunity: we are tentatively scheduled to 
have a table at Champaign-Urbana Day in Douglass Park on Saturday, August 
13. The event goes from 11-6; we will need volunteers at setup and in shifts 
until breakdown when the event is over. If you're interested in getting core 
worker or worker hours at this event, please contact Lisa B-K using the info 
above.

****The new website is now 3/4 the way designed! Hopefully next week we'll 
have a link to a nearly-finished (or finished!) version for everyone to see. 
Here's a hint: it's very green.

**** We've tossed around the idea of starting a book club this fall for 
co-op members. We know, another thing to add to your already-crammed 
schedules, but wouldn't it be cool to read a book over the course of a month 
and then get together with other members somewhere to discuss it? The 
possibilities are endless! There are so many books about food and food 
politics and cooking and cooperative efforts (among other topics) out there 
it's hard to know where to begin, so email your suggestions to 
commongroundfoodcoop at gmail.com and we'll see what we can get started.

****Pine nuts remain on sale to add to your summery pesto fun! Get 'em while 
they're $6.80/pound!! Also, dried mango is back in stock, and it's on sale 
at $7.65/pound!

****Also, remember to take advantage of the CGFC Product blog - it's a place 
you can go to get some news about items CGFC carries as well as make 
suggestions to our product buyer, Molly. Find it here: 
www.cgfcproducts.blogspot.com <http://www.cgfcproducts.blogspot.com>

****Another reminder - this summer's drought has been rough on CGFC 
suppliers/CSA farmers Jim and Diann Moore. There's a fundraiser going on to 
help these folks buy hay to feed their livestock this winter - if rain 
continues to be scarce, they won't have hay. More information can be found 
here:

http://www.prairielandcsa.org/drought.htm

****The next worker orientation is this Saturday, 6 August, 1 PM at the 
store.

GOT A FEW MINUTES?

Here are some links on the world wide web coordinators have pulled together 
that the membership might find informative, thought-provoking, or, well, 
kinda funny:

****Brandy, our produce coordinator, sends this link about a celebrity-laden 
campaign to raise awareness of "the unfair nature of agricultural 
subsidies". Check it out:

http://tinyurl.com/dvk9p

****Very cool campaign targeting schoolchildren and the corner stores that 
feed them:

http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/programs/corner.store.campaign.php

****Study shows that organic farming yields for corn and soybeans are the 
same as conventional farming, only organic farming is pesticide-free and 
uses less energy:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/norm071805.cfm

****Another small company gets bought out by a giant corporation - this time 
it's Hershey buying Scharffen Berger. Sigh:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/26/BUGM6DTAOM1.DTL

**** Lisa B-K's favorite food blog of the week also throws in a dash of 
left-leaning politics along with the great photos and scrumptious prose:

http://www.madeater.blogspot.com

Please feel free to forward these links to people you think might benefit 
from such knowledge! 

Thanks and look for #3 same time next week!



::compiled by Outreach Co-coordinator Lisa Bralts-Kelly::
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