[cgfc] CGFC's Weekly Bytes, Vol.1, #7

Wed Sep 7 20:36:53 CDT 2005

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 are 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/LOCAL NEWS:

****APPLE CIDER ALERT! If you're interested in ordering some unpasteurized, 
locally-sourced 
(Shadycrest in Arthur)) apple cider, please get your order in at the store 
by 5 PM Friday, 
September 9. Price is $4/gallon and will arrive in the store between 3-6 
this Saturday. 
Please be ready to pick up your order sometime Saturday, Sunday the 11th, or 
Monday the 
12th.

****CGFC will be participating in the Volunteer Fair at the U of I on 
Friday, September 9 
from 10 AM - 2 PM. Please contact Lisa at the email address above if you're 
interested 
in representing CGFC at this event.

****Three More Urbana Farmers' Markets left for us! CGFC's scheduled to 
appear every 
Saturday in September. If you're interested in taking a shift at our 
centrally-located/often 
stopped-at booth, please email Lisa at the address above and you can find 
out what's available. Thanks!

****In Case You Missed it #1:"Common Ground Food Co-op is collecting aid to 
send to 
Hurricane Katrina victims.

We will be sending money to Second Harvest, which is the national network of 
food banks in 
the US. Second Harvest is coordinating millions of pounds of food aid which 
they are 
trucking down to the areas in need so that people can eat.

They have established a special "Hurricane Katrina" fund and will use 100% 
of money 
collected to get food to people in need. They have requested monetary 
donations to 
facilitate the transportation of food from food banks and grocery stores 
across the country 
down to the areas in need. They have set up a warehouse in the Baton Rouge, 
LA to act as 
their Emergency Operations Center and to receive and distribute food.

Please consider donating to help people in this severe national crisis.
For more information on Second Harvest's efforts, please see their website 
www.secondharvest.org <http://www.secondharvest.org> or call their Chicago 
office at 1-800-771-2303 x207.

If you want to donate via the store, we're collecting money at the register. 
If you'd rather 
donate over the phone or online, please contact Second Harvest directly.

Second Harvest's latest press release is here:
http://www.secondharvest.org/site_content.asp?s=742.

Thanks." 

****In case you missed it #2: "The Co-op's delivery schedule is changing 
with our primary 
grocery supplier, United Natural Foods. We will be getting our deliveries 
Monday
and Thursday mornings. None of our current workers who help unload the 
trucks can make it at 
those times and United is unwilling to give us a different delivery 
schedule." Who out there 
can step up for some early morning exercise AND worker hours? Let Molly know 
- you can reach 
her at the store by calling 352-3347.

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

****CGFC/OXFAM EVENT ALERT!!!!!****

Farming in other countries: A West African perspective

Farm and trade policies in the United States and European Union are creating 
hardships for 
family farmers across the world. In particular, agricultural subsidies 
hamper efforts to 
reduce poverty in poor countries, while undermining rural life here in the 
US. Mr. Soloba 
Mady Keïta, a cotton producer from Mali will be touring Illinois to speak 
about his life as 
a farmer in West Africa. Come find out how US policies can be changed to 
help people 
everywhere live in dignity, and what you can do to help. 

WHEN: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
WHERE: Common Ground Food Co-op
TIME: 7 pm (note time change from last week's newsletter)

The talk will be in Bondurant Hall at the IDF, which is upstairs; 
refreshments will be 
provided. We're working with Oxfam! Huzzah!

**** THE KRISHNA DINNERS RESUME! Monday, Sept. 12 (5:30-7:30pm) @ The Red 
Herring

Race over for a 6 course, all-you-can-eat meal for only $5 (...and bring a 
friend). Also, 
how would you like a FREE Krishna Dinner? Come help us serve the dinner for 
one hour and 
we'll give you a free one! To get on the schedule, call 367-2340.

INFO OF INTEREST:

********Also Katrina-related: 

FARM AID ACTIVATES DISASTER FUND FOR KATRINA VICTIMS

In response to the devastation of Katrina on family farmers in the
south, Farm Aid has announced the activation of their Family Farm
Disaster Fund to Fund. They are encouraging donations so that
farm families can get the help they need to recover from the
hurricane and continue farming. "This is a moment when each of
us can take stock of what we can offer to everyone affected by this
catastrophe, and Farm Aid is in a position to act for farm families,"
said Farm Aid President Willie Nelson. "Crop and livestock losses
will be massive. Many farm buildings were destroyed in the storm
and ensuing flooding. A disaster of this magnitude can be a
breaking point for many Southern family farms." Individuals can
contribute to Farm Aid¹s disaster fund on-line at
www.farmaid.org<http://www.farmaid.org>
or by calling 1.800.FARM-AID. In addition to funds raised by
people across the country, Farm Aid has sent an initial $30,000 to
several of its partner family farm organizations in the southeast.
The funds will allow the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and
the Louisiana Interchurch Conference to immediately begin
assessing needs in these states and providing emergency relief.

****Great website details low, medium, and high-impact ways to change your 
lifestyle and 
live more sustainably:

www.dailygranola.com <http://www.dailygranola.com>

****"Traditional assumptions about addressing poverty treat the environment 
almost as an 
afterthought," said Jonathan Lash, president, World Resources Institute 
(WRI). "This report 
addresses the stark reality of the poor: three-fourths of them live in rural 
areas; their 
environment is all they can depend on. Environmental resources are 
absolutely essential, 
rather than incidental, if we are to have any hope of meeting our goals of 
poverty 
reduction." 

Rest of article is here:

http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=28699&CFID=5213101&CFTOKEN=74713804

**** In the We Knew That Already Department: "Switching to organic foods 
provides children 
"dramatic and immediate" protection from widely used pesticides that are 
applied on a 
variety of crops, according to a new study by a team of federally funded 
scientists."

More:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2002468605&zsection_id=2002107549&slug=organic03&date=20050903

****TERMINATED! "On September 1, 2005 the California Assembly passed SB 965 
banning the sale 
of sodas and other sweetened beverages in high schools. The Assembly took 
this historic step 
one day after passing SB 12, a bill that bans junk food sales in California 
schools (K-12). 

With the enactment of these bills, which are expected to be signed by the 
Governor, 
California has made the most impressive gains in school nutrition since 
school lunch was 
introduced after World War II."

Article:

http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/limits/index.html

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

knowledge.

Thanks and look for #8 same time (more or less) next week!

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