YFC is Getting Famous!

A great article about your Co-op is up on the website ThurstonTalk.com

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

The New Vision

The Co-op used to be a member-owned organic food store; however, the Board of Directors had a bigger vision: “to move toward food sovereignty,” said Bill Wyman, president of the board of directors. You see, they’ve been completely dependent upon corporate transportation to get the groceries to the store; they want to create food sustainability “by creating an internal web of locally harvested food and educational programs that will teach a new generation to be food smart and operate at a profit.

You can read the whole article and lots of other good stuff on ThurstonTalk.com

You can be a part of this great cause – become a member, become a Working Member, be a dedicated shopper, and give us your ideas of how we can improve the Yelm Food Co-op!

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Food, Glorious Food

That’s the title of a recent blog post on the amazing blog called The Lucid Lunchbox written by a friend of ours and a strong supporter of the Yelm Food Co-op.

Rene Westbrook has summed up our new mission and vision beautifully. Read the whole post at Food, Glorious Food.

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Working Members Needed!

The new store location at Gordon’s is fabulous! It’s roomy and airy and there lots of space for people to stand around and chat without blocking the aisles and on and on.

That great change brings some challenges and the biggest one right now is staffing. A bigger store, with longer opening hours, needs more people. Our Working Members are the life blood of the store and without them we can’t stay open.

We offer great working conditions and great benefits, like 20% discount on store purchases of $100, for each 6 hours you work. You could save big on up to $400 worth of Co-op goodies in just a month!

Stop by the store and talk to Gary, Kate, Jutta or Sarah to get more details and pick up an application.

Thanks for supporting the Yelm Food Co-op!!

 

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Yelm Farmers Market Website

We’ve just set up a separate part of the Yelmfood.coop site exclusively for thr Farmers Market.

You can get there through this link: http://yelmfarmersmarket.yelmfood.coop/

We’ll be posting updates as we move closer to opening. The vendor application and guidelines are also there to download.

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Donate a Shopping Cart for Your Co-op

Be a Co-op Hero

and Donate to Buy More of These

for Your New store!

For only $45 you can help our customers
buy lots of good stuff!

See one of the staff at the store
or at the Home & Garden Show

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