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Kurt Timmermeiseter and Sustainability
ShareOur Co-op is taking a turn towards a more farmer-based approach to our food supply. By reducing the amount of product we source from faceless distributors at the end of long, unaccountable, international supply lines, the better off we feel we will be. In fact, if we make this approach work, we will be creating a system of sustainability for the farmers we buy from, and for our Co-op. So what is this sustainability concept so many of us have heard about? One man who can answer that question for you is Kurt Timmermeister a farmer and sustanability advocate right … Continue reading…
Occupy Food
ShareAs the Occupy movement sweeps through the land, more and more groups are seeing their place in it. Most recently, the movement was joined by farmers in what is called “Farmers’ March” which went to New York City’s Zuccotti Park made somewhat famous recently by the Occupy Wall Street movement. The march was organized by the Food Justice Committee of the movement. One of the leaders of the march, and the movement, is Jim Gerritsen who has run his own farm, Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, since 1976. He is also the President of Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, … Continue reading…
Pesticides Linked to ADHD in Children
ShareHardly anybody would buy a can of bug killer (pesticide) and then spray it on their kid’s cereal, or their muffins, or their chicken dinner. But our food supply is loaded with pesticides sprayed on crops throughout the US which then ends up in the food supply. Voila! You have bug spray in your kid’s cereal and they are potential ADHD cases! This “free” additive farmers and food growers now add to our food is increasingly linked to health problems. The latest research shows link between pesticides and ADHD in children. New research published by the Journal Pediatrics is showing … Continue reading…
Growing Local – It’s Happening!
ShareFocus on Food is a series of events that starts Saturday, Augusr 20th and concludes with a pot luck meal and meeting Oct. 14 at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Olympia and a food summit Oct. 15 at the Thurston County Fairgrounds in Lacey. What’s it all about? One of the organizers, TJ Johnson, a Board member of the Olympia Food Co-op, puts it this way: A community that can feed its own is healthier, more resilient to climate change and less vulnerable to rising fuel and food prices, noted Johnson, a former Olympia City Council … Continue reading…
Why Buy Organic?
ShareKids are sometimes the best teachers because they like to ask questions and then tell the right answer! Here’s a sweet young lady who decided to ask the question, “Why Buy Organic?” Here’s what she discovered: Makes you think, doesn’t it? That’s why your Co-op puts a lot of value on local and ogranic and will always do so.