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ShareGreat news for the future of your Co-op! Here is the press release announcing the long anticipated store relocation: For Immediate Release Exciting News from Gordon’s Garden Center and the Yelm Food Coop Yelm, WA, March 27, 2012 – Kellie Petersen, owner of Gordon’s Garden Center, and Bill Wyman, President of the Board of Directors of Yelm Cooperative, are pleased to announce the relocation of the Yelm Food Coop Retail Store to the Gordon’s Garden Center complex during the month of April in 2012. Gordon’s opened in Yelm 47 years ago as a food market, and over the years expanded … Continue reading…

ShareWe all throw some stuff away – it’s inevitable in our busy lifestyles. But this report from MSNBC.com makes it look like the problem is almost endemic to Americans. Here is an excerpt from the report: Hard data is still being collected, but experts at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit in Chicago this week said an estimated 30 percent to 50 percent of the food produced in the world goes uneaten. The average American throws away 33 pounds of food each month — about $40 worth — according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, which plans to publish a … Continue reading…

Share 1. What is this vote about? The Yelm Cooperative Board of Directors is recommending to the membership that the Yelm Food Coop’s business operations be changed from a tax-paying commercial business to a 501.c.3 tax-exempt, non-profit community service organization. Making this operational change requires that we also change to equalize the membership policy. 2. Why does the Yelm Food Coop Board of Directors recommend this vote? Becoming a tax-exempt community service organization will allow for multiple streams of revenue including sponsoring Yelm’s Farmers Market, education oriented community garden and composting programs, plus tax-exemption for large donations, and grants for … Continue reading…

ShareDue to the wide spread power outages in the Yelm area that my last through the weekend, the Special Membership Meeting that was planned for Jan 21st has been postponed. Check back here and check your emails for updates. It will still be a very important meeting and we want all our members to show up!