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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Annual Report This just in! We have wrapped our annual report for 2008-09. Download a copy here. We will have 50 copies available at our meeting tomorrow, if you want to be sure to get a copy, please print one for yourself. See you there! Meeting%20Packet-Final.pdf Labels: annual meeting, board of directors, co-ops, community, democracy, events, exciting, fun, local food, membership, owners, staff posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 12:46 PM 0 Comments Thursday, June 25, 2009 Announcement! Bylaws Revision Forum Tonight! Due to a high number of RSVP's, we have moved the forum to: 1085 E Genesee St. United Methodist Church Come for a discussion of our Board’s proposed Bylaws revision!!! For More Information Contact: Amanda Gormley 315-420-9775 Labels: board of directors, co-ops, community, democracy, excitment at the Co-op posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 1:33 PM 1 Comments Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Make it Your Co-op, Share Your Suggestions! Our new suggestion box (The Bird Box), is up and running at SFRC! As always, we are thankful for your ideas, suggestions, and comments on how we can make the co-op a better place. "A Little Birdie Told Me..." will be a regularly featured column in the New Leaf where we respond to your submissions. (Don't worry, we'll still be posting answers on the bulletin board.) We look forward to your comments! Labels: co-ops, democracy, news posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 4:43 PM 0 Comments Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Bylaws Revision Update Just a quick update about our Bylaws revision! We have a final draft together, and we are in the process of retaining an attorney to give us a legal opinion of our proposed changes. We are very excited about the proposed changes because: A new capital system will allow us to bring more funds into the cooperative to allow us to expand and grow. The co-op will issue common stock, phyisical evidence of your capital contribution. The co-op will declare and issue patronage dividends in accordance with section 1835 of the Internal Revenue Code. This will keep more of our money in the community by reducing corporate taxes that the Co-op has to pay, and you, the owners, will get a patronage refund check! Any entity will be allowed to be an owner, not just individuals. Sets the quorum at 5% for decisions by owners and will allow voting by mail. We will add the office of Vice President. Our fiscal year will change to end the Sunday closest to the last day of June. We will require only one annual meetingg instead of two. Annual Financial reports will be required to be circulated at the annual meeting. Once we have a Legal opinion, we will have the bylaws available for you to look over at your convenience, and we will vote to ratify these revisions this fall. It should be noted that we haven't had a wholesale revision of our bylaws since the mid 70's! These new changes will empower you, the owners of the organization. Thank you all so much for your input at member forums, and be sure to talk with our Board Members when they are in the store on Saturdays, or, call the store anytime to talk with our General Manager, Travis. Labels: board of directors, co-ops, exciting, membership posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 5:57 PM 5 Comments Sunday, March 8, 2009 My Co-op ROCKS!!!! Let's show the national Cooperative Community how our Co-op Rocks! You could win a Macbook, a $500 gift card to your Coop, or a FlipMino HD mini digital recorder. If you want to film in the store, be sure to contact our General Manager, Travis, to set something up. Read all about it here. Labels: co-ops, community, excitment at the Co-op posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 8:00 AM 0 Comments Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Bylaws Revision As we announced at our annual meeting, we will be holding a question and answer session on our Bylaws update Wednesday, December 3rd, 6pm at the Westcott Community Center. This will be an informal q&a session with our Board of Directors and Staff. We sincerely hope that you can make this meeting, we look forward to seeing you there! Oh, and if you couldn't make our annual meeting, here is a copy of the proposed Bylaws. Draft%20Revised%20Bylaws%202008%20rev.%202.pdf Of course, we will have copies available at the meeting for Member-Owners to look over. Labels: board of directors, co-ops, democracy posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 5:09 PM 1 Comments Sunday, September 28, 2008 Update! Hello Cooperators, As we settle in to fall, we start to see the true bounty of the season fill the Co-op's Produce Department. It is the height of apple season, and Brad has bought us an excellent variety.  Just about half of our Produce that we are offering right now is bought direct from CNY farms, the next month will see the most variety. Heirloom Tomatoes are ending in the next week or two.  October is International Co-op Month, look for excellent sales from our good friends at Equal Exchange and the Finger Lakes Organic Grower's Co-op. Finally, if you are headed out to Northampton, Massachusetts, be sure to stop in to River Valley Co-op, and say hi to Jo for us! They celebrate their Grand Opening October 1st, and we wish them all the best. A new Food Co-op is a victory for our movement as a whole, and we are all enriched by their success. Go Co-op! Labels: co-ops, community, eat local, farmers, fruit, local food, locavores posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 5:46 PM 3 Comments Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Great News Co-op Advantage Plastic Produce Bags to Go Green in 2009- In a continued effort to source more environmentally friendly packaging, the Co-op Advantage produce bags will transition from 100% virgin plastic to 100% post-industrial recycled plastic by the end of this year. As a result, it is anticipated NCGA members will reduce virgin plastic consumption by more than 35 tons, or 70,000 pounds, in 2009. Cool! Labels: co-ops, environment posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 11:50 AM 3 Comments Friday, August 15, 2008 Co-op Congratulations! Coop Members Carolyn and Michael Messina-Yauchzy met here August 15, 1988. They stop by the store every year, have a little picnic or dinner, and celebrate. We wish them wealth, happiness and success, as we wish for all of the families that our Co-op serves. -The Management  Labels: co-ops, community, exciting posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 5:52 PM 1 Comments Thursday, July 3, 2008 International Cooperative Day! In addition to Owner Appreciation Day, this Saturday, July 5th is international Co-op Day. The theme this year is Confronting Climate Change through Co-operative Enterprise. How can our co-op confront issues of global climate change?  Think Small: 1) Sign up for wind energy at the Co-op. Through a partnership with Fenner Wind Farm and Community Energy, the Co-op is %100 powered by local wind energy. This is a costly proposition for such a small business, and we think that it sends a strong message about our commitment to sustainability. When you sign up for wind energy at the Co-op, the Co-op receives a $10 incentive payment that goes against our energy bill.  2) Buy Local! The average food product in the US travels 1000 miles from the field to the plate. In season, we carry as much local produce as possible. Look throughout the store for our locally grown cheeses, milk, butter and meats. We also carry many locally produced products, like Enrico's salsa and tomato sauce, that create jobs in our local community. Visit us at Loguen Park farmer's market, where we have teamed up with Grindstone Farm to offer access to local, organic produce at a reasonable cost in a low-income community. 3) Plant a garden! We are exploring the feasibility of offering, in partnership with Bread and Roses Collective, of gardening classes for Co-op Members. Check the article in the new issue of the New Leaf, and, if you are interested, send an e-mail to Travis! For More on International Cooperative Day, check out the International Cooperative Alliance website! Labels: co-ops, community, community gardens, eat local, farmers, membership posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 12:43 PM 2 Comments Thursday, June 12, 2008 Abundance Co-op Management Visit Abundance Co-op, located in Rochester, gave us a visit last week to check out our operations. Abundance is a Co-op in our size class (Small-Medium, between $1.2 - $2.4 million in annual sales.) These Management visits are used to informally troubleshoot, brainstorm, and are a fantastic teaching and learning experience for all of us. Abundance was most excited about our excellent Produce department, and were amazed with our wide variety of local products. Stuart knows our store well, he was delivering to us from the Clear-eye warehouse twenty years ago, and was pleasantly surprised with what he saw. This Picture shows, from left to right, Drew, (Abundance's General Manager, just hired from Wegman's), Kathy (Abundance's Merchandising Manager), Stuart (Abundance's Financial Manager), Marty (Our Merchandising Manager), and, Monique (Abundance's Interim General Manager.) Labels: co-ops, eat local, excitment at the Co-op, farmers, local food, locavores, milestones posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 11:36 AM 1 Comments Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Co-ops forecast food trends! Check out this neat article! The success of traditional food co-ops shows customers the value of buying locally. Food co-ops often are seen as early adopters who help promote food trends such as sustainable food and the value of buying local and organic food. A nice article, even if Park Slope is not the largest food co-op in the country! That distinction goes to Puget Consumer's Cooperative, in Seattle. We would also like to point out the strength of the Syracuse Real Food Co-op, we are 2600 owners strong, just about double the membership of Park Slope Co-op! How cool is that? Labels: co-ops, news posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 6:00 AM 4 Comments Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Fresh food is IN!!!! Just a few quick updates: Peterson Farm (Through Finger Lakes Organic Grower's Co-op) is bringing us some great Asparagus this year, look for it fresh on Wednesdays! We are proud to carry Rhubarb from Frosty Morning Farms, one of our small-scale family farms. Come on in and plan for Pie! Grindstone Farm has some really great shallot greens coming in, if you like garlic defanged, these are a fantastic option. Look for Grindstone on Thursdays! We get a lot of questions this time of year about U-pick Strawberries, we recommend Cobblestone Valley Farm, in Preble. We have their beautiful Turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and they have been fantastic business partners with us over the years. Oh, and let's not forget to mention, Cobblestone Valley sell their high-quality Organic Milk to Organic Valley, a farmer-owned, farmer-operated Co-op. When you buy your Organic Valley milk at the Co-op, you are supporting our local farmers! How cool is that? Labels: co-ops, farmers, local food posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 11:01 AM 4 Comments Thursday, April 10, 2008 We're Having a Party! Sharing Our Harvest: An evening with Elizabeth Henderson, Local Farmers, and a Co-op Potluck. Monday, April 21 6:00 PM at Grace Episcopal Church (Parish House) Elizabeth is a Farmer and Author who has recently updated her classic text on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Come by with a dish to pass, and you'll get to meet with other local farmers who are offering CSAs this year, as well as your neighbors! We're delighted to be sponsoring this event, and would like to extend thanks to our good friend, the Reverend Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows for hosting the event for us. Grace church is located at 819 Madison street in the City of Syracuse. Can't wait to see you there! Labels: co-ops, excitment at the Co-op, farmers, fun, membership posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 10:29 PM 1 Comments Friday, February 22, 2008 Welcome To Our Staff! Please welcome Cheryl to our staff! When she is not working her day job at the Farmer's Market Federation (Working on getting healthy food into the community) Cheryl is Cashiering at our Co-op (Working on getting healthy food into the community)! We're glad to have her on board! Labels: co-ops, staff, store pics posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 6:59 PM 1 Comments Saturday, February 9, 2008 Cooperation Among Co-ops Last week our Store was host to visitors ! Berkshire Coop Market's General Manager, Art Ames, and Grocery Manager, Daniel Esko, came out to work with our management staff for two days. The Berkshire Coop Market is just across the Massachusetts state line, in Great Barrington; and are recognized nationally for their exemplary efforts to enrich their local community. We had a lot of fun, and it was a learning experience for all. Here's a picture of Daniel and Marty enjoying your Co-op's soup set, which got a little sprucing up. Art and Daniel were both impressed with the strength of our Co-op, and Dinosaur Barbecue lived up to the hype they had gotten from their staff! Labels: co-ops, staff, store pics posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 9:00 AM 2 Comments Wednesday, May 2, 2007 Spring General Membership Meeting Our Spring General Membership Meeting is being held tomorrow (May 3) @ 6:30 pm. We are holding it at the Westcott Community Center and are featuring a Birthday Cake from Patisserie in Skaneateles. The Syracuse REAL FOOD Co-op was incorporated as a business 30 years ago (June 1977), some B-Day cake is definitely in order! The meeting will feature a financial report from our treasurer, and a state of the store report from our General Manager. Be there for a great meeting and some amazing cake! Labels: co-ops, democracy, membership posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 10:51 AM 3 Comments Open 8AM - 9PM Mon - Sat 8AM - 6PM Sun 618 Kensington Road Syracuse, New York 13210 (315) 472-1385 | Fax: (315) 422-9021 contactus@syracuserealfood.coop Click card to purchase gift cards Impressions of a Cooperative Grocer Photos from the Co-op Syracuse REAL FOOD Co-op Friends and Food Blogs Green Up NY! 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