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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 Friday, May 8, 2009 Meet Amanda, Our New Marketing & Member Service Coordinator Amanda Gormley is our new Marketing & Member Service Coordinator. If you see her in the store, please give her a warm welcome. Ask her about her two favorite topics: real food, and community! Amanda is deeply connected in these areas. She is involved with a number of movements based in Syracuse such as Autism and Breast Cancer awareness. She is also familiar with local farms and farming practices, having worked on a local dairy farm for the past year, as well as served for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm. Amanda has joined our team as the Marketing & Member Service Coordinator. Her job is to bring you value. Please help her do so by completing this survey. Labels: exciting, staff posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 4:09 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 Friday, March 6, 2009 Co-op Appreciation Day!!!! Stop by tomorrow for our monthly sales event, we have some goodies in store, including... Sampling new products! We have, for your consideration... Cabot Monterey Jack Cheese, 4.99/lb Regional, Cooperatively Produced, and what a bargain! Cooperstown Cheese Co. Toma Celena, 16.59/lb Another case of a New York Cheese standing up to Italy's finest. Our current favorite! Clawson Dairy's Mature Cheddar with Malt Whisky, 7.59/lb Okay, we know this one is from the other side of the pond, but it's WHISKY IN CHEESE!!! How could we resist? Of course, we will have free coffee for Cooperative owners, and we will have Board Members in the store to engage with you all. We should have a lot of fun, can't wait to see you! Labels: board of directors, events, exciting, excitment at the Co-op, exotic, local food posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 6:31 PM 0 Comments Wednesday, October 1, 2008 What a Great Harvest! We wish to extend our congratulations to local farmers Brian and Megan Luton on the birth of their son, Reed James Robert Luton on September 26th! Mom and Baby are very healthy and happy, and are back at home now. Stones Throw Farm CSA pickups have returned to their normal schedule. -SRFC Board Labels: board of directors, community, exciting, farmers posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 9:00 AM 2 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 Saturday, June 14, 2008 Loguen Park Farmer's Market The Syracuse Eastside Neighborhood Farmers’ Market will celebrate its second season with a Grand Opening on Thursday, June 19, 2008 in Loguen Park (formerly Lexington Park, at the intersection of East Genesee Street and Columbus Avenue). The market will be open from 2:00pm to 7:00pm every Thursday until the last day of the market, currently slated for October 30, 2008. This community-driven market features fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables. We are excited to announce that the Brownson Family Farm and Owen Orchards will return for our second season with their wonderful selection of fresh fruit and vegetables. We are also happy to welcome several new Central New York farmers to the market, including the Albrin Fruit Farm (known for their cherries), and Su Su’s Farm (known for its Vietnamese specialties). Last but not least, the Syracuse Real Food Cooperative will be teaming up with Grindstone Farms and Black Brook Farm to offer a wide variety of organic produce. All farmers participating in the Syracuse Eastside Neighborhood Farmers’ Market will accept WIC and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) coupons as well as food stamp benefits. New for this year, the market will also be able to accept all major CREDIT/ DEBIT cards through its wireless EBT service. We are the only local farmers’ market with this capability. At the Grand Opening, community agencies and organizations will be present to provide information and giveaways on a variety of health, wellness, and community programs and services. Please come out and enjoy the neighborhood, the park, the new playground set, and welcome our new and returning farmers to an exciting second season! Background: The Syracuse Eastside Neighborhood Farmers’ Market is sponsored and supported by the Community Foundation of Central New York and the Westcott Community Center, and has partnered with the Loguen Park Association, Farmers Market Federation of New York, SUNY ESF Center for Community Design Research, Syracuse Real Foods Cooperative, and Grace Episcopal Church. The mission of the Syracuse Eastside Neighborhood Farmers’ Market is to host a market that improves neighborhood food security, supports local farmers and businesses, teaches youth entrepreneurship skills, while enriching the cultural heritage and community life of Syracuse’s Eastside neighborhood through educational and cultural programming. Labels: eat local, events, exciting, farmers, local food, locavores, milestones, news posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 6:00 AM 2 Comments Friday, May 2, 2008 Local Greens Are In!!!! This just in!! Grindstone Farm Spinach and Mizuna are fresh, and in the case! Support our local organic farms, come on in and try some! Labels: exciting, local food posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 1:51 PM 1 Comments Tuesday, January 29, 2008 New Arrivals Winter is here, meaning driving winds, freezing rain, and of course, citrus!! What we have here are meyer lemons, something we get excited about this time of year. Thought to be a cross between lemons and tangerines, Meyer lemons are native to china. Since they are not as sour as true lemons, we have been known to catch Coop staff enjoying one as a dessert with lunch. I look forward to these every year, there is nothing the family enjoys more on a Sunday afternoon than to make a big batch of marmalade. Anyway, come in to taste some today; the season is short, you don't want to miss them! Labels: exciting, exotic, fruit, sour, sweet, winter posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 8:16 AM 4 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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