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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Vote! Vote! Vote! Our Annual Meeting is the deadline for nominations for those who wish to serve on our Board of Directors. If you have any interest, please submit a candidate's statement, including your name and Co-op Owner Number to bod@syracuserealfood.coop. You can also bring a paper copy into the store, and leave it in Gloria's mailbox. Please ask our staff for assistance! Voting for our Co-op's Board is commenced at the Annual Meeting, and continues for one month after the meeting, in the store. Votes will be counted December 6th, and our new Board will begin their work in January. You must be an active Owner to vote, so stop in the store and make sure your equity is paid up, and your dues have been paid. Labels: annual meeting, community, democracy, milestones posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 1:02 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 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 Saturday, August 4, 2007 I Love my Co-op! Hello Co-op Community! I love my Co-op! For 5 wonderful years I have served you as a Co-op staff person in many different areas from store clerk to produce to marketing and member services. This past month I decided to take on a new opportunity. This is just another milestone for me, adding to others that have happened while working at the Co-op - I started and earned degrees at both OCC and SU, I married my wife Lori, raised my daughter Juliana, and recently we welcomed the latest addition to our family, Owen. I loved so much about my time at the Co-op, but 2 things truly stand out as I reflect back... 1) The People 2) The Food Seeing as how these two things will still remain with me (I eat everyday, shop at the store, and I see Co-op folks everywhere I go!), I am not considering this a goodbye, just a notification. See you around town! Kristopher Venne Labels: milestones, staff posted by Syracuse Real Food Co-op at 10:11 AM 1 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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