Baker Food Co-op

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We now have powdered Chaga in stock in the bulk tea section. Chaga has been called the mushroom of immortality and the health claims are too numerous to list here. I will have a sheet of information in the spice department on Chaga. We are also carrying Oatstraw in the bulk tea department. Oatstraw is [...]

Although minerals do not get the publicity that vitamins do, they are equally as important to health as vitamins are. The body is composed of organic and inorganic minerals, as well as trace minerals (so-called because only minute amounts are required). Inorganic minerals must be altered from their natural state before they can penetrate the [...]

3 cups hubbard squash, peeled and chopped 1 large onion, chopped 3 medium cloves garlic, chopped 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, chopped 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp curry powder 2-3/4 cups vegetable broth 6 oz coconut milk 2 Tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped Salt to taste Directions: 1. Chop onion and garlic and let sit for 5-10 [...]

Winter squash is a very starchy vegetable – about 90% of its total calories come from carbohydrate and about half of this carbohydrate is starch-like in its composition. However, recent research has made it clear that all starch is not the same and the starch content of winter squash brings along with it some key [...]

Healthy Advantage Sales Department Head:  UNFI offers a monthly sale called Healthy  Advantage.  We need someone to communicate with the Department Heads about what they are ordering for this monthly sale, enter the sales into COPOS, put out sale tags and print a sales flyer for the newsletter and the store.  This position receives an [...]

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford What a success 2011 was for the Co-op!  Sales are up, even though the economy is down.  Thank you Working Members for making our Co-op such a great success! (Our Working Members earn up to 30% in discounts, so if [...]

Join Arnie on January 28th here at the Co-op at 1 p.m. to learn how to make homemade tortillas.  Cost is $5 and includes a take-home kit for making tortillas.  Space is limited, so sign-up now.

We will be closed January 21 for inventory.  More help is needed, so please let us know if you are available to help out!

Happy New Years from your board of directors!  Wow – what a ride this last year has been!  On December 21st we passed  1/2 million dollars in sales!!  What a milestone to reach. Just a little trivia:  when Susie and I joined the board  10 years ago our monthly sales were $12 – $16,000; now [...]