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Vision statement: "The Fairbanks Community Cooperative Market works for health and sustainability by providing natural foods and products, promoting local suppliers, and offering consumer education in an open community center environment." Here in our corner of the world 700 people have already become founding members of Fairbanks Community Cooperative Market (FCCM) and many are volunteering their time, expertise and resources to make Dave Lacey's vision of a food co-op a reality! We hope to open our brand new community food co-op in April 2010.
The Cooperative Principles: Worldwide over 760 million people are members of cooperatives, united by the the Cooperative Principles
Adopted by the International Cooperative Alliance 1995 [Link Here] Article about the Coop in the News-Miner [Link Here] Battle for the Soul of Organic |
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Resource Links: Feel free
to peruse the resources gathered from many different places like flyers,
online links, etc. The first are from the Northwest Coop Development Center
in Olympia, WA developed for their educational programs designed to stimulate
coop development in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. The others are examples
of materials collected from various coops around the country illustrating
how they operate and the consumer educational materials that they provide. Click on any of the following links for details: [Link
Here] 'Power of 2': Change the Way You Eat [Link Here] A Primer on Consumer Co-op Membership [Link Here] A Recommended Membership Structure [Link Here] About Member Loans [Link Here] Creating a Committee Charter [Link Here] Grow Your Own Food Co-op
[Link Here] Grow Your Own Food Co-op
[Link Here] COOPS Do it Better with Democracy [Link Here] Food Front Cooperative (page 1) [Link Here] Food Front Cooperative (page 2) [Link Here] People Shares (page 1) [Link Here] People Shares (page 2) [Link Here] Types of Flour (page 1) [Link Here] Types of Flour (page 2)-->
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| "Locavore"
is 2007 word of the year: The New Oxford American Dictionary chose locavore, a person who seeks out locally produced food, as its word of the year. The local foods movement is gaining momentum as people discover that the best-tasting and most sustainable choices are foods that are fresh, seasonal, and grown close to home. Some locavores draw inspiration from the 100-mile diet or from advocates of local eating like Barbara Kingsolver. Others just follow their taste buds to farmers' markets, community supported agriculture programs, and community gardens. Check out Local Harvest to find sustainably grown food near you, and make a New Year's Resolution to be a locavore in 2008! |
Food is the one consumer choice we have to make every day. We can use that buying power in a transaction that burns excessive fossil fuels, erodes topsoil, supports multinationals that pay their workers just a few bucks a day -- or the same money could strengthen neighborhood food economies, keep green spaces alive around our towns, and compensate farmers for applying humane values. Every purchase weighs in on one side or the other. It just isn't possible to opt out. Otherwise, if you're going to eat food, you belong to some kind of food chain. The goal of this book is to reveal that truth. It's
not necessary to live on a farm to eat mindfully, Barbara Kingsolver |
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