- Local Food lecturer, Lisa Heldke, TODAY at IUPUI - Free Event, Free Parking -RSVP This Morning!!!!
- Farm Fresh Turkey Preorders Due TODAY!!!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Deadlines Today for Lecture and Turkeys!!!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Important Indy Food Co-op Deadlines Approach
Local Foods Speaker Comes to IUPUI SEPT. 28 - Free Event, Free Parking - RSVP Today!
Lisa Heldke, Department of Philosophy, Gustavus Adophus College, Staying Home for Dinner: Ruminations on Local Foods in a Cosmopolitan Society. Brought to you by Department of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, and American Studies Program of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, and by the IUPUI 40th Anniversary Speakers Fund along with Indy Food Co-op, Indy Winter Farmers Market, Slow Food Indy and Indy Tilth/Urban Farming Forum. Reception: 6:00 PM; Lecture: 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Lilly Auditorium (On lower level of IUPUI University Library), 755 W Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46202 (Parking is available at the North Street Garage, 819 W. North St. Bring your ticket to the event for a free validation stamp).
Reflecting on the decision to eat locally produced food suggests that ethical decisions cannot be cast as individual choices between two clear alternatives. When we seek morally unambiguous choices, we focus our ethical energies in the wrong place. The moral focus of our ethical decision-making should fall on building communities because the importance of any choice we make lies in the relationships that give our choices context. Food is an especially rich intersection of relations and so provides many opportunities to reflect, connect, and imagine more democratic communities. Recognizing these opportunities leads us to see ourselves not as food consumers but as food citizens who seek to enact and transform our relations not only through our purchasing and eating choices but also through our collective work in organizations that promote healthy, just, fair, safe, and delicious food systems for all people. For more information, visit: http://www.indyfoodcoop.org/calendar.html
Request for Member/Supporter Survey Input by Sept 24
CODO Design (www.CODODesign.com) is providing probono brand development services to Indy Food Co-op, and they would like to hear from you Please take a few moments to respond to the following questions and send your responses to cododesign@gmail.com by Thursday, September 24.
SURVEY
Personal Information (optional)
Indy Food Co-op Questions
Thank you for assisting us! Please send your responses by Thursday, September 24 to cododesign@gmail.com.
Order Thanksgiving Turkeys by September 25
Indy Food Co-op will place an order for local, pasture-raised, farm fresh Thanksgiving Turkeys on Friday, September 25, from Skillington Farms in Lebanon, Indiana. Turkey pick-up will be Wednesday, November 25 (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving) between noon and 7 p.m. from Pogue's Run Grocer, 2828 East 10th Street. Birds will be fresh so you will not need to thaw prior to the holiday. Complete and submit the Turkey Order Form and order yours at www.IndyFoodCoop.org. Thanksgiving Turkeys are $3.50/lb.Minimum weight deposit due upon ordering. Remainder due at pick-up.Choices: SMALL (10-15 lbs.) or LARGE (15-20 lbs.), with minimal options for extra small and extra large available.
Indy Food Co-op Member Loans Now Sought
Food co-ops across the country finance a portion of start-up costs through member loans to reduce the need to have to secure costly private sector loans. The Indy Food Co-op is seeking $165,000 in member loans this month to stay on track to open the store this fall. If interested, contact Mary Bowling, IFC Treasurer, at IndyFoodCoop@yahoo.com
Lisa Heldke, Department of Philosophy, Gustavus Adophus College, Staying Home for Dinner: Ruminations on Local Foods in a Cosmopolitan Society. Brought to you by Department of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, and American Studies Program of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, and by the IUPUI 40th Anniversary Speakers Fund along with Indy Food Co-op, Indy Winter Farmers Market, Slow Food Indy and Indy Tilth/Urban Farming Forum. Reception: 6:00 PM; Lecture: 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Lilly Auditorium (On lower level of IUPUI University Library), 755 W Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46202 (Parking is available at the North Street Garage, 819 W. North St. Bring your ticket to the event for a free validation stamp).
Reflecting on the decision to eat locally produced food suggests that ethical decisions cannot be cast as individual choices between two clear alternatives. When we seek morally unambiguous choices, we focus our ethical energies in the wrong place. The moral focus of our ethical decision-making should fall on building communities because the importance of any choice we make lies in the relationships that give our choices context. Food is an especially rich intersection of relations and so provides many opportunities to reflect, connect, and imagine more democratic communities. Recognizing these opportunities leads us to see ourselves not as food consumers but as food citizens who seek to enact and transform our relations not only through our purchasing and eating choices but also through our collective work in organizations that promote healthy, just, fair, safe, and delicious food systems for all people. For more information, visit: http://www.indyfoodcoop.org/calendar.html
Request for Member/Supporter Survey Input by Sept 24
CODO Design (www.CODODesign.com) is providing probono brand development services to Indy Food Co-op, and they would like to hear from you Please take a few moments to respond to the following questions and send your responses to cododesign@gmail.com by Thursday, September 24.
SURVEY
Personal Information (optional)
- Age:
- Neighborhood of Residence (Downtown, Mass Ave, Near East-side, etc.):
- Profession:
Indy Food Co-op Questions
- What got you interested in the Indy Food Co-op and Pogue's Run Grocer?
- What do you think is the best way to support Pogue's Run Grocer?
- Where do you usually shop for groceries?
- Do you see any difference between a supermarket and a food co-op? If so, what is the difference?
- What do you think of Pogue's Run Grocer's location on the near east-side?
Thank you for assisting us! Please send your responses by Thursday, September 24 to cododesign@gmail.com.
Order Thanksgiving Turkeys by September 25
Indy Food Co-op will place an order for local, pasture-raised, farm fresh Thanksgiving Turkeys on Friday, September 25, from Skillington Farms in Lebanon, Indiana. Turkey pick-up will be Wednesday, November 25 (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving) between noon and 7 p.m. from Pogue's Run Grocer, 2828 East 10th Street. Birds will be fresh so you will not need to thaw prior to the holiday. Complete and submit the Turkey Order Form and order yours at www.IndyFoodCoop.org. Thanksgiving Turkeys are $3.50/lb.Minimum weight deposit due upon ordering. Remainder due at pick-up.Choices: SMALL (10-15 lbs.) or LARGE (15-20 lbs.), with minimal options for extra small and extra large available.
Indy Food Co-op Member Loans Now Sought
Food co-ops across the country finance a portion of start-up costs through member loans to reduce the need to have to secure costly private sector loans. The Indy Food Co-op is seeking $165,000 in member loans this month to stay on track to open the store this fall. If interested, contact Mary Bowling, IFC Treasurer, at IndyFoodCoop@yahoo.com
Monday, September 14, 2009
Order Your Thanksgiving Turkey by Sept 25
Indy Food Co-op will place an order for local, pasture-raised, farm fresh Thanksgiving Turkeys on Friday, September 25, from Skillington Farms in Lebanon, Indiana. Turkey pick-up will be Wednesday, November 25 (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving) between noon and 7 p.m. from Pogue's Run Grocer, 2828 East 10th Street. Birds will be fresh so you will not need to thaw prior to the holiday. Complete and submit the Turkey Order Form or order yours at www.IndyFoodCoop.org
Thanksgiving Turkeys are $3.50/lb.Minimum weight deposit due upon ordering. Remainder due at pick-up.Choices: SMALL (10-15 lbs.) or LARGE (15-20 lbs.), with minimal options for extra small and extra large available.
Thanksgiving Turkeys are $3.50/lb.Minimum weight deposit due upon ordering. Remainder due at pick-up.Choices: SMALL (10-15 lbs.) or LARGE (15-20 lbs.), with minimal options for extra small and extra large available.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Indy Food Co-op Workday TODAY (9/13), 1 - 5 p.m.
Join Indy Food Co-op for another volunteer workday TODAY, Sunday, September 13, from 1 - 5 p.m. We'll continue to work to pull up vinyl time that IUPUI students made great progress with on Friday, and get the place cleaned up.
Workday will be held at Pogue's Run Grocer location, 2828 E 10th Street.
Bring buckets, mops, brooms, dustpans, rags and cleaning supplies if you have them to share today. You might also bring a pair of work gloves (for tile work) or rubber gloves (for cleaning work).
See you at 1:00! Let us know you are coming if you can so we can adequately prepare.
Questions, 317.371.2788.
Workday will be held at Pogue's Run Grocer location, 2828 E 10th Street.
Bring buckets, mops, brooms, dustpans, rags and cleaning supplies if you have them to share today. You might also bring a pair of work gloves (for tile work) or rubber gloves (for cleaning work).
See you at 1:00! Let us know you are coming if you can so we can adequately prepare.
Questions, 317.371.2788.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sept 10 News from Indy Food Co-op
It was a very productive August for Indy Food Co-op and September has been just as busy so far. We hope you are getting excited about your community owned grocery store opening this fall. Did you see the cover store in this month's URBAN TIMES? Check out the Isaacson/Evaniew family on the cover!
There is a lot going on with the co-op these days, so please stay up to date by checking our website and blog frequently to learn about our progress and upcoming events, including:
NEXT VOLUNTEER WORKDAY, THIS SUNDAY, 1 - 5 P.M.
Join Indy Food Co-op on Sunday, September 13, for our next volunteer workday at Pogue's Run Grocer. We'll have a group of 20 IUPU students in tomorrow tearing up vinyl tile and we need a team of our own members coming in on Sunday to clean the space up. Bring mops, buckets, rubber gloves, brooms and dustpans if you have them. We'll be sprucing the place up in preparation for Tuesday's member loan kick-off meeting!
MEMBER LOAN KICK OFF MEETING, TUES, SEPT 15, 6:30 P.M.
Like most co-ops across the country, Indy Food Co-op is hoping to finance a portion of its start-up costs through member loans. Already, members have committed $21,500 and our goal is $165,000 to reduce our need for private sector loan debt. Please plan to join us Tuesday, September 15, from 6:30 - 8:00 at Pogue's Run Grocer location (2828 E 10th Street) to learn more! Those members who expressed interest in learning more about member loans on their membership application received a packet of information in the mail in the past two weeks. If you are interested, but cannot attend the Sept 15 meeting, please contact us for more information.
MURAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS SOUGHT BY SEPT 18
Indy Food Co-op is seeking talented, creative artist to volunteer to create conceptual designs for our exterior mural. Designs will be narrowed by the IFC board with the final two designs coming to the IFC membership for a vote! Mural concepts should scream "food" as it is intended to be a major attention grabber for the store for those traveling briskly down 10th Street. The chosen designer will oversee the painting of the mural using volunteer assistance by willing co-op members. Conceptual designs must be submitted electronically in PDF not to exceed 8 MB by September 18, 2009, to jrhodes4@indy.rr.com
INDY SLOW FOODS VEGAN DINNER SEPT 20
Slow Food Indy is hosting a Farm to Table Dinner @ Beasley’s Orchard & Garden in Danville IN on Sunday, September 20, 5:30 – 9:00pm. This fabulous five-course meal and hayride kicks off the SFI 2010 Terre Madre fundraising to send Indianapolis area chefs, farms and food educators to Torino, Italy for Slow Food Internationals bi-annual international convention. Reservation Required by September 17. $50 Slow Food Members, $60 Non-Members - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80389 or for more info, contact Laura Henderson, laura@indywinterfarmersmarket.org
LOCAL FOODS SPEAKER COMES TO IUPUI SEPT. 28
Lisa Heldke, Department of Philosophy, Gustavus Adophus College, Staying Home for Dinner: Ruminations on Local Foods in a Cosmopolitan Society. Brought to you by Department of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, and American Studies Program of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, and by the IUPUI 40th Anniversary Speakers Fund along with Indy Food Co-op, Indy Winter Farmers Market, Slow Food Indy and Indy Tilth/Urban Farming Forum.
INDY FOOD CO-OP TO TAKE TURKEY PRE-ORDERS FOR THANKSGIVING
Indy Food Co-op is teaming up with Skillington Farms, Lebanon, Indiana, to provide our members with fresh (not frozen) turkeys for this Thanksgiving season. Pre-order details coming soon, but turkeys will be available in two sizes: The choices are SMALL (10-15 lbs.) or LARGE (15-20 lbs.), will cost $3.50/lb, and must be ordered by September 30 with pre-payment. Distribution of the orders will occur on Tuesday, November 24!
CO-OP SEEKING GENERAL MANAGER CANDIDATES
Indy Food Co-op is seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced General Manager to be the key staff person for all store operations. If you are or know of people who might be interested, please review the complete job description at www.IndyFoodCoop.org . The co-op hopes to hire this critical leadership position in the next 30 days or so.
THANKS!!!!
Indy Food Co-op is soon to open thanks to the very hard work of so many! A big thank you to all those who have come out for volunteer workdays, helped staff a booth at a community event, helped spread the word among your friends, family and neighbors, have provided a member loan, and have provided food for volunteers! And, thank you for your membership in this community-owned grocery store! Keep spreading the word about this important community asset and help us reach 300 members by the time we open the store.
There is a lot going on with the co-op these days, so please stay up to date by checking our website and blog frequently to learn about our progress and upcoming events, including:
NEXT VOLUNTEER WORKDAY, THIS SUNDAY, 1 - 5 P.M.
Join Indy Food Co-op on Sunday, September 13, for our next volunteer workday at Pogue's Run Grocer. We'll have a group of 20 IUPU students in tomorrow tearing up vinyl tile and we need a team of our own members coming in on Sunday to clean the space up. Bring mops, buckets, rubber gloves, brooms and dustpans if you have them. We'll be sprucing the place up in preparation for Tuesday's member loan kick-off meeting!
MEMBER LOAN KICK OFF MEETING, TUES, SEPT 15, 6:30 P.M.
Like most co-ops across the country, Indy Food Co-op is hoping to finance a portion of its start-up costs through member loans. Already, members have committed $21,500 and our goal is $165,000 to reduce our need for private sector loan debt. Please plan to join us Tuesday, September 15, from 6:30 - 8:00 at Pogue's Run Grocer location (2828 E 10th Street) to learn more! Those members who expressed interest in learning more about member loans on their membership application received a packet of information in the mail in the past two weeks. If you are interested, but cannot attend the Sept 15 meeting, please contact us for more information.
MURAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS SOUGHT BY SEPT 18
Indy Food Co-op is seeking talented, creative artist to volunteer to create conceptual designs for our exterior mural. Designs will be narrowed by the IFC board with the final two designs coming to the IFC membership for a vote! Mural concepts should scream "food" as it is intended to be a major attention grabber for the store for those traveling briskly down 10th Street. The chosen designer will oversee the painting of the mural using volunteer assistance by willing co-op members. Conceptual designs must be submitted electronically in PDF not to exceed 8 MB by September 18, 2009, to jrhodes4@indy.rr.com
INDY SLOW FOODS VEGAN DINNER SEPT 20
Slow Food Indy is hosting a Farm to Table Dinner @ Beasley’s Orchard & Garden in Danville IN on Sunday, September 20, 5:30 – 9:00pm. This fabulous five-course meal and hayride kicks off the SFI 2010 Terre Madre fundraising to send Indianapolis area chefs, farms and food educators to Torino, Italy for Slow Food Internationals bi-annual international convention. Reservation Required by September 17. $50 Slow Food Members, $60 Non-Members - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80389 or for more info, contact Laura Henderson, laura@indywinterfarmersmarket.org
LOCAL FOODS SPEAKER COMES TO IUPUI SEPT. 28
Lisa Heldke, Department of Philosophy, Gustavus Adophus College, Staying Home for Dinner: Ruminations on Local Foods in a Cosmopolitan Society. Brought to you by Department of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, and American Studies Program of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, and by the IUPUI 40th Anniversary Speakers Fund along with Indy Food Co-op, Indy Winter Farmers Market, Slow Food Indy and Indy Tilth/Urban Farming Forum.
INDY FOOD CO-OP TO TAKE TURKEY PRE-ORDERS FOR THANKSGIVING
Indy Food Co-op is teaming up with Skillington Farms, Lebanon, Indiana, to provide our members with fresh (not frozen) turkeys for this Thanksgiving season. Pre-order details coming soon, but turkeys will be available in two sizes: The choices are SMALL (10-15 lbs.) or LARGE (15-20 lbs.), will cost $3.50/lb, and must be ordered by September 30 with pre-payment. Distribution of the orders will occur on Tuesday, November 24!
CO-OP SEEKING GENERAL MANAGER CANDIDATES
Indy Food Co-op is seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced General Manager to be the key staff person for all store operations. If you are or know of people who might be interested, please review the complete job description at www.IndyFoodCoop.org . The co-op hopes to hire this critical leadership position in the next 30 days or so.
THANKS!!!!
Indy Food Co-op is soon to open thanks to the very hard work of so many! A big thank you to all those who have come out for volunteer workdays, helped staff a booth at a community event, helped spread the word among your friends, family and neighbors, have provided a member loan, and have provided food for volunteers! And, thank you for your membership in this community-owned grocery store! Keep spreading the word about this important community asset and help us reach 300 members by the time we open the store.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
NEXT VOLUNTEER WORKDAY Sunday, Sept 13, 1 - 5 p.m.
In response to requests for Sunday workdays for those unable to volunteer on Saturdays.....Please join Indy Food Co-op on Sunday, September 13, from 1 - 5 p.m. for the next volunteer workday. We'll have a group of IUPUI student volunteers in on Friday taking up the vinyl floor, and on Sunday, we'll be working to get adhesive off those areas and get the space ready for Tuesday's member loan kick-off meeting.
Please let me know if you can participate on Sunday, September 13.
Did you see the cover story in this months URBAN TIMES? Pick one up and check out the Indy Food Co-op cover story.
Check out a few photos from the August 21 volunteer day!
Please let me know if you can participate on Sunday, September 13.
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Did you see the cover story in this months URBAN TIMES? Pick one up and check out the Indy Food Co-op cover story.Check out a few photos from the August 21 volunteer day!
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