My 25th Reunion
I remember going to my dad’s 25th when I was a teenager. This weekend its my turn! I loved my college days and there’s something really nice about Providence, RI in the fall. Some old best friends are going up too. I’m really looking forward to it.
I’ve been reworking the Coop website and have added a few bells and whistles, please visit it! www.MountainLakesOrganic.com.
The recipe section is expanded. Now whenever we get interesting vegetables, we have some good recipes to try out!
With fall, we have had a bunch of new members join. I’d like to just remind everyone of a few things. Some of you saw the list last week, but I need to print it for the Basic week too:
• Please don’t forget to write on your invoice or a slip of paper anything you get from the fridges. I need to know for inventory purposes.
• Please put your name on that slip too just so I know who to credit in my accounting program.
• Please do not leave your car idling while you get your produce. Its toxic, a waste of money, bad for global warming, and against the law.
• And please don’t forget to bring back your bags. Thanks to all of you who do!
Stop GMO Sugar!
OCA congratulates our longtime ally, the Center for Food Safety, for gaining a federal court ruling against genetically engineered sugar beets. Despite the ruling, American Crystal, the nation’s largest sugar beet processor, is apparently still planning on using Monsanto's GE sugar beets. American Crystal President David Berg told the New York Times he thought customer acceptance of GE sugar was "a big non-event."
A big non-event?
Tell American Crystal that you're joining the boycott. Avoid Monsanto's GE sugar by buying certified organic food (GE is banned from organic) and boycotting all non-organic brands that refuse to take a GMO-free stand.
TAKE ACTION NOW: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/
ORGANIC NEWS OF THE WEEK
Organic Valley Measures the Toxic Burden of Non-Organic Foods
Organic Valley, America's largest organic farmers' co-op, has launched an online calculator called "Organic Counts!" which shows how Organic Valley farmers and consumers collectively kept 89.5 million pounds of synthetic fertilizer and 1.25 million pounds of synthetic pesticides from America's soil and water from 1988 to 2008.
To create the Organic Counts! online calculator, Organic Valley entered its production data from the past 20 years, as well as parallel data from the USDA to show the average amounts of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides used in industrial agriculture per acre each year.
Public health costs directly associated with pesticide poisoning amount to billions of dollars per year. Exposure to pesticides and synthetic fertilizers have been linked to infertility, Parkinson's, cancer, birth defects, obesity, and learning and behavioral disabilities.
More than one million children in America age five and under ingest at least 15 pesticides daily. Early childhood exposures to pesticides are a leading cause of autism, obesity, asthma, brain cancer and other childhood diseases.
LEARN MORE: www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article _19214.cfm
Thank You and Enjoy!
Marnie
We get bags of produce on an even & odd week system. Members pick up their baskets any time after 3 pm on Tuesdays. There is no work requirement in this Co-op! Actual quantities of items will vary according to availability, price and case size. The dairy and meats come from Pennisylvania and New York State. This co-op has been in existance for over 30 years, changing with the times and the needs of the members.
