NE Network - Community Justice & Public Safety
"Dialogue is a positive endeavor. It builds solidarity and creates unity . . . . [It] gives rise to trust, even among those who don't see eye to eye."
-- from Buddhism Day by Day by Daisaku Ikeda
NE Network: A monthly conversation between Northeast's organizations, businesses, educators, elected officials, police, art collectives, and various groups int he faith community. There are already so many good things going on in Northeast -- let's come together to make it even better! Help us to build a civic partnership for a stronger Northeast Minneapolis!
This month's topic: Public Safety and Community Justice
Speakers:
Doug Jewett, chief operating officer at Project for Pride in Living (PPL)
Taryn Ranck, Community Coordinator with Restorative Justice Community Action
Inspector Bryan Schafer, 2nd Precinct Commander
Barbara Mundis, Adult Probation Supervisor at Hennepin County Probation Eastside Office
This is a great chance for business owners and residents alike to hear a safety update and develop a deeper understanding of how we can become involved in both crime prevention and community justice.
Held every second Thursday of the month
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Eastside Food Co-op's Granite Studio
2551 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
Community Meeting
Community Meeting: Let's Green NE at Jackson Square Park!
Wednesday, June 29
6:30-8:00pm
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
2551 Central Ave NE, Mpls, MN 55418 - Park on Street
For more info contact: julia@perventingharmmn.org or Lisa.Brock@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Eastside Food Co-op Spring Ponder
Envisioning a Cooperative Community in Northeast Minneapolis
Saturday, April 16, 2011
4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Granite Studio at Eastside Food Co-op
Wine & Cheese - EFC Member Reception
4:30-5: Co-op Fair. Meet cooperators from different sectors, make your "dream co-op" storyboard, enjoy Happy Hour
5:00: The World of Co-ops presentation. Followed by networking, brainstorming, and conversations
The Grand Finale. Co-op Jeopardy with door prizes!
What are some of the successful/creative/unexpected ways that people have organized cooperatively to meet their economic or other needs?
What kinds of needs does our community have that are not currently being met, or could be met more effectively through a cooperative?
Share your "Cooperative Dream Story" about a cooperative you'd like to start or join.
EFC Cooking Class - September
Co-op Cooking Class
Thursday, September 30
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
$15
Columbia Heights Community Education
Meatless Family Meals
Chef Karen Cross
Vegetarian food can be fun and delicious. Learn how to provide your family with healthy non-meat meals using local and organic foods. Experienced vegetarians and staff from Eastside Food Co-op will explain why many people choose this eating path and show you how to cook good food sans-meat. Class will be demonstration style with samples. Recipes will be provided.
Registration Information: Click Here
EFC Closing Early!
ATTENTION!!!
Saturday, December 11
EFC will close at 5pm due to extreme weather conditions!
Please check back here for Sunday, December 12 store hours!
Eat Local Farm Tour
Experience the Story Behind Your Meal
Saturday, July 30
EFC is renting a school bus and we will be visiting 2 farms, Eichten's and Big River.
We’ll meet in EFC’s Parking Lot and the bus will depart at 10am!
We are scheduled to be back at EFc by 3pm.
FREE & open to all!
The Story Behind Your Meal
The stories behind your food can be a powerful part of enjoying your meal. The Twin Cities food co-ops’ first-ever 2011 Eat Local Farm Tour on Saturday, July 30th will make these stories come alive for free. On this day only the general public can experience first-hand what local sustainable farming is all about. The event features tours of Minnesota farms, allowing people to meet directly with producers.
The tour kickoffs the Twin Cities food co-ops’ August Eat Local America! Initiative presented by the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA). Each summer the Eat Local America! Initiative encourages people to visit their participating co-op to experience the flavorful, healthful and economic benefits of eating local. The nine Twin Cities area food co-ops sponsoring the tour are: Eastside, Lakewinds, Linden Hills, Mississippi Market, River Market, Seward, St. Peter, Valley Natural Foods and The Wedge.
“The Twin Cities food co-ops have led the way in connecting consumers with fresh, local foods,” says Liz McMann, Consumer Affairs Manager at Mississippi Market. “We also provide our customers with information about our growers, makers and farmers. Now we want to deepen that farm to table tie by giving the general public the opportunity to meet with and tour the operations of their favorite meat, vegetable and/or dairy producer(s).”
The 2011 Eat Local Farm Tour highlights 11 Minnesota farms in four geographic regions within a 100 mile radius, north, west, southeast, and southwest of the Twin Cities. All tours will be self-guided, meaning tour goers must provide their own means of transportation, whether by car or bicycle. Self-guided tours allow people to visit the farms that they are most interested in. The only cost will be time and gas!
Cedar Summit Dairy Farm in New Prague, MN will be featured on the southwest leg of the tour. Tour goers will be able to meet owner Dave Minar along with visiting the creamery and production facility, including viewing cows, pigs, and chickens at pasture.
“Our population today is far removed from agriculture,” says Minar. “We need to educate our next generation on the importance of sustainable local land development and how it can benefit our local food system. Local food doesn’t have to travel far, helping us conserve our resources. Moreover, it is about getting to meet the farmer and seeing what his operation is all about. It helps build trust and a positive relationship, which is key to selling any product.”
The hours of tour operation on Saturday, July 30th will differ from farm to farm. The guidebooks are available NOW at any of the participating Co-ops, complete with maps, hours, and tour activities. The guidebook has outlined suggested tour routes that would make fun, easy day trips within each geographic region.
The electronic version of the guidebook is available below. (it is a large file - please be patient as it downloads)
About the Eat Local Farm Tour:
The 2011 Eat Local Farm Tour is sponsored by nine of the area Twin Cities food co-ops: Eastside, Lakewinds, Linden Hills, Mississippi Market, River Market, Seward, St. Peter, Valley Natural Foods and The Wedge. The July 30th tour will highlight 11 Minnesota farms, allowing the general public to meet directly with local producers to learn more about our local food system and its importance. The farms participating include Eichten’s Hidden Acres in Center City, MN (bison & cheese), Big River Farm (vegetable) in Marine on St Croix, MN, the Women’s Environmental Institute (vegetable) in North Branch, MN, Ferndale Market in Cannon Falls, MN (turkeys), Thousand Hills in Cannon Falls, MN (beef) Shepherd’s Way in Nerstand, MN (cheese), Gardens of Eagan in Farmington, MN (vegetable), Cedar Summit in New Prague, MN (dairy), East Henderson Farm (vegetable) in Henderson, MN and Living Land Farm (vegetable) in St. Peter, MN and Riverbend Farm (vegetable), located northwest of the Twin Cities.
Co-op Movie Night!
Screening "Troubled Waters"
Thursday, January 20
7–9 pm
Guest Speakers from LSP and ACLU-MN
FREE + Popcorn & Beverages
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
The American Midwest boasts some of the world’s most productive farmland, but this bounty comes with a price. Farmers, scientists and citizens are seeking solutions that help… keep valuable top soil in place and eliminate buildup of toxic run off that’s polluting our lakes, rivers and the gulf coastline. Troubled Waters tells the story of the changes on the land, and the initiatives people are taking to ensure a more sustainable food production system.\
Co-op Movie Night
Sweet Land
Thursday, August 18
7-9p.m.
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
FREE + refreshments
Sweet Land is a poignant and lyrical celebration of land, love, and the American immigrant experience. Based on Will Weaver’s short story A Gravestone Made of Wheat and shot on location in Southern Minnesota, Sweet Land is that rare independent feature that uses painterly images and understated performances to tell a universal story of love and discovery. David Tumblety’s glorious magic-hour cinematography recalls classic American art cinema like Days of Heaven, transforming the amber majesty of Southern Minnesota’s farm country into an elegiac metaphor for memory, family, and history.
EFC Movie Night - Family Film & Pizza Party!
Join us for a fun evening of fresh deli pizza and a film!
Friday, September 17 ~ Please note the NEW DATE!!
6:30 pm - 9 pm
EFC ~ Community Room ~ KIDS WELCOME!
This is a FREE event open to all.
Chicken Run ~ a clay animation adventure set in a chicken farm in Yorkshire, England. It follows the misadventures of the chickens as they make various plans and attempts to escape from the coop. This family friendly movie has wonderful visuals and is full of action, adventure and lots of fun.
EFC Movie Night
Co-op Movie Night ~ TONIGHT!
Thursday, October 14
7-9 p.m. at EFC in the Granite Studio FREE + Beverages and Popcorn
Food Fight ~ Over the course of the 20th century, our food system has been co-opted by corporate forces whose interest do not lie in providing the public with fresh, healthy and sustainably-produced food. Fortunately for America, an alternative emerged from the counter-culture of California in the late 1960s and early 1970s, where a group of political anti-corporate protesters – led by Alice Waters – voiced their dissent by creating a food chain outside of the conventional system.
THIS Saturday Corn & Brat Fest!
The Northeast Farmers' Market Annual Corn and Brat Fest!!
Come by for $3 Kramarczuk Brats, $2 Gardens of Eagan Sweetcorn, and lemonades and sodas for just a buck. Sweetcorn for breakfast never tasted so good!
Saturday, August 14 ~ 9 am to 1 pm
NE Farmers Market ~ 7th & University Aves
Co-op Closing at 6 p.m. TODAY - Wednesday, August 10
EFC is closing at 6 p.m. TODAY - Wednesday, August 10
for a Board sponsored Staff Appreciation Party!
Sorry for any inconvenience!
Support Local Events!
This event is TODAY!!
We hope you will stop by the EFC table and sample some great local cheese and fruit!
An Invitation to: Third Ward Neighborhoodfest/Summit!
Who: Council Member Diane Hofstede
Brought to you by a partnership of 3rd Ward Council Member Diane Hofstede, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, Habitat for Humanity and East Side Neighborhood Services with Third Ward neighborhoods, businesses, elected officials, organizations, and guests.
What: “Making Connections”
Come support and learn about the many businesses, services, city services, ward projects, non-profit organizations right here in the Third Ward, as well as the recreational activities, resources, dining and shopping opportunities.
- Habitat for Humanity will announce a special “Carter Work Project,” a signature project of Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, who are coming to the Hawthorne neighborhood this October!
- Important announcement from the Park Board on our Riverfront.
- Making Connections Visit with the many local businesses, service organizations, and explore job opportunities.
FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED!
When: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Food, Registration, Displays, Entertainment – 6:00-9:00 pm
Where: Nicollet Island Pavilion
40 Power St Minneapolis, MN 55401
Why: Help Support our local economy!
Indoor Famers Market!
Local Vendors with Local Wares + Co-op Samples!
Saturday, May 14
9a.m.–1p.m.
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
SAVE THE DATE for the summer market opener!
June 4 - PANCAKE BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER!
Annual Membership Meeting TONIGHT!
Hope to see you TONIGHT!
Annual Membership Meeting
Tuesday, October 19th
RSVP: Click Here
Join us for a delicious meal at the EFC member event of the year!
Salvation Army - 2727 Central Avenue NE
Doors Open at 5:45 p.m.
Dinner from 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Meeting and Election from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Child Care Provided.
RSVP: Click Here
Board Open House Meeting
Interested in serving on Eastside's Board of Directors?
Come to an open house meeting on Aug 30, from 6-8pm in the Granite Studio at the Co-op.
Meet current board members and learn how the board works and what is involved!
We are looking for members who are:
- Dedicated to the Co-op, it member owners, and its mission
- Have a propensity to think in terms of systems and context.
- Honest and have independent judgment, courage, and good faith
- Able and eager to deal with values, vision and the long term.
- Able and willing to participate assertively in discussions and abide by Board decisions and the intent of established policies.
- Willing to operate in a group decision making environment, to share power in group process, and to delegate areas of decision making to others
Click to RSVP
Refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!
NE Network - Transportation
Come by bus, auto, bike, or foot—but be sure to attend the next Northeast Network to talk about transit planning in Northeast Minneapolis!
The Network will be held Thursday, April 8, from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. at the Eastside Food Co-op’s Community Room at 2551 Central Ave NE.
We have a great line-up of guests able to address the many modes of transit that exist or are envisioned for Northeast, so please be sure to come with your questions. Joining our discussion will be:
• Michelle Dibblee, Transit for Livable Communities Ms. Dibblee is a Senior Organizer with TLC and a Northeast resident, and will speak about biking and walking programs, among other things.
• Kevin Reich, City Council Member, Ward 1. Councilmember Reich is our new Ward 1 representative on the City Council and a longstanding supporter of public transit options.
• Mark Stenglein, Hennepin County Commissioner, 2nd District Commissioner Stenglein is the County representative for Northstar and the Northern Lights Express and has met with the City and Anoka County on possible streetcars on Central.
• Metro Transit planning (tentative). We anticipate that a representative from Metro Transit will be able to join us to talk about arterial BRT and other aspects of transit planning along Central Avenue.
Please email board@eastsidefood.coop by Tuesday, April 6, to let us know if you are able to make it, so that we can be sure to have enough muffins and coffee! We look forward to seeing you at the Co-op!
NE Network - where people from many organizations and interests can share information and make new connections
Eastside Food Co-op
2551 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
(in the meeting room at the front of the building)
"Dialogue is a positive endeavor. It builds solidarity and creates unity . . . . [It] gives rise to trust, even among those who don't see eye to eye."
--from Buddhism Day by Day by Daisaku Ikeda
Let's Raise Some ART FUNds...
ArtShare NE Parade Project - FUNdraiser
LOCAL MUSIC & FOOD...
A fundraiser will be held Sunday, May 23 at Grumpy's NE. 1-6pm to support ArtShare and the 2010 Parade Project. ArtShare is a Northeast Minneapolis community arts group that is facilitating workshops in creating wearable “floats”, masks and banners in preparation for marching in the Northeast Parade. ArtShare encourages folks of all ages and backgrounds to represent the diversity of Northeast.
There will be food, silent auction and music by ELIZA BLUE and THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS and PAUL COOK.
Be there! Have fun with your neighbors, and help make the Northeast Parade represent all NORTHEASTERS!
Contact:
Abby Rae LaCombe (217) 494-8422, abbyrae.lacombe@gmail.com
Project Contact:
Jennifer (612) 432-1512, artsharene.blogspot.com, artsharene@gmail.com
2011 Plant Sale!
While Supplies Last!
25% off All Plants Wednesday and Thursday, June 1 & 2
40% off All Plants Friday and Saturday, June 3 & 4
60% off All Plants Sunday, June 5 ~ LAST DAY!
13th Annual EFC Plant Sale
Saturday, May 7 through Sunday, June 5
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
Self-service from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. weekdays
*Our greenhouses use earth-friendly growing methods
*Annual and perennial flowers, native plants, hybrid and heirloom veggies, raspberries, and a variety of specialty plants will be available at the sale.
Highlights of the 2011 Sale:
• Potting Soil
• Organic Compost
• Straw
New to the plant sale this year and updates on favorites:
• Beets — Plant these for the greens and for the beet itself.
• Blueberries
• Borage — It’s a beautiful annual plant that bees adore. Vivid blue flowers and leaves that taste like cucumber and are stunning in salads.
• Broccoli or Cauliflower Romanesco — Not only is this an amazingly cool-looking vegetable, it’s a deliciously mellow combination of cauliflower and broccoli. The saying is that people, especially children, who don’t like cauliflower, gobble this cruciferous down.
• Epazote (Mexican tea) — Supposedly people aren’t knowledgeable enough to use this Mexican and Caribbean herb; prove them wrong! A seemingly secret ingredient in bean dishes with its cilantro or arugula-like flavor and prevents gas!
• Herbs — Our goal is to have herbs, especially Basil, Cilantro, Dill, Oregano, Parsley and Rosemary, available through Memorial Day weekend.
• Heirloom Tomatoes — The Seed Savers catalogue lists more than 70 heirloom tomatoes available; our growers have chosen the ones that do best in our northern summers. Cherokee Purple will now replace Prudent’s Purple.
• Hybrid Tomatoes — No genetic engineering here, just years of selecting traits. Orange and a larger grape tomato are new this year.
• Kiwi Vines — Now proven to be northern hardy, these vines produce small edible Kiwis within three years. They need to be planted in male and female pairs, so we are selling them that way.
• Lemon Grass — Attention new gardeners: this standard of Asian cooking is incredibly easy to grow!
• Rhubarb
• Roma Tomatoes — We’ll have three types: the famous La Roma and two heirlooms - Amish Paste and San Marzano. These plants almost walk themselves out the door, so this year growers are ready.
• Strawberries — We’ll have them through Memorial Day weekend.
• Sweet Red Peppers — Although all green peppers ripen to red, there are some that turn earlier. We’ll have ample amounts of the early reds, including a small sweet cherry pepper that keeps producing.
• Thai peppers — It was a complete surprise last year how many people wanted these hot peppers; our suppliers couldn’t keep up. So, this year one grower has promised us an endless supply.
Native Plants: Each year we try to carry the standards in natives and to introduce some special ones. The frustrating part is that nature has it’s own time schedule and germination secrets that growers are continually experimenting with. A selection of what we’re hoping to carry includes:
• Indian Paint Brush (Castilleja coccinea). Red and yellow leaves that look like flowers all season.
• Merrybells/Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora). Easy-to-grow, beautiful draping yellow flowers in the spring, bell-looking seed heads and evergreen leaves.
• Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pennsylvanica.) People are realizing the practicality of this versatile grass-like plant. As non-bunching low perennial, it’s great for boulevard plantings. In shade it’s happy and green, in well-drained sun conditions turns yellow in the fall.
• Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula). Cool seed-heads and a striking yellow fall color. It’s a brilliant fall contrast with Little Bluestem and Asters.
• Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculata ). Not only does this flower attract more bumblebees than believable, it provides nitrogen to the soil and is a long-blooming bright yellow. A re-seeding annual that can be aggressive the first few years, but then settles down.
• Prairie Clovers (Petalostemum sp.). White and purple. Add nitrogen to the soil, delicate flowers and essential for many insects.
• Milkweeds (Asclepias sp.). Plant them for the butterflies and enjoy their beauty. Butterfly (Orange), Marsh (Pink) and Whorled (white).
• Pasque flower (Anemone patens). An orchid of dry prairies. The very early bloom is fuzzy, delicate and beautiful. Native bees need this early bloomer.
• Prairie smoke (Geum triflorum). After a few years this groundcover plant’s more than 30 rosebud-like flowers burst open to produce pink/red seed heads that hang in the air like smoke.
• Pussytoes (Antennaria sp.) A spreading groundcover that will withstand some foot traffic. White flowers look like a cat’s paw, silvery leaves.
• Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum). A plant that means spring to many Minnesotans. Hard to get, but we’re trying again.
• Woodland Sunflower. (Helianthus divaricatus) Goldfinches, butterflies and bees love this shade-tolerant sunflower. It’s difficult to germinate, but with luck we’ll finally get it in.
• Yarrow (Achillia milleflorum). This is one of the tough plants being used in our permeable bike path area as a probable plant that can replace grass as a walk-able groundcover.
• Yellow-Vine Honeysuckle. Will grow in dense shade. Blue/green leaves and yellow flowers. Good for fence coverage and trellises, but not aggressive.
Volunteering at the Plant Sale — EFC Members are encouraged to volunteer at the plant sale. It’s fun, and volunteers receive a 10% discount card for the sale of their choice. Volunteer opportunities are available as follows:
• Flyer Distribution throughout Northeast in the weeks prior to the plant sale.
• Plant Sale Customer Service: Saturdays and Sundays in May – shifts start at 7:30 a.m. and go until 6:00 p.m. No special expertise is required of plant sale volunteers. An orientation check-list will be e-mailed to volunteers prior to their shift, and volunteers will be paired with a “transition buddy” to learn the ropes of helping customers at the sale. A “hospitality room” will be available for plant sale volunteers with beverages and snacks, and to pick up name tags and aprons. For a complete list of shifts available, check out the sign-up clipboard in the store or e-mail shift preferences to amy@eastsidefood.coop.
Eat Local Pot Luck!
Join us for a Local Pot Luck dinner with Live Local Music.
Make your favorite local hot dish, snack, side dish desert or entrée and share the recipe with your friends and neighbors. You’ve taken the challenge, now share your success, stories and challenges and enjoy the company and food of other Localvores.
There will be local live music provided by the lovely Karen Thomas from 5:30-6:30 p.m.!
Click to view Karen's facebook page.
EFC will provide beverages!
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio.
This will be a zero waste event.
Help us start the Eat Local Revolution!
Co-op Night at the Twin Cities River Rats!
Eastside Food Co-op is sponsoring the home show on Thursday, June 24.
Show your love for this local organization and bring your family and friends to the west bank of the Mississippi River just below the Broadway Bridge for this FREE Family Fun Event!The Twin Cities River Rats Waterski Show Team is a 100% volunteer organization. The River Rats plan, practice, and perform waterski shows at their home site (west bank of the Mississippi River just below the Broadway Bridge), and and at various other locations throughout the Midwest. Team members participate in all aspects of the show, from skiing to boat driving, announcing and even rolling ropes. Originally the University of Minnesota's ski team, the River Rats currently have over 70 members of all ages, and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
The River Rats perform weekly shows at their home site for FREE every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. (the Development Show starts at 6:30 p.m.)
Donations will be solicited to help the Twin Cities River Rats fund their practices and competitions. Concessions will be available.
Eastside Food Co-op will be sampling some of our great summertime fare!
Co-op Movie Night!
Community Screening!
Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Thursday, April 21
7–9pm
FREE + refreshments
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call "The Special Period."
Annual Meeting - Monday, Oct. 24
Eastside Food Co-op’s 2011
Annual Membership Meeting
Monday, October 24
5:45-8:00 p.m.
Holy Cross Church Parish Hall
enter through the doors at 17th & 4th NE
Doors open 5:45 p.m.
Dinner 6:00 – 6:45 p.m.
Business Meeting & Election 6:45 – 8:00 p.m.
Check your mailbox for your ballot!
The ballots are in the mail! We have three open board positions this year, as well as four amendments to our by-laws and articles of incorporation. Please look for an envelope with annual meeting material, board candidate statements, amendment information, and the ballots. You may drop your completed ballot off at the store, mail it to the co-op, or bring it with you to the annual meeting.
Vegetarian dinner by Eastside staff and volunteers!
~ Hearty vegetarian chili ~ Cornbread ~ Salad ~ Pumpkin bars ~ featuring locally grown produce!
RSVP by Friday, October 21
We need to have an approximate head count for serving, please RVSP at the store with any of the cashiers, by calling 612-843-5401 or by e-mailing amy@eastsidefood.coop.
Vegetarian dinner by Eastside staff and volunteers!
~ Hearty vegetarian chili ~ Cornbread ~ Salad ~ Pumpkin bars ~ featuring locally grown produce!
Volunteer Opportunity!
We will cook and serve the dinner ourselves this year. We are looking for volunteers to cook, serve, set-up or clean up at the annual meeting. If interested, please contact Luna at 612-843-5409 or email luna@eastsidefood.coop
Member Event!
Please join us for this fun and informative look at your co-op!
To RSVP - Click Here!
Co-op Movie Night!
Community Screening!
Under Our Skin
Thursday, April 28
7–9pm
Guest Speaker & discussion to follow
FREE + refreshments
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
A gripping tale of microbes, medicine and money UNDER OUR SKIN exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most serious and controversial epidemics of our time. Each year, thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often told that their symptoms are all in their head. Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of the health care system and a medical establishment all too willing to put profits ahead of patients.
EFC Member's Movie Night
Join us for a screening of "End of the Line" a powerful documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing.
Imagine an ocean without fish...
Imagine the global consequences...
This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.
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Co-op Movie Night!
Community Screening - Garbage Dreams
Thursday, June 16
7-9p.m.
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
FREE + refreshments
Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo. It is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic for "garbage people." Far ahead of any modern "Green" initiatives, the Zaballeen survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect. When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of its trade, each of the teenage boys is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the survival of his community.
Watch the Trailer here!
Earth Day at EFC!
Eastside Food Co-op Recognizes Earth Day!
A Special Gift for Earth Day!
Bring your own reusable bag & buy at least $20 in the Bulk Dept. to receive a beautiful signed print by local artist
Linnea Doyle
“Roots”
This Mural is also part of our 4 X 8 Gallery on the North Wall!
One per customer, Note: A limited amount of these remarkable prints are available.
August is EAT LOCAL month at Eastside Food Co-op
Eat Local ~ Pot Luck
Saturday, August 28
5p.m. – 8p.m.
Granite Studio ~ EFC’s Community Room
THIS SATURDAY!
Live Music by The Cactus Blossoms!
If you've not signed up never mind... Please join us and please feel free to make your favorite local hot dish, snack, side dish dessert or entrée and share the recipe with your friends and neighbors. You’ve taken the challenge, now share your success, stories and challenges and enjoy the company and food of other Localvores.
About The Cactus Blossoms
After years of singing together at home and around campfires brothers Jack and Page decided it was time for a full band and formed The Cactus Blossoms. With dual guitars and harmonies they perform songs by their favorite country singers including The Louvin Brothers, Hank Williams, Rex Griffin, Jimmie Rodgers, Ray Price, Johnnie & Jack, and a few originals too. Come down to a show and dance to the songs that make us laugh, cry, and lose our blues.
Visit their myspace page at:
http://www.myspace.com/thecactusblossoms
This will be a zero waste event so please bring your own utensils.
Eastside in the Northeast Parade!
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August is EAT LOCAL month at Eastside Food Co-op
Eat Local ~ Movie Night
Screening DIRT! the movie
Thursday, August 19 TODAY!
7:30p.m. – 9:30p.m. (summer hours)
Granite Studio ~ EFC’s Community Room
DIRT! The Movie takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility--from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation and brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. The real change lies in our notion of what dirt is. "The only remedy for disconnecting people from the natural world is connecting them to it again." What we've destroyed, we can heal.
Watch the trailer here: www.dirtthemovie.org/
Co-op Movie Night!
Community Screening
Thursday, July 21
7-9 p.m.
FREE + refreshments
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
You Never Bike Alone is a feature length documentary, looking at the ways in which cyclists are building critical mass and changing the face of the city. Drawing on footage filmed over the course of the last decade and through interviews with people from all backgrounds, You Never Bike Alone captures the fun, the road rage, the camaraderie, and the freakiness of riding a bike in the city today. As well as a humorous and entertaining look at how city cyclists are mobilizing, You Never Bike Alone looks at the implications of transportation decisions by politicians at municipal and provincial levels and asks are we up to the challenge of making a truly livable city.
Gardening Matters Workshop
FREE....
HOW TO START A COMMUNITY GARDEN
Learn the necessary steps to starting a garden!
Get helpful worksheets and factsheets!
Learn about resources to help with setting up a new garden!
Please RSVP to kelsey.gardeningmatters@gmail.com so that we can have enough materials.
EFC Movie Night - Back to FRIDAY!!
FREE Friday Night Movie at the Co-op.
FRESH
Friday, June 18 at 7-9pm Granite Studio
This movie celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur’s 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.
Watch the Triler here: www.freshthemovie.com
• FREE Admission TO ALL
• FREE Popcorn
• No childcare available
Second Saturdays at your Co-op!
Co-op Movie Night
Screening "Malls R Us"
Thursday, December 16
7–9 pm
FREE + Popcorn & Beverages
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
This provocative documentary seriously argues that malls serve similar functions today that cathedrals, temples, parliaments and town squares did in earlier times. Then the film slowly works its way around to the possibility that they may be a plague upon the Earth. Ironic, sobering and visually stunning, this surprising documentary offers a trip to the mall like no other.
THIS Saturday at Your Co-op!
Check out the NE Farmers Martket Website for more information!
Click Here.
Art-A-Whirl at Eastside Food Co-op
Mosaic Art by Rachel Rodenborg - Seriously Whimsical Studio
Friday, May 14th 5-9 p.m. Opening Night*
Saturday, May 15th 12-8 p.m.
Sunday, May 16th 12-5 p.m.
Eastside Food Co-op
Rachel Rodenborg will be exhibiting her original mosaic art at Eastside Food Co-op during Art-a-Whirl Experience mosaic first hand during a “hands on” demonstration Saturday and Sunday from 2 PM – 3 PM (ages 11-adult: $9, 10 and younger: $5 to cover supplies) and take your artwork home with you! Original artwork featuring recycled and repurposed glass, china, and art objects will be available for purchase.
For more information, please visit: www.seriouslywhimsical.com
Book Sale & Fundraiser
Friends of the Northeast Library Book Sale!
at Eastside Food Co-op
Friday, December 10, 2 - 8 PM
Preview sale for members of the Friends of Northeast Library, Library Foundation of Hennepin County and Eastside Food Co-op. Not a member? Join the Northeast Library Friends at the door!
Saturday, December 11, 10 AM - 5 PM
General sale - all are welcome.
Gently used book donations are gladly excepted at the Co-op beginning on Monday, December 6.
To volunteer at the sale or learn more about our exciting new group, email northeast@supporthclib.org
EFC Movie Night - This Friday!
Two Angry Moms
Part exposé, part "how-to", the movie chronicles the efforts of two mothers and other leaders in the fledgling better school food movement as they take on the system nationwide. From Chefs Alice Waters and Ann Cooper reinventing school food in Berkley California to Chef Tony Geraci's student designed meals in New Hampshire, the movie covers programs that connect the cafeteria with the classroom and connect our kids with the earth….Two Angry Moms shows not only on what is wrong with school food; it offers strategies for overcoming roadblocks and getting healthy, good tasting, real food into school cafeterias.
Futures Meeting
Interested in cycling, the environment, and green spaces?
A Northeast Futures Task Force is holding a meeting to discuss potential projects in Northeast to get involved with - or possibly even starting our own!
Please join us for conversation and planning:
Thursday August 5, 5 pm-6 pm
@ Eastside Food Co-op’s Community Room
2551 Central Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis, MN 55418-3725
Questions? Concerns? Contact Jamie@necdc.org, 612.627.9366.
Working to promote the economic development of Northeast Minneapolis in a manner that furthers the interests of both residents and businesses.
EFC Cooking Class - CANCELED
Vegan Holiday Party ~ CANCELED Sorry for any inconvenience.
Karen Cross
Thursday, October 28th
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
$15
Columbia Heights Community Education
Learn how to prepare great vegan food for holiday party. You will learn to cook an appetizer, a soup, a salad, main course and dessert that will delight the senses. Vegan food is creative, tasty and an adventure in the kitchen. Experienced staff from Eastside Food Co-op will explain why many people choose this eating path (no animal foods or by-products) and you learn how to cook a good vegan food. If you have never cooked a vegan meal before here is your chance to learn a few choice recipes. Class will be demonstration style with samples. Recipes will be provided.
NE Royalty Sock Hop
Family and friends are more than welcome to join in on this great low cost FUN Family friendly event!
NE Minneapolis Royalty's Sock Hop
East Side Neighborhood Service
1700 Second Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
EVERYONE, of all ages, is invited to Join your Northeast Minneapolis Royalty friends and family for an old fashioned Sock Hop. Please come dressed in 50’s wear for the occasion!
ADMISSION FEE: 5.00 per person-Includes Hot Dog Dinner dancing and FUN. There will be additional food items for sale as well as a Silent Auction and some games.
Please donate NEW pairs of socks (any kind)-Socks will go to Sharing and Caring Hands and get a ticket for games.
Music, food and lots of fun and games
§ Hula-Hoop Contest
§ Limbo Contest
§ Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
§ Best 50’s Dressed Contest
§ Face Painting
Picture Buttons for sale $5.00 each. Our Goal is to collect socks to be donated to our friends at Sharing & Caring Hands.
Check our website for ways you can help.
For Questions or to RSVP- Please contact Heidi Zaworski at 612-408-0242 or
Special Thanks to sponsors East Side Neighborhood Services & Sentyrz Supermarket
EFC Cooking Class - CANCELED
CANCELED do to low registration.
Gluten-Free/Dairy-Free Holiday Cookies
Chef Angela Litzinger
The holidays are a time of celebration, often with a cookie in hand. This class will focus on helping you create a variety of holiday goodies that are all gluten and dairy free. Several techniques will be demonstrated to help save you time in the kitchen, helping you fill up your cookie jar in no time. Class will be demonstration style. Recipes and samples will be provided.
Wednesday, November 10
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
$15
Columbia Heights Community Education
EFC Board Meeting
EFC Monthly Board of Directors' meetings are held in the Granite Studio at the Co-op. All members are welcome to attend. Please contact board@eastsidefood.coop if you would like to receive meeting materials prior to the meeting, or if you have an item you would like placed on the agenda.
NE Network Meetings
The Northeast Network is a monthly breakfast conversation on issues that matter to our community.
Every Second Thursday
7:30 - 8:45 AM
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
Tentative NE Network Topics
Legislative Update
Parks/Riverfront
Urban Gardening
Water Quality
NE 2020: Projections
NE Community Wellness Fremont Health Clinic/Elderly/Doulahs/birth
NE Youth: Success, Challenges & Opportunity!
Local Government Update
March Food Drive
For More information see the article in this Newsletter
NEW in the Deli.
Our deli has a NEW Local Sushi provider ~ Sushi Avenue!
Delivered Fresh Daily by 10am!
We've added some delicious NEW options to our sushi selection so come on by and try some.
Ever wondered about the nutritional value of sushi? Click here.
Check out their website. Click here
Having a Party?
You can order Sushi Party Platters through the co-op. Orders must be be placed 2 days in adavance.
Co-op Movie Night!
Queen of the Sun
Thursday, September 15
7-9p.m.
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
FREE + refreshments
Queen of the Sun weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heart-felt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world. Featuring Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva, Queen of the Sun reveals both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. Queen of The Sun examines the global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, and philosophers. On a pilgrimage around the world, 10,000 years of beekeeping is unveiled, highlighting how our historic and sacred relationship with bees has been lost due to highly mechanized industrial practices.
EFC Board Meeting
EFC Monthly Board of Directors' meetings are held in the Granite Studio at the Co-op. All members are welcome to attend. Please contact board@eastsidefood.coop if you would like to receive meeting materials prior to the meeting, or if you have an item you would like placed on the agenda.
EFC Board Meeting
EFC Monthly Board of Directors' meetings are held in the Granite Studio at the Co-op. All members are welcome to attend. Please contact board@eastsidefood.coop if you would like to receive meeting materials prior to the meeting, or if you have an item you would like placed on the agenda.
NE Art Action!
ArtShare NE Parade Project
ArtShare , a Northeast Minneapolis community arts group, is facilitating 4 free workshops to guide Northeast neighbors in creating and building wearable “floats”, masks and banners in preparation for the Northeast Parade. We encourage folks of all ages and backgrounds who live or work in Northeast to represent the diversity of Northeast.
4 FREE Workshops OPEN TO ALL!!
Saturdays May 29, June 5, 12 and 19
11:30am -3:00pm
at Edison High School
NE Parade Date: Tuesday June 22 at 6:30pm
Contact: Jennifer Arave- 612-432-1512, artsharene@gmail.com
Community Supported Agriculture
CSA Fair
Come meet and greet our local farmers and purchase a CSA share!
Saturday, April 2
11a.m.–2p.m.
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) provides individuals an opportunity to form partnerships with local producers. A consumer becomes a member of a CSA Farm by purchasing a share in a farm’s harvest, which helps cover yearly operating costs. In return for that investment, he or she receives fresh product, delivered to the Co-op weekly throughout the growing season. In this way, consumers and producers share the risks and rewards of growing food together.
FARMS
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A Talk - The Minnesota Health Plan
Tours,Talks & Thespians
A Talk – Subject: The Minnesota Health Plan
Guest Speaker - Senator John Marty
Saturday, October 16 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM.
EastSide Food Co-op, in the Granite Studio - 2551 Central Avenue N.E. in Minneapolis
Refreshments will be provided.
Anethicalpolitician? Anoxymoron! You exclaim. I think not, Meet Senator John Marty.
Senator Marty has represented several northeast metro suburbs in the Minnesota Senate
since 1987.Senator Marty distinguished himself immediately as an independent-minded
progressive who is not afraid to take on special interests. He took on one of the most
powerful lobbyists in the country, “Big Tobacco”, when he fought for legislation to prohibit
smoking in schools and hospitals, banning free distribution of cigarettes.
Since then, Senator Marty has established himself as a leader on ethics issues at the
Legislature and has continuously fought to remove special interest money from the political
process.He has also been a consistent advocate for policies that promote fairness, equality
and tolerance, as well as those that invest in prevention—investing in healthcare, schools,
and jobs to build a better future and prevent problems before they start.
Senator Marty is the designer and author of the Minnesota Health Plan, a statewide plan that
would cover every Minnesotan for all of their medical needs including prescription drugs,
dental care, mental health and chemical dependency treatment, while saving money through
prevention, efficiency, and elimination of bureaucracy.
There are currently about 400,000 Minnesotans without any health insurance and at least 1
million more who have insurance, but still cannot afford to pay their medical bills due to high
copayments, deductibles, and care not covered by their insurance added on top of their
premiums! Although the recent federal healthcare reform will make some inroads, the MN
Health Plan is the only plan that would eliminate the problem of un-insurance and under-
insurance in our state.
Why should we care? And what can we do to bring about this change sooner rather than
later?
Senator Marty will address these questions and more during the evening’s talk.
Advice for the Loaf-Lorn
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Bring stories or examples of your failed attempts at homemade bread to share with supportive class members and an experienced home and café bread baker and start on the road toward a more successful relationship with homemade bread.
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Taught by Davis S. Cargo 7 - 9 p.m. $10/$5 members Eastside Food Co-op - "Granite Studio" To register: Email - luna@eastsidefood.coop or call Luna 612-843-5409
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NE Winter Farmers Market here at Eastside Food Co-op!
Local Vendors with Local wares!
Every summer, the Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market brings you the best of local food, crafts, services and music to the St. Boniface Church parking lot from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays from June through October.
During the long, cold Minnesota winters, we fondly remember the glorious Farmers Market mornings.
Now you can relive those wonderful moments! The Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market will hold a Winter Market every month right here at Eastside Food Co-op! The winter market will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month:
- November 12, 2011
- December 10, 2011
- January 14, 2012
- February 11, 2012
- March 10, 2012
- April 14, 2012
- May 12, 2012
Click here for more information on the Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market.
More Meatless Family Meals - Cooking Class
Vegetarian food can be fun and delicious.
Learn how to provide your family with healthy non-meat meals using local and organic foods. Experienced vegetarians and staff from Eastside Food Co-op will explain why many people choose this eating path and show you how to cook good food sans-meat. Menus will be provided, prepared and, of course, sampled.
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Wednesday, April 28th 6:30-8:30p.m. $15 (1 session) Northeast Middle School - Community Education To Register: In person or by check: Northeast Middle School - Community Education 2955 Hays St N.E. Mpls, MN 55410 By phone 612-668-1515 MasterCard/Visa
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Co-op Movie Night!
Forks Over Knives
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
FREE + refreshments
FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional scientist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world renowned Cleveland Clinic. Inspired by remarkable discoveries in their young careers, these men conducted several groundbreaking studies. Their separate research led them to the same startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented—and in many cases reversed—by adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet. In addition, cameras follow “reality patients” who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes, and are taught by their doctors to adopt a whole foods plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments.
New Board Members
Welcome the NEW Board Members ~
Stephanie Johnson
Chris Pratt
Luna McIntyre
Co-op Movie Night!
Community Screening!
Seed Hunter
Thursday, May 19
7–9pm
FREE + refreshments
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
Seed Hunter is a highly entertaining documentary about a topic that is vital for the future of the planet: finding seeds that may help save the world from its greatest ever crisis - a global food shortage brought about by human-induced climate change.
Please RSVP – 612-843-5409 or luna@eastsidefood.coop
Get Acquainted Breakfast
CDC Calendar Release Party!!
Northeast CDC Calendar release celebration this Sunday, December 4th at Eastside Food Co-op from 12pm-3pm in the Granite Studio Chowgirls will be providing treats, and the co-op is providing coffee and tea.
August is EAT LOCAL month at Eastside Food Co-op
Eat (Out) Local ~ Happy Hour!
Tuesday, August 17
4p.m. – 6p.m.
Sen Yai Sen Lek
Let’s chat and chew at our favorite local Thai restaurant and update each other on our progress, challenges and favorite recipes of this year’s Eat Local. Sen Yai Sen Lek - 2422 Central Ave NE.
Member Event!
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Winter Market at your Co-op!
Local Vendors with Local wares!
Every summer, the Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market brings you the best of local food, crafts, services and music to the St. Boniface Church parking lot from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays from June through October.
During the long, cold Minnesota winters, we fondly remember the glorious Farmers Market mornings.
Now you can relive those wonderful moments! The Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market will hold a Winter Market every month right here at Eastside Food Co-op! The winter market will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month:
- January 14, 2012
- February 11, 2012
- March 10, 2012
- April 14, 2012
- May 12, 2012
Co-op Movie Night!
What America Needs: From Sea to Shining Sea
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
All Welcome + refreshments
Award-winning documentary artist, videographer Mark Wojahn travels by train across America from N.Y.C to L.A asking more than 500 people from dozens of different communities: "What do you think America needs?" Collectively, their answers relate an unexpected story of hope.
EFC is pleased to welcome Mark Wojahn for a post screening conversation about what America need today. We hope you will join us in that conversation.
Water Filter Special!
Buy any two WaterMarque shower units and receive one Free replacement filter (a value of over $20)
from WaterMarque products, available at Eastside Food Co-op.
Water Marque Products
8400 Duluth Street
Golden Valley, MN 55427
763-544-2733
Benefit for Land Stewardship Project
Celebrate Good Food & Farming from the Twin Cities to greater Minnesota
A Benefit for Land Stewardship Project
LSP office backyard
821 E. 35th Street
Minneapolis
Join us to support Land Stewardship Project's work to build sustainable and just food systems in Minnesota's small towns and urban areas. Minnesota has rich agricultural land and farmers growing good food, yet our food still travels an average of 1,500 miles to our tables. Small towns and core urban neighborhood often have no place to buy fresh fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods.
Despite these challenges, Minnesotans continue to develop creative ways to feed ourselves, our communities and steward the land.On May 15 we will hear from farmers who are doing just that in rural Minnesota and the heart of Minneapolis, and hear updates on LSP's work to cultivate strong food and farming systems.
* Laura Frerichs of Loon Organics in Hutchinson, MN - hear about her organic vegetable farm, working to make a good living, and providing healthy food
* Jeremy McAdams of Cherry Tree House Mushrooms - urban mushroom production and how his Minneapolis neighborhood is cultivating food and community.
Enjoy appetizers donated by many excellent local restaurants, including:
* Modern Cafe
* Brasa Premium Rotisserie
* Bryant Lake Bowl
* Cafe Barbette
* Red Stag Supper Club
* Bedlam Theatre
To RSVP or to learn more about our benefit, please contact Sarah Claassen at 612-722-6377. RSVPs are helpful but not required.
Slide Show & Presentation!
"New to Me"
Tuesday, August 9
6:30-7:30p.m.
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
EFC Employee and Member Martin Brown will be presenting "New to Me" which chronicles his adventures with sustainable agriculture in New Zealand over the southern hemisphere during the summer of 2010-11. Come for the composting and stay for the snacks! From manure to mountains to Maoris, New Zealand has just a little bit of everything... Some of it's bound to be new to you, too!
Co-op Movie Night - Thursday, November 18
Movie Night at your Co-op!
Thursday, November 18
7-9 pm
FREE plus Free Popcorn!
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the famed “Chicago 8” activists who protested the Vietnam War. When the inmates took over Attica prison, or when the American Indian Movement stood up to the federal government at Wounded Knee, they asked Kunstler to be their lawyer.
Member Event!
Member Orientation
Thursday, February 24
6-7:30 p.m.
FREE + refreshments
at Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
Mix and Mingle!
Learn YOUR Co-op’s History!
Co-op 101: INSIDER info from the General Manager!
Co-op Capitalization – What your investment DOES!
Behind the scenes Store Tour!
Love Your Local Co-op!
NEW Member Orientation TODAY!!
Hope you can make it!
Hi New Eastside Food Co-op Members,
We are a holding a "Welcome to Eastside Food Co-op Orientation" in your honor!
This will be a fun and informative evening followed by snacking, chatting and a film.
If you are an existing member or potential member and would like to know more about Eastside Food Co-op and meet some our members please feel free to join us!
EFC Movie Night - TONIGHT!
Movie Night at your Local Co-op!
Thursday ~ July 15
7:30 ~ 9:30pm
FREE Admission ~ All Welcome!!
FREE Popcorn & Beverages
Life and Debt
A feature-length documentary which addresses the impact of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and current globalization policies on a developing country such as Jamaica….. The lessons of Jamaica--where these policies have been in effect for nearly twenty-five years--extend far beyond its shores. Life & Debt is a tribute to the ingenuity and strength of the people who defy the odds of survival, yet its primary aim is to inform young adult audiences in the U.S. of the impact these policies have on our neighbors abroad.
SPECIAL One Day Art Sale!
Marko Fields and friends from Mata Ortiz
Small ceramic work by Marko Fields and ollas by artists from Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Friday, November 19, 2010
5-8 p.m.
At Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
2551 Central Avenue NE
Mata Ortiz is home to a revival of an ancient Mesoamerican pottery tradition, inspired by pottery from the ancient city of Paquime, located in Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. This artistic movement is due to the efforts of Juan Quezada, and Spencer MacCallum, an anthropologist who discovered Juan’s earliest works and recognized in them the potential of a pottery master. Juan taught his family and neighbors, who in turn taught their families and friends. Today Mata Ortiz is home to nearly 500 potters!
Mata Ortiz pots are exquisite coil and pinch-built pieces. Decoration is applied with handmade fine brushes, often made from children’s hair. Today’s Mata Ortiz artists incorporate personal stylized design and decoration. This blend of cultural expression and artistic freedom has transformed the community and produced a phenomenon in the art world. Mata Ortiz pots (ollas) have been exhibited nationally in the USA, including the Field Museum in Chicago and the American Museum of Ceramic Art.
Marko Fields is a 2008 McKnight Fellow in Ceramics. Widely exhibited, published and collected, his work is in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, and Arizona State University’s Museum of Art. Resident Artist and Professor of Visual Art at Concordia University, St. Paul, Fields is known for his narrative and often quirky ceramics that display a wide variety of techniques and approaches to clay.
Photos of EFC's Solar Project!
Day 1 of EFC's Solar Panel Installation.
Friday, October 29, 2010 a bright and beautiful day!
Co-op Movie Night!
The Cheese Nun
Thursday, October 20
7-9p.m.
Eastside Food Co-op in the Granite Studio
FREE + refreshments
Sister Noella Marcellino, "The Cheese Nun," takes viewers on a fascinating and delightful personal journey as she becomes a champion for artisanal cheesemakers on both sides of the Atlantic. While making a 20,000-mile odyssey through some of the most remote cheesemaking regions of France, little did she realize that she was on her way to becoming a leading international expert in the art of natural-milk cheesemaking.
Photography Show at EFC
Addis: Photographs from the Capital of Ethiopia
By Jeffery Skemp
Jeffrey Skemp has been full-time in the grocery department at Eastside Food Co-op since 2008. He was raised on a farm on the outskirts of La Crosse, Wisconsin. In the fall of 2006 he was invited by two friends to travel to their country of origin, Ethiopia, and be part of their wedding. He readily accepted their invitation and made the trip to Ethiopia in the winter of 2007. It is there he rediscovered photography.
Jeffrey is also a poet and is honored to have won the 2010 VERVE Intermedia Arts Grant for Performance Poetry as well as the 2010 Jerome Travel and Study Grant for Literature which will allow him to return to Ethiopia in 2011. More of his photographs can be viewed at illkept.blogspot.com.
A note of interest: Addis Ababa translates from Amharic to English as "New Flower", Addis meaning "new" and Ababa meaning "flower". Also, within informal conversation with friends and family, Addis Ababa is often referred to simply as "Addis" to those who are familiar with it.
All photographs are for sale!
March Food Drive Extra Donation Day
1% for Food
On Saturday, March 13, our Samplin’ Saturday, EFC will donate 1% of the day’s sales to the March campaign. Some of these funds will be donated to the Little Kitchen for their food purchases, and some will be used to buy food directly from EFC suppliers to donate to the Little Kitchen food shelf.
New Tenants at 2555 Central Avenue!
Please join Eastside in welcoming our new tenants...
"$5.99 or Less Fashion" is a discount store for the whole family.
Our new tenants are family -- Inas and Mohamed Muhidine have joined together to put a bricks and mortar face on their successful internet business. They feature mens, womens, juniors, childrens and infants clothing as well as accessories. Their products are new, brand-name, and overstock, and inventory changes weekly!
Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Co-op customers are welcome to enter from the interior hallway.
IYC is a Year Long Celebration!
Let's Celebrate 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives!
Watch Co+op, stronger together’s video series celebrating 2012 IYC hosted by celebrity chef Kevin Gillespie that share the stories of co-ops and their communities across the country. Be there when the co-op stars come out to shine!
EFC Wins Small Business of the Year!
The Northeast Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce awarded Eastside Food Co-op the 2009 Small (50 or fewer employees) Business of the Year award on October 6, 2009 at the Second Annual Northeast Celebration event held at the Aveda Institute. Eastside has been a member of the Chamber since 2003. This is the second time the co-op has won the Small Business Award. The first award was given in 2004, in recognition of the store's successful first year. This year, the co-op was recognized for our continued growth, our leadership on Central Avenue, and our commitment to post-consumer plastics recycling.
