What the…?

Don’t be put off by their looks… the tomatoes have ended, but the Jerusalem Artichokes are here! This abundant and locally grown crop has many applications including our favourite recipe from last year: Jerusalem Artichoke and Shitake Risotto. If you have other great Jerusalem Artichoke recipes, please send them to food.coop.shop@gmail.com so we can share them with everybody.
Jerusalem Artichokes $11/kg
Beetroot $5.80/kg
Zucchini $9.45/kg
Butternut Pumpkin $2.25/kg

Also we have…

Williams Pears $9/kg
Cavendish Bananas $5/kg
Crimson Grapes $7.50/kg
Avocados $5.70 each

Need greens?

Chase those colds away with a healthy dose of organic goodness…
Broccoli $14.60/kg
Leeks $3 each
Kale (Russian variety) $4.50/bunch
Round Green Beans $6/kg
Silverbeet $3.75/bag
Mixed Salad Greens $2.70/bag

Also we have…
Red Capsicum $12.60/kg
Green Capsicum $8.10/kg
Japanese Pumpkin $2.25/bag
Desiree Potatoes $3.00/kg

And hey…

Check out our new location for the fresh fruit!
No need to go all the way to the back room, the cooler temperatures of the season have allowed us to bring the fruit display back out on the shelf floor including…
Valencia Oranges $4.80/kg
Beurre Bosc Pears $8.50/kg
Bananas $5/kg
Granny Smith Apples $8.70/kg
And don’t worry… our selection of organic and fair trade chocolates are still on sale beside the scales near the door. If you have trouble finding anything just ask one of our friendly coordinators.

How about a $5 organic lunch to fill the gap?
Our lunches happen every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from midday until we’re sold out (which is usually fairly quickly considering how delicious they are).
If you don’t have time to hang around at the co-op though, there is plenty of take-home 100% organic goodness on sale. Just check out what’s going into tomorrow’s $5 organic tajine…

Butternut Pumpkin $2.70/kg (bargain!)
Red Onion $6.90/kg
Brown Onion $3.60/kg
Garlic $64.50/kg
Dutch Cream Potato $3.00/kg (another bargain)
Kumera (sweet potato) $8.65/kg

Also, we’ve got…

Kiwi Fruit $10.40/kg
Delicious Fuji Apples $9.40/kg
Stunning Granny Smith Apples $8.70/kg
Golden Delicious Apples $8.30/kg

And don’t foget…

Avocado $14.40/kg
Semolina $9.30/500g pack (back in stock!)
Crystallised Ginger $10.20/kg (back in stock!)

And introducing…
Rice & Quinoa Penne $15.95/kg (gluten free and doesn’t go mushy!)

Sweet Corn $1.50/each

Juicing Apples $5.50/kg
Granny Smith Apples $8.75/kg
Nashi Pears $9.00/kg
Beurre Bosc Pears $8.50/kg
Williams Pears $8.30/kg
Oranges $4.80/kg
Persimmons $5.40/kg
Bananas $5.00/kg
Brussel Sprouts $10.80/kg
Celery $8.00/each
Eggplant $9.00/kg
Leek $3.00/each
Green Cabbage $4.00/half
Lasagna $8.10/package
Miso Soup $11.20/package

Roast pumpkin and chickpea salad

You say goodbye, I say hello
It’s time to say goodbye to two of our wonderful managers – Emily Chapman-Searle and Jono Crane and to welcome three newly arrived managers – Liam Lilly, Petra Miletic and Jamie Kirby.

On behalf of the Co-op, we (the Management Collective)  want to say a HUGE thank you to Emily and Jono (and more recently Liam) who stepped in to fill the manager positions for the past six months or so. It has been Em, Jono and Liam’s ongoing commitment to the Co-op, and their attention to staff, members and customers that has made the Co-op such a wonderful and welcoming place to be. They have worked extremely hard to help improve the Co-op’s services to its wonderfully growing member base.To list just a very few of the amazing things they have done:

Jono developed a customised (no small feat!) point of sale system to help make the shopping easier and faster for all of you, helped bring our IT systems up to speed, and more recently managed our incredibly diverse stock base.

Emily has brought to you these beautiful fresh-in emails every week, expanded our participation at various festivals and event hosting, managed the shop floor layout, and negotiated lots of behind the scenes things like service/utilities contracts.

Liam will continue on to work as the Coordinator/Volunteer Manager from now. He has been wonderful enough to step in and support Jono and Emily in the last month and has been a pivotal force in delivering our monthly acoustic soup and coop lunches.

Thank you so much to all three of you! We are so grateful for the work that you have done, much of it above and beyond the call of duty.

We’d like to extend a very warm welcome to Jamie and Petra. Petra has extensive experience with logistics management and will be taking on the role of Stock Manager. Jamie is a chef extraordinaire who hails originally from the US. He’ll be taking on the role of General Operations Manager.-Food Co-op Management Collective

Spanish onion – $6.90/kg
Brown onion – $3.60/kg
Homegrown garlic – $25.00/kg

Luches
Lunches are back next week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12.00pm – 2.00pm.
If you’re interested in volunteering, please email lunchatthefoodcoop@gmail.com, or just drop in.

Getting involved in the Co-op
We are looking for volunteers to help us out with some exciting goings on around the Co-op including:

Volunteers definitely welcome on Wednesday anytime from midday or on Tuesday afternoon/evening.

Getting involved in the Co-op
There are heaps of different ways you can get involved at the Co-op. Volunteering in the shop, helping out with lunches or acoustic soup, being a coordinator or joining the MC are just a few!

If you’re interested in getting involved in any of these (or any other) ways, drop us a line at food.coop.shop@gmail.com

And speaking of festivals, the You Are Here festival was a great success and the trio of events held here last Thursday were so much fun! A big thanks to the folks at You Are Here and to all of you who came along and joined in! If you want to check out the photos from the events, check out the You Are Here facebook, or flickr pages.

Coordinators
So, you know what’s a great way to get involved at the Co-op? Becoming a coordinator! Coordinators are those fabulous folk who serve you when you buy your goodies, help you find your goodies in the shop, help out our volunteers and generally make the Co-op a friendly and functional place.

If you’re interested in finding out more about becoming a coordinator, drop us a line on food.coop.shop@gmail.com, or drop in and have a chat with one of the managers during the week!

This is a call for interested people to nominate to fill several vacancies on the Food Co-op Management Committee (MC).

The Food Co-op has gone through a lot of changes in the last few years and with these changes have come new opportunities (such as the cafe) as well as challenges (accommodation costs). While the MC requires a diverse range of skills and interests, we are particularly interested in hearing from people with a background or interest in finance/accounting/business.

The MC meets fortnightly and is responsible for setting direction and policy for the co-op in consultation with managers, volunteers and the wider membership. If you are interested in joining the collective please send an email tofood.coop.shop@gmail.com introducing yourself, and include details of how you believe you could contribute to the Food Co-op’s future through joining the MC.

Thank you,
Food Co-op Management Collective

Hope you all have a great long weekend and we look forward to seeing you soon in our Co-op!

Rhubarb – $4.65/kg
Kale – $5.40/bunch
Limes – $2.00/each

Rockmelons – $7.20/each
Spanish onion – $5.95/kg
Purple Mangosteen – $3.00/each

Nashi pears – $5.25/kg
Cherry tomatoes – $7.50/kg
Chestnuts – $21.60

Leeks – $2.95/each
Kumera gold – $6.00/kg
Ginger – $30.60/kg

Almond Milk – $5.95/each

We also have Rolled Oats back in stock! Thanks for bearing with us on this one folks, after much back and forth with our suppliers, they are here to stay!
And, we got a huge delivery of toilet paper (4-pack – $3.85) and paper towel (2-pack – $5.30)!