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Food Cooperatives: Organic Before Organic Was Cool
Organic. What a loaded word these days. Along with the word green, the word organic can sound like a marketing strategy more than anything. But cooperatives were organic long before organic was cool, and we’re big believers that organic production delivers delicious food and promotes sustainable agriculture—two things that are important to both food producers and consumers. The modern story of organic farming in America began in the 1960s, a time of social re-examination. In agriculture, the movement was led by “back to the land” types who set out to build their own houses, grow their own food, and live life at the pace of the seasons. Many of these people had grown up in urban settings and had little experience in these things. That lack of tradition, combined with the philosophy that “natural is better,” contributed to the development of organic farming methods. Try the difference for yourself! Check out our Wild About Organic promotion, where you can find special prices on organic products all over our stores.
Giving Kids a Healthy Halloween
It’s sad but true: As a society, we bemoan skyrocketing rates of childhood obesity, then we fill the little rascals with all the candy we can give them on Halloween. So we asked Mary Saucier Choate—the Co-op’s Dietitian and Food and Nutrition Educator—to suggest some healthy alternatives, and her ideas were so practical and popular that we keep them on our website throughout the year. Mary is a big fan of dressing up and having fun on Halloween while still keeping health and wellness in mind. She is also always up for a challenge, and this certainly posed one. Suggestions could not include items that could easily be tampered with, so bulk foods, fresh fruit and vegetables, and other items from unsealed packages were out. What did she come up with?
