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Comment by Mandy Tempel on August 1, 2009 at 2:40pm

Eat Local America! Kicks Off at Eastside Food Co-op on Saturday, August 1 - Picnic in the Parking Lot

Eastside Food Co-op, along with other Twin Cities area natural food co-ops, is planning to celebrate a bountiful harvest and the producers who make it all possible later this year.

The Challenge: We're challenging our customers and owners to make a concerted - and fun - effort to eat local food during the entire month of August as part of a national initiative called Eat Local, America! Come in to the store and sign up to eat 80% of your diet from locally-sourced ingredients.

The Events:

Local Foods Picnic in the Parking Lot
Saturday, August 1
3-7 p.m.
Kick off with dinner, including local brats, barbecued chicken drumsticks, vegan baked beans, corn on the cob, local watermelon, and iced tea or water -- all for $7.99!
4-5 p.m. Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest!
5-7 p.m. Sample locally made beers and wines from Central Avenue Liquor!

Samplin' Saturday - Local Foods
Saturday, August 8
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the store

Local Foods Potluck
Saturday, August 22
5-7 p.m. in Suite A (former Granite Studio)

Eat Out with Local Foods
every Wednesday in August
Tired of cooking locally at home? Here's the answer: Eat Out Local - sign up to eat out with other Localvores at one of four NE Restaurants specializing in local cuisine. Meet at the local restaurant of your choice at 6:30 p.m. Attend just one or all of the Wednesdays.
Sen Yai Sen Lek
Brasa
Red Stag Supper Club
Barley John's Brew Pub

Other activities are happening at the other Twin Cities Food Co-ops.

Get ready to Eat Local, America!

More details at: http://www.eastsidefood.coop

Comment by Mandy Tempel on April 15, 2009 at 6:02pm

More upcoming events to see with the EFC:

Northeast Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Business Expo
Wednesday, April 15
Jax Cafe
4-7 p.m.
EFC will have a booth at the Expo. If you’re wondering who’s who and what’s up with Northeast Minneapolis businesses, please stop by the Expo. Free admission upstairs at Jax. Light refreshments and a cash bar.

Eastside's 2nd Annual "Spring Ponder"
Membership Vision Event
Friday, April 17
6-8 p.m. at the Co-op
Join us for an evening of visioning the future of Eastside Food Co-op. What will Eastside Food Co-op, Central Avenue, Audubon Neighborhood, and even your backyard be like in 10 years? Stop by the Spring Ponder and learn what's happening now, and what's being planned in our community:
*Central Avenue & Audubon Neighborhood
*Eastside Food Co-op SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
*Urban Gardening
*EFC Volunteer & Farm Forum Table
*Kid's activity: Making a Mural

April Food Forum
Thursday, April 23
Eureka Recycling: Twin Cities Composting Movement
Join us to talk with Eureka Recycling about the exciting composting movement underway in the Twin Cities, how you can easily reduce waste in your own home through composting, and the direct impact all composting efforts have on global warming. Look for more information in the coming weeks in the store, and on EFC's website: http://www.eastsidefood.coop.
The mission of Eureka Recycling is to reduce waste today through innovative resource management and to reach a waste-free tomorrow by demonstrating that waste is preventable, not inevitable.

Audubon Park’s Spring WingDing
A Celebration of Nature in the City
Saturday, April 25
11am-2pm
Audubon Park, 29th Ave NE at Buchanan St
The Audubon Park neighborhood and the students of Northeast Middle School invite you to a community festival honoring our urban ecology featuring:
*Bird-watching tours led by the Minneapolis Audubon Society
*Making bird feeders with the help of 4-H kids
*Learning care for injured animals
*Sustainable living info from the Eastside Food Co-op
*Healthy food that helps middle-schoolers earn a trip to DC
*Making non-toxic cleaners with the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization
*Carnival games, face painting, and a moonwalk
*Fun for all ages!
*Rain or shine
*Rain garden workshops by Metro Blooms (requires pre-registration)
The Spring WingDing is coordinated by the Audubon Neighborhood Association. For more information visit www.springwingding.org or call 612-788-8790.

Comment by CWHY DoRITE on April 11, 2009 at 1:01am

Cool... Thanks for letting me know Mandy.

Comment by Mandy Tempel on April 10, 2009 at 6:59pm

Eastside's 2nd Annual CSA Fair is tomorrow -- it's Samplin' Saturday too!

CSA Fair
Saturday, April 11
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

It's time to think about Community Supported Agriculture, or CSAs! Consumers purchase a CSA share, which buys them a box of produce every week throughout the growing season.

Some of the CSAs to be represented at Eastside's fair include:
Blackberry Community Farm
Burning River Farm
Celestial Harvest Farm
Driftless Organics Farm
Goats & Gardens
Featherstone Farm
Riverbend Farm
Turnip Rock Farm
Don't see "your" farm? Drop Jean in produce a call and see if there's a drop-off planned for Eastside.

Some farms offer half shares. The co-op will have a bulletin board available for people looking to split shares, but all financial and share dividing specifics are between consumers and the farmers. Eastside's role is to provide refrigerated storage for the dropped-off produce.

If you're unable to attend the fair, there will be information available in the store, and you can contact the farms directly.

Comment by Mandy Tempel on November 6, 2008 at 5:13pm

Next Samplin' Saturday is November 8
Idea Tables Features Crock Pot Cooking

EFC's next Samplin' Saturday is November 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Join EFC for Samplin' Saturday, on the second Saturday of each month. We'll have samples from each of our sales departments. In November, we're featuring "Crock Pot Cooking." Great recipes will be available, along with treats to snack on while shopping.

Comment by Mandy Tempel on October 17, 2008 at 5:00pm

EFC and Northeast Middle School Team up for Community Education Classes

Northeast Community Education is partnering with Eastside Food Co-op, offering two new classes just in time for the Holidays!

Meatless Family Meals
Thursday, October 30
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Vegetarian is not boring - it's fun and delicious. Learn how to provide your family with healthy non-meat meals using local and organic foods. Experienced vegetarians and staff from the co-op will explain why many people chose this eating path and show you how to cook up a storm - sans meat. Menus will be provided, prepared and of course sampled at the end of the evening. $15

Holidays: Shop & Eat Locally
Thursday, November 20
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Celebrate the holidays organically. Give the gift of putting dollars back into your community. Learn the good reasons to shop and eat locally over the holiday season. Staff from the co-op will teach you how to prepare snacks and meals for the holidays - no matter which Holiday(s) you celebrate. $15

For further information call Northeast Community Education at 612-668-1515.

Comment by Mandy Tempel on October 17, 2008 at 4:59pm

Next Samplin' Saturday is November 8
Idea Tables Features Crock Pot Cooking

Our next Samplin' Saturday is November 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Our theme this month is "Crock Pot Cooking." If you have any recipes you'd like to share, please let us know.

If you are available to volunteer for any shift, please let us know that too.
10:30 a.m. -12 noon
noon-1:30 p.m.
1:30-3:00 p.m.

Samplin' Saturdays are the 2nd Saturday of each month.

To volunteer, or to share a recipe, e-mail: Samplin' Saturday