WE OWN IT!
If you're reading this its likely you are already aware that October is our annual Membership Drive Month. This is a special period of time every year for the co-op and its membership to raise funds in order to meet bigger goals. In recent years we were able to purchase new equipment for our DROPP food hub space, and of course the big push for the opening of the Food Shed Cafe.
This year we have set our sights on expanding our cafe offerings with an Organic Salad Bar! The GBCFC Board Of Directors [the fine folks elected by the membership] has approved this project if we can raise $20,000 in member equity by the end of October. While the full equity share for each member-owner is $200, any member can invest beyond that amount as Nevada does not limit the amount a co-op member can pay into equity.
Help us fill up this big orange carrot! Every dollar of equity generated puts us closer to a new Salad Bar that will feature Local and Organic seasonal ingredients - the very first of its kind in Reno, and something the membership has expressed great interest in seeing become a reality. One easy way to contribute is to just pay your yearly equity early. Each year during the drive, many member-owners choose to pay ahead on their annual membership. If your equity payment is scheduled every year in May, you may opt pay this month to help the effort of the drive, and your next equity payment would not be due until October of next year.
We also are offering some extra special gifts this year...
All members who contribute $200 or more in equity will earn a free GBCFC branded Klean Kanteen 16oz coffee mug or 32oz bottle - a $50 retail value!! Remember, Nevada has no limit for equity investments so GO BIG!!
Got a friend, family member, coworker or neighbor who has never been to the co-op or might be interested in membership? October is the best month to sign up!! Let them know that $20 a year gets every member-owner the following:
--10% off one purchase every month
--$20 in quarterly department coupons
--10 to 15% off retail items through special orders
--ownership of a local grocery store that supports 100+ local & regional farmers, ranchers and producers
A few years back we crunched the numbers and found that the annual membership payment of $20 PAYS FOR ITSELF in discounts if a member spends an average of just $16.67 each month.
Hey! Its longtime member-owner Steve Romo holding our member drive mailer that just dropped into the mailboxes of our area membership [another awesome benefit of owning this place]. If you're a current member but don't receive our promo coupon-encrusted mailers, make sure to have your mailing address updated at any register. Thats a $5 prepared foods coupon and a buy one get one half off coupon for our brand new line of breakfast sandwiches!! Scroll down for more information on those incredible items.
BUILD YOUR OWN BREAKFAST SANDWICHES!
The Co-op Cafe is now offering Breakfast Sandwiches every morning from 7:30 to 11am. Stop in and choose from the finest Local, Organic, and House-made fixings with Vegan and Gluten Free options!! You will not get another breakfast sandwich like this anywhere else in town! Featuring Local Perenn Bakery Bread, House-made Co-op Croissaints in traditional and Vegan, Gluten Free Bread SRSLY Sourdough, Local Organic Eggs from Palomino Valley, Local Pastured Pork Sausage from Holley Family Farms, and Local Ital Farms Microgreens!!
Area member-owners, check your mailboxes for a limited time "buy one get one half off" breakfast sandwich coupon!
Local Organic Egg, Organic Cheese, Nitrate-free Bacon on a Co-op Croissant
Local Organic Egg, Organic Cheese and Local Pastured Pork Sausage on Local Perenn Bakery Bread
Vegan Egg/Cheese/Sausage on Vegan House-made Co-op Croissant!
There is SO MUCH GOOD NEW STUFF coming out of our fresh departments right now!! Scroll on for the latest house-made offerings!!
PUMPKIN APPLE SPICE
Want to sip on the fall harvest but not into drinkin' artificially flavored slime or supporting a corpo coffee giant? Check out the new Pumpkin Apple Spice from our Juice Bar! With all Organic ingredients, featuring Pumpkin, Pear, Apple, and Ginger. Spiced with Cinnamon, Nutmeg & Clove, this is a Raw, Organic, deliciously Nutrient-dense taste of the season those PSL's could never hold a candle to.
AUTUMN-IC BOMB
The "Autumn-ic Bomb" has just landed in our Juice Bar fridge!! This seasonal beauty features Organic ingredients including Carrot, Apple, Ginger, Turmeric, Black Pepper, and something you may have never juiced before - Sweet Potato - which is jam-packed with minerals, vitamins, and the antioxidant beta-carotene which converts to Vitamin A once consumed. Give it a whirl - it's a great balance of sweet and savory, kinda like autumn.
BASIL PESTO &
PESTO/GOAT CHEESE/SUNDRIED TOMATO
Organic Basil Pesto is here in reusable/refundable glass jars! Bring it back clean for your $1 deposit. We also paired this with Goat Cheese, Organic Sundried Tomato and Organic Olive Oil - stir it up to spread or dip.
KITCHEN HUMMUS & TAKTOUKA DIP
Our Kitchen Hummus is back with a re-vamped recipe and the new Moroccan Taktouka (traditional roasted red pepper dip) is giving it a run for the money as best new thing to dunk a carrot or rice chip in. Both are Vegan and Gluten Free, made with Organic ingredients, and available in reusable/refundable glass jars!
QUINOA BOWLS!!
These Quinoa Bowls are piled with things like Organic Veggies, House-made Taktouka Dip, Kale Salad, Organic Sauerkraut and Organic Broccoli. Both come with a serving of Lemon Garlic Tahini Dressing. Find them in our prepared foods coolers, ready to go wherever you're headed, in new PLA COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING!!
MACARONI AND LASAGNA
Just in time for the cooler nights, take-n-bake pastas are here to satisfy your October eve comfort food needs. We have Macaroni & Cheese and Lasagna with Vegan and Gluten Free options.
ITAL FARMS
You've seen this guy before. If not flossing in I80 traffic jams, then probably in the produce department at the co-op or slingin' turnips at an area farmers market - its Brenton Aikin of Reno's Ital Farms. With plots going in his front yard, back yard, and at a handful of other urban locations in town, he is transforming our Local Foodshed one microgreen at a time, demonstrating beneficial alternatives to the conventional lawn.
We sat down with Brenton some months back and interviewed him for his official co-op farm bio. Here's a snippet from that conversation:
"I didn't think I'd want to stay in Nevada but the more I've farmed here the more I kinda love it... so I think I'll stick around... I enjoy doing it urban right now. I like that urban farming can be so accessible for people. Whenever I'm working out front or at the other plots, people stop by and they're curious - I think the more people see that, they'll start to question their own narrative about farming and where food comes from. And that will in turn change farmers lives because it will enable them to do it as a career. Most people have no concept of what farming actually looks like and how it works, so this way it's cool because what I'm doing is right in peoples faces."
Ital Farms Micro Basil, a 21 day crop with minimal yield but maximum flavor. Beautifying dishes now in the Food Shed Cafe! Find the rest of Ital's offerings in the co-op produce department and on DROPP.COOP
NEVADA FRESH PAK and PERI AND SONS
We recently got to see some of the harvest in action at Nevada Fresh Pak and Peri and Sons Onions in Yerington, NV. This is all ORGANIC CELERY!!! The scale and the amount of work that goes into getting this Local Organic produce into our store and to kitchens across the country is astounding. The people are phenomenal and the quality that comes from these fields is world renown. Thank you to David, Jagtar, Roberto, Nunes Co, the field workers, and all the people who make this food on our plates possible. Only a couple of weeks left for Nevada Fresh Pak items until next summer. Organic Peri Onions will be around into the spring of 2020.
AVANZINO FARMS
It’s the pumpkin 🎃legend himself - Doug Avanzino. Every Halloween pumpkin that you have enjoyed at the co-op for the last 14 years has been grown by this incredible man out in Palomino Valley. We went to go see him the other day in the DROPP truck and loaded up on all kinds of Local pumpkins - mediums, jumbos, white pumpkins, and decorative "fairytale" pumpkins - they look like they came straight out of Cinderella. Whether you're carving, decorating, baking or making a magical carriage, Avanzino's got you covered. We'll have a great variety of sizes shapes and colors at the co-op in the coming weeks!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Open every day from 730am-9pm
Our mailing address is:
240 Court St Reno, NV 89501
775.324.6133
info@greatbasinfood.coop
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