We are in the final weeks of local Blackberries from Jacob's Farm in Minden, NV! This was an abundant season for Jack, with double harvest yields over last year! This means they will be harvesting all the way into early October, with their bushes jam-packed [haha] right now with all varieties of blackberries and raspberries.
For any of you pie bakers, jam makers or berry freezers out there, the next 3 to 4 weeks are going to be your best and last opportunity to stock up on this abundant crop. If you're looking for large quantities, our local food hub DROPP (www.dropp.coop) has 12 pint flats of black and rasp available - each flat weighs in at over 6 pounds! The co-op produce department will also be featuring them by the pint and half-pint.
To put the wonders of science and nature into perspective, and give you something to ponder while you're snacking, take a look at a blackberry - each of the 'drupelets' [the little spheres] is the result of a separate visit from a pollinator.
Y’all asked and we delivered! Fresh pastries and hot burritos now back downstairs by the register for quick grab n go. We’ll have our five signature burritos (BREAKFAST VARIETIES: vegan tofu/veggie scramble, vegetarian egg & veggie scramble, local Holley Family Farms (Dayton, NV) sausage and Local organic eggs (Palomino Valley, NV)
LUNCH VARIETIES: Local Albaugh Ranch (Fallon, NV) grass-finished beef & vegan walnut cauliflower).
If you’re looking for something more custom like a smoothie bowl, panini or anything gluten free then head upstairs to our very own Foodshed Cafe. Everything on our menu is either local or organic and amazingly delicious 😋
Our juice bar is now making and bottling organic Cold Brew Coffee every day! Made with locally roasted Alpen Sierra Ethiopia blend. We brew for 24 hours and serve a 1:1 ratio. A n alternative to hot coffee, with a smoother, much less acidic and noticeably sweeter taste. Chameleon cold brew got bought out by Nestlé last January and we discontinued it, so cool to see a better product come about from our own local Foodshed!!
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It's time to vote for the next two years of co-op leadership. Voting period: Wednesday, September 12th through Wednesday, October 3rd. Must be a current member to vote. Ask for a ballot next time you shop, In-store voting only. Click HERE or the image below to learn more about this year's candidates.
Come check out the first-of-its-kind Meet Your Farmer project!
Celebrate the symbiotic relationship between farmers, restaurants, and customers literally meet our area's farmers and celebrate the hard work they lovingly do to provide healthy food for our community. Support the restaurants who source locally!
Delicious Food & Details
Join the fun on Thursday, September 13th from 4pm-8pm at the West Street Market. Enjoy delicious, locally sourced food for dinner from all of the West Street Market restaurants: Thali, The DeLuxe, The Pizza Collective, and Icecycle Creamery.
Learn Where Your Food Comes From
Interactive displays will provide the opportunity for attendees to learn more about where their food comes from. Win awesome giveaway prizes from the restaurants and farmers.
Celebrate
Please join us in a festive celebration where family and friends can get together and continue to support our blossoming local food scene!
We really enjoyed meeting our farmers, and we hope you do too.
Details on the Day:
As part of the Meet Your Farmer project, there's organic, vegetarian fare at Thali using LOCAL MINT from RIVER SCHOOL FARMS in their Raita (Indian Yogurt).
Organic, seasonal tacos, sandwiches, and pho with LOCAL MICRO GREENS from TAHOE LIVING GREENS will be at The DeLuxe (there's also LOCALLY MADE BEER and KOMBUCHA).
Organic Pizza, salads, and appetizers using LOCAL SHISHITOS from LATTIN FARMS will be on offer from The Pizza Collective.
Last but definitely not least try the lavender, LOCAL HONEY from HIDDEN VALLEY HONEY ice cream from Icecycle Creamery.
Coffeebar will be sampling their pastries that use LOCAL HONEY from AL BEES.
RSVP HERE:
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Meet GBCFC member-owner Robert Mulvana. Perhaps better known as Mo, [a nickname that has stuck since his days in the service], delivers and mounts copies of real live newspapers to a bookcase-turned-paper rack in the Food Shed for cafe patrons to read each day. Mulvana has a long-running passion for newspapers that began over 30 years ago: “I opened up a newspaper clipping service and ran that for about ten years, sending out copies of articles to customers. During that time there was no indication that the internet would become such a big thing, but it [the internet] shut down the clipping service around ’97 - nobody wanted papers anymore, and thats sad because you hear all this business about fake news - newspapers [at least the established ones] are the least likely to be involved in those infractions. ThatsAfter
why I’m always so disheartened when I see a paper close down or sell out, or when it becomes too much influenced by their owners' special interests. My old business card states INFORMATION IS NOT PROPRIETARY, even though people seem to think it is.” ourmeeting I noticed that Robert’s old business card also says “The Honey Badger” on it, which I can only assume refers to his reputation with city government. Mo is a self-described activist, and a regular voice for an all too often silenced generation of seniors. He often sends letters to our elected officials, attends public meetings, and volunteers his time and efforts for the greater good of our community. On a 2016 letter he shared with me, his profile is listed as “Member of OLLI, RSCAC, UNSOM Adjunct and UVLC Senior Advocate.“ “I work with NAMH, [National Association for Mental Health] attending two different groups in town. When you’re older, you’ve got a lot more time on your hands, but by then you don’t have any juice - you don’t have any power. Its unfortunate, but its just a human characteristic. That can change if enough individuals get together. Not a month goes by I don’t want to join some other group for changeAsk anyone around town and they’ll likely echo Robert’s sentiments - things have changed, and often not in favor of those who have less. “We used to have a vibrant media community here. Now it seems the only thing you see in print is advertising - and that bothers me. What good is it to the man on the street struggling,
.”whodoesn’t have access to townhomes or cellphones?”
I asked Mo if he reads all these papers. “I scan, I glance at everything - it’s gotta jump out. If the right headline grabs me then I’ll delve in andthats when you find little tidbits. One sentence can change the whole complexion. Its interesting, if you read more than one paper you can see the conflicts and the inconsistencies." Robert's watched a lot of papers come and go in the last few decades. "Of all the ones I’ve seen over the years, the one I miss the most is that orange paper - Financial Times. I’m not sure if they even still have a hard copy. Its printed over in England, so it gives you a real broad perspective of different communities - that was a great paper, very expensive.”
We inevitably got on the topic of food and how the co-op plays into our diets. “I went to a homeopathist and he got me on vegetables. Quitting drinking years ago was the biggest health coup that I experienced, but the vegetables were a big change. I was always pretty lazy, eating vegetable soup every night, but now I’m making salads, and the co-op’s got a really good selection for that here, all kinds of produce. I’m still learning the secrets to picking the right fruits and avocados. But I’ve been making changes, even gone so far as to move away from using plastic containers, I’m using glass for everything now. I was surprised at how that piles up. You’d have never caught me reading a health magazine or anything pertaining to lifestyles when I was younger, but the older you get the more topical it becomes. The New York Times prints a health section on Tuesdays - I’ve gotten a lot of information there.”
Outside of his amazing complimentary paper service and volunteer work, Robert’s got a regular gig: “Right now I’m working security out at a steel mill in Stead on the weekends. I’m trying to make an adjustment, that commute is an hour and a half each way with thebusses running once or twice an hour. I worked at the job corps out there one time - that was an education - kids taught me how to pick locks! But every experience is valuable - you never know when it will be a tremendous resource for you. As long as I’m out there, I’ll probably be getting in here in the afternoons on the weekend - some of your best journalism comes out on Sundays.”
Next time you're at the Food Shed, check out Mo's paper rack for some goodold fashioned reading. The current selection includes Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada Appeal, Reno Gazette Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. You might even catch Robert refreshing his papers in the cafe early morning weekdays. “If anyones got any interest in another paper, let me know and I can get it in, I’m very receptive to new sources.”
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