It's our twelfth birthday!
12 years ago today the first meeting for the Great Basin Community Food Cooperative was held. We spent the next year running a buying club out of our kitchen and managed to save $814 in a cash box that we hid under the bed. We worked with only 3 local farmers that first year. It's incredible to see the growth & movement of our co-op...nearing the $5 million sales mark and purchasing from over 140 local farmers, ranchers & producers! GBCFC employs over 40 amazing humans who have worked their butts off to help us make our co-op one of the first businesses in Nevada with a voluntary entry level wage of $15/hour by the end of this year.
Thank you so much Reno for supporting local food and the cooperative economy...we couldn't have done it without the help of literally thousands of volunteers and paid staff over the years. This is the power of a community working together! WE OWN IT, LET'S CONTINUE TO GROW IT!
Our humble beginnings in 2005, as a buying club in a garage.
Our first real location as a co-op, in the back half of a record store on Wonder Street.
In 2009, we moved to 542 1/2 Plumas Street, where we quickly outgrew even this expanded space.
Our current location, which we moved to in 2012! We're doing our best to outgrow this one as well, so keep your eyes and ears out :)
Click the video below for a wonderful (meat-based) fall soup to usher in the chilly weather!
Check out the sales flyer above for deals on Holley Family Farms smoked ham hocks, co-op kitchen broth, green split peas, onions, and celery to make this delicious soup!
DROPP local highlights!
DROPP
(Distributors of Regional and Organic Produce and Products) is our local food hub where we go the extra mile to get bulk quantities of local goods to restaurants, businesses, and member-owners throughout northern Nevada.Lattin Farms local organic globe eggplants in 10 lb flats. Make some baba ganoush, or eggplant parmesan, or just grill them with olive oil!
Bare Ranch regional direct wild-harvested watercress, a spicy green perfect for salads, fresh from a natural spring-fed pond.
The last of the local tomatoes! Get them while there's still
time, from Mewaldt Organics
- an all organic farm with amazing varieties of special tomatoes, from sweet rainbow heirlooms to big red slicers.Member-owners can order bulk quantities of anything the co-op sells through DROPP at a discount! Order through WWW.DROPP.COOP or email info@dropp.coop for more info.
Organic Trade Association SUES the USDA, with a little help from local food cooperatives!
As many of you know, we are members of a larger cooperative, the NCG (National Cooperative Grocers) that shares information, buying power, and resources among more than 140 member cooperatives nationwide.
Just last week, the NCG signed on to a lawsuit against the USDA over organic rules. Basically, the new federal administration has repeatedly delayed implementation of new organic standards regarding livestock. The biggest change that was supposed to be implemented clarified standards for organic chicken, requiring set amounts of outdoor space, which were previously left nebulous and abused by the biggest poultry farms. Because this new rule would take away the certification for the largest organic poultry agribusinesses. the USDA is ignoring 14 years of research and over 47,000 public comments that have gone into the new rules.
Thank you to the Organic Trade Association and the NCG for standing up for stringent organic standards!
To read more, click here, here, or here.
Meet your local farmers, and enjoy a farm to fork supper served family style in downtown Sparks, Nevada!
Prepared by chef James Garza of the Great Basin Brewing Company, this is not the supper your mother used to make! Our chef has invited the farmer, the rancher, the sausage and the ice cream maker, and the beekeeper to contribute to this feast.
Holley Family Farms, Baker Ranch Brewery Beef, Sierra Meats, Flocchini Family Provisions, Snyder Family Farms, Hoch Family Creamery, Lattin Farms, Sand Hill Dairy, and the list goes on...
Thursday, Sept. 21, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Victorian Avenue, Downtown Sparks, Nevada
$40 per person - dinner & non-alcoholic refreshments
$55 per person VIP - "fast pass" seating, dinner, & a beer flight or two glasses of wine
Buy tickets early. Seating is limited.
our Facebook event page for updates.
Thank you to our sponsors!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Open every day from 8am-9pm
Our mailing address is:
240 Court St Reno, NV 89501
775.324.6133
info@greatbasinfood.coop
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