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Dear GBCFC member-owners,
Many of you probably know that our co-op started in 2005 as a mini kitchen buying club with a little cash box that we kept hidden under the bed. Within 9 months of launching this buying club we had $814 in our cash box, a retrofit late 80's electronic cash register and dozens of Reno's most committed citizens - passionate people who wanted to create their own community owned and operated grocery store.
Today we are that neighborhood market, owned by nearly 6,000 members and featuring products from over 75 local producers & artisans. Nobody thought that in 8 short years we would be able to sit on our own balcony and eat organic “home” made breakfast burritos while enjoying one of the best views in Reno. Nobody fathomed that we would reach nearly 3 million in gross sales by the end of this 2013 fiscal year. And we certainly had no idea that we could help start some of the social, political, and environmental conversations and activism that is shaping the direction of local food and sustainable agriculture in our region. We did it and WE OWN IT.
With so much success and so much more to come I am confident that our co-op will continue to grow and thrive no matter what we are faced with. The Reno community has proven to be resilient, compassionate, hard-working and completely dedicated to this movement and I feel honored to have worked next to ya’all. It is at this juncture that I have decided to step away from the co-op as it's General Manager so that I can pursue other life interests and passions that I left behind at age 24 when we planted the initial GBCFC seeds. I hope to return in a year and see everyone’s smiling faces... but no matter which direction life’s winds may blow, I know that GBCFC is and will be in great hands with our excellent staff, our board and our new GM - Jolene Cook. If you haven’t had a chance to interact with her at the co-op yet I strongly urge you to attend the annual membership potluck/party tomorrow and say hello. Jolene is one of the greatest human beings that I have met in long time. In the slight chance that the clouds don't part and there aren't glittery beams of light around her visage be sure to check out her pic below so you can identify her in the crowd.
Take good care,
Amber Sallaberry
Co-Founder & Biggest Little GBCFC Fan
Jolene (Adams) Cook was born and raised in Reno, Nevada and has just moved back to her hometown after living in London for the past five years with her husband. While abroad she managed an independent, family owned health store and wellness center while pursuing a Masters of Science in Health and Nutrition Education from Hawthorn University.
Jolene is honored and humbled to have been hired as the General Manager of The Great Basin Community Food Co-Op. She is committed to championing and supporting the local, organic and whole food movement as well as providing holistic health-promoting community outreach and education.
If you were a fully paid member by August 28th, 2013 you are eligible to vote in this year's board of director elections. Please be sure to vote with the email link that you were sent (sent as a special email to current members only), head upstairs at the co-op and fill out a ballot there or come to tomorrow's party and meet the candidates and make a decision on the spot. For more information about this year's candidates click HERE.
Remember that tomorrow's big annual membership party is pretty much the greatest potluck of the year! Be sure bring a dish to share if you plan on eating. We will have a cake walk, potato sack races, a watermelon eating contest and live music from the Mountain Girls! Starts at 4pm out at the River School Farm - 7777 White Fir St. Reno, NV 89523
Gluten free Peanut
Butter Cookies
are the perfect
addition to a
lunch box,
or as a great
protein for
an afternoon
snack! Come
see how easy
it is to mix up a
batch with Heidi
Englund on
Wednesday
September 18th
at 6:00pm -
delicious samples
will be devoured
at this class!
RSVP:
workshops@
greatbasinfood.coop
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The Great Basin Community Food Cooperative
240 Court St. Reno, NV 89501
(775) 324-6133
www.greatbasinfood.coop
info@greatbasinfood.coop
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