~Bethenny Frankel
IT'S FINALLY HERE!
Welcome to the Food Shed, our cooperative cafe named for how we define local. We are here doing what we do because we care about feeding people delicious and healthy food. We define local farms as farms that exist within the watersheds of the Truckee, Carson, and Walker Rivers, which make up our foodshed, the lifeblood of our community, and the best farmers you'll ever meet. Hence, our cafe called the Food Shed.
We will be serving made to order burritos, soups, toasts, paninis, fresh juices, baked goods, and coffee drinks, all made with organic and local ingredients.
This is our soft opening, where we get a chance to serve you the food we're so excited to be making while still tweaking recipes, taking feedback, and setting up our upstairs space so everyone can be as comfortable as possible!
There's no fanfare to this open, just a new open door that you might wander up if you happen to smell our vegan croissants or locally roasted espresso, or are looking for a place to sit and enjoy a quick breakfast or lunch. We'd love to get any and all feedback from those adventurous souls who make it to the Food Shed upstairs!
Thank you all so much for bearing with us while we move everything in the store around to make room for the cafe - we are lucky to have the best membership base of any co-op around.
We’re open for our NEW HOURS - 7:30AM to 9PM every day of the week, for those people who need a breakfast or just a cup of coffee before they have to be at work at eight. Feel free to use our outdoor stairs on the south side of the building to access the Food Shed, or just come up through the stairs inside the front door.
Locally roasted coffee and espresso drinks with organic milk, or specialty vegan mylks!
Croissants (including VEGAN), sticky buns, vegan cinnamon rolls, eclairs, cream puffs, and more!
Toasts, paninis, and our favorite burritos, all made fresh to order every day!
INGREDIENTS MATTER
We exist to feed healthy food to our community. Therefore, you will find us sourcing seasonal and local food as much as possible, and filling in the gaps with only the best certified organic options.
Among plenty of seasonal local produce offerings, here are some of our local farms:
All our pork comes from Holley Family Farms, a small scale farm in Dayton raising non-GMO heirloom pork on pasture and fed spent grains from Alibi Brewhouse.
All our beef comes from Albaugh Ranch, a Fallon farm focused on heirloom cattle raised their entire life on grass under the Nevada sun.
We use only local sprouts from New Harvest Farm and Mary Alice’s Sprout Farm, both located in Reno.
Our eggs come from Palomino Valley Chicken and Eggs, a certified organic local chicken ranch.
Our coffee comes from Vertical Coffee Roasters, who frequently travel to their coffee in Guatemala to make sure the farmers are getting paid 2-3 times the typical Fair Trade levels.
Our vegan offerings don’t use the typical hydrogenated oils and fake flavorings - we use Violife, Kite Hill, and Miyokos to make vegan offerings many have already sworn couldn’t be vegan.
Our bread comes locally from Liberty Food and Wine Exchange, just blocks away. They ferment organic flour to make traditional country loaves.
Our gluten-free bread is from Bread SRSLY, who ferment their gluten free grains to make a traditional sourdough in San Francisco that also happens to taste just like real bread... srsly.
The kale salad has met its match and its name is "The vegan sushi roll that Wilson makes with avocado, cucumber, Kite Hill vegan cream cheese, and I'm probably gonna eat it all in under 5 minutes again."
Been devouring one of these every day since they arrived a few weeks back and still can't decide if I like the tamari sauce or the spicy mayo better - I'm sure it's just a matter of time before I dunk one in the tomato bisque.
If you're new to sushi like me, this could be your gateway roll into the elaborate world of delicious seaweed-bound rice logs - I now wake up craving these. Thanks again, coop kitchen.
PREMA FARM CSA
One of our many amazing local certified organic vegetable farms (and one of our newest producers) is starting up their first CSA! For those of you unfamiliar with a CSA, it stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and it's a win-win for both the farmers and the eaters.
The concept is simple: members of a CSA get a weekly supply of fresh organic vegetables throughout the summer growing season. You get the freshest veggies in a delicious medley that helps you stay creative in the kitchen. In return, you pay in advance for the pick-ups so the farmers have money to invest in seeds, soil, infrastructure, and labor early in the season. Most farms go in debt in the spring to fund the future income of the summer and fall, but a CSA model helps farms fund their business year round!
If you're interested in signing up for Prema Farm CSA, space is limited! Check out their webpage: www.premafarm.com for details on pricing, deliveries, and some amazing photos of their lovely farm :)
Proposed Federal Changes to the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)!
And of course, it's not good news. For a moment we entertained the possibility that they were suggesting people can only use SNAP benefits for fresh fruits and vegetables rather than gas station food, like our Round Up for Food Justice Program (not just access to food, but access to HEALTHY food!)
Our hopes were quickly dashed when we realized that the executive branch has actually proposed pretty much the opposite (what?!?) of offering fresh fruits and vegetables. Instead of letting people choose their own food (and many people on SNAP choose to come buy local and organic produce from us because they know how important healthy eating is), the proposal is for the government to instead ship boxes of premade food, with no regard for food allergies, health concerns, etc. What does this premade food entail? Shelf stable milk, cereal, pasta, peanut butter, and canned beans.
This leads to an interesting question - how long until some watchdog group finds a large campaign contribution from General Mills or Unilever and a proposal for corporate-sponsored poverty?
EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Open every day from 7:30am-9pm
Our mailing address is:
240 Court St Reno, NV 89501
775.324.6133
info@greatbasinfood.coop
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