After 16 Years We Are Completely Out Of Debt!!
This past week was a HUGELY important one for our co-op. We mailed off the very last repayment for the member loans that we borrowed to move into our location at 240 Court St. almost 10 years ago.
$720,000 was the cumulative debt borrowed from co-op member-owners. We used these funds to build out, purchase equipment, inventory and furnishings at our Court street location. As of October 1, 2021 we have paid back every single penny with interest (besides the few angels who donated their loans - THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!) 🥳🥳🥳
We have come a very long way since our days of the kitchen buying club and the $814 that this whole project started with back in 2005.
We could not have done this without the support of our dear member-owners, our incredible local farmers and ranchers, and of course our dynamic staff and board of directors!!!
Over the last 16 years, our Dad would often say to us at the end of long weeks and long months that we were “trading blood”. Now I get what he meant. ❤️
In the days of corporate giants and the complexity of modern food systems, we are one of very few “young” food co-ops that were able to survive and grow in this market without large scale commercial capital. Reno, you did it. You supported the state of Nevada’s only community-owned food cooperative to the point of financial stability!
Meet Your New Board Members!
Kristina Shea
Kristina has lived in the Reno/Tahoe area for nearly ten years and was raised in San Francisco. She owns and operates a CCOF certified organic heritage breed, pasture-raised, humane, Red wattle pork farm with her family in Washoe Valley. She is passionate about certified organic farming and raising animals in humane conditions as well as local food systems.
Her professional career includes an extensive background in non-profit and government finance and operations, including roles at the Legislative Counsel Bureau Fiscal Analysis Division and global- mission driven NGOs. She is currently in a doctoral program at Pepperdine University where she studies organizational leadership, specifically positive and behavioral psychology in leadership, and started a non-profit called IID, which is primary mission is to bring evidence-based, validated leadership and staff competency training to underserved populations including colleges, small non-profits, and for-profits, governments, and incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Kristina is excited and grateful to be a part of the GBCFC community.
Garrett Menghini
"I believe one of our most impactful daily decisions is where and how we spend our money. Every dollar spent is a vote for the values we support, and the future we want to be a part of. Short of growing my own food and buying directly from farmers, the co-op is the only place where it feels right to spend my food dollars. With every purchase I'm supporting a world where food is local, clean, and produced in a fair way. I can think of few things more important than that.
As a former engineer at SpaceX, former local small-business owner of Down To Earth Composting, and current local farmer, I have a pragmatic brain, passionate heart, and agricultural experience to add to the board. Beyond my dollars, I'll bring time, energy, and expertise, to help make more clean and local produce available to you at co-op, further supporting the values and vision that we share."
NEW & Improved Online Shopping is LIVE!
Thanks to some amazing updates, its now easier [and more accurate] than ever to get your groceries for curbside pickup. The online store is now digitally linked to our point of sale system, which means sales and co-op deals are usable online, and the webpage reflects a live inventory - so if you see it on the site, you know its in stock! For same day pick-up place your order anytime before 9am. See you at the curb!
Doug Avanzino, Reno NV
This is Doug Avanzino [and his dog Wolf]. He’s a rancher and a farmer who supplies the co-op with grass fed and finished local beef. He’s also the reason we have huge beautiful white and orange pumpkins 🎃 every year in October.
Doug’s property is one of the last of its size within Reno city limits. His refusal to sell to developers and the like is just one of the reasons that Doug will always be a hero in our book. He also works harder (by himself) than any person we’ve ever met. He’s a champion of Local and Independently Owned Food Systems…some of the key necessities on the path towards health and freedom. 🌟
Thank you Doug 🙏🏽🥰
Avanzino Farms Jack O' Lanterns and Fairytale Pumpkins are here - we've got bins of these bad boys for all your carvin' and porch decoratin' needs!
Jack O' Lanterns $5.99 Each
Fairytale Pumpkins $10.99 Each
Organic Grannysmith Apples are on SALE for $1.99/LB through 10/15.
An apple a day keeps the bad witches at bay.
A fresh batch of adorable little house plants and succulents are in from Nina at Reno Roots Nursery - all propagated here in Reno NV!
Fresh From the Co-op Kitchen!
Check out these Fresh Fall Flavors!
GF Pumpkin Cookies are back
in singles and six packs!!
*Salted Butter, *Cane Sugar, Sandhill Dairy Whole Milk, *Brown Sugar, *Powdered Sugar, Nevada Direct Pumpkin Puree, Local Yolk Regional Eggs, Cup 4 Cup Gluten Free Flour, Baking Soda, Vanilla Extract, Sea Salt
*Organic Ingredient
Vegan Pumpkin Spice Muffin
*AP Flour, Nevada Pumpkin Puree, *Oat Milk, *Miyokos Vegan Butter, Kite Hill Vegan Cream Cheese, *Powdered Sugar, *Sugar, Baking Powder, *Pumpkin Pie Spice, Vanilla Extract, Salt *Organic Ingredient
Blackberry Lemonade
Alkalized Water, Local Blackberries, *Lemon, *Maple Syrup
*Organic Ingredient
GF French Onion Dip
*Sour Cream, *Cream Cheese, *Butter, *Yellow Onion, Follow Your Heart Vegan Soy Free Mayonnaise, *Chives, *Cayenne, *Onion Powder, *Parsley, *Basil, *Oregano, Sea Salt
*Organic Ingredient
Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies!!
*AP Flour, *Miyokos Vegan Butter, *Chocolate Chips, *Brown Sugar, Local Yolk Regional Eggs, *Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Sea Salt *Organic Ingredient
Reminder: 4th Quarter Member Discounts are Now Live!!
Current member owners can take 10% off one sale from now through the end of 2021.
This is a great time to plan your bulk, specialty item, or holiday shopping trip!
Anyone can shop, everyone can join!
Open everyday from 7:30am – 9pm
Great Basin Community Food Co-op
240 Court St Reno, NV 89501
775.324.6133
info@greatbasinfood.coop
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