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Honest Weight Food Co-op’s Community Newsletter for Membership • Staff • Governance • Management Published monthly by the Communications Committee to promote transparency, report without bias, and sustain community.
octoiber 2019
Honest Weight Food Co-op • 100 Watervliet Avenue, Albany, NY 12206 • 518-482-2667 honestslate@honestweight.coop • https://www.honestweight.coop/
In this issue:
Love of Vegan Potluck Lunch Returns to Honest Weight
What are Honest Weight’s top-selling seeds? See page 5.
As of press time, 25 people had planned to attend a delicious event slated for Sat. Oct. 12! To sign up and learn more, read our story on page 2.
Who dared berate our bountiful bakery?? See page 6.
Previous LoV dishes included coconut macaroons, chickpea salad and chili by instructor Ariffa Bevin; lasagna, Thai curry vegetables, rice pilaf, mac & cheese, kale Caesar salad and cheesecake provided by the Co-op; and plantains, rice and beans and meatballs brought by attendees.
How can MOs help out at the Co-op this month? See page 12.
CONTENTS photo by Max Semoff
wanted:
The next time
you go to pull that “weed” remember that monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed and cannot survive without it. The inclusion of all native plants in HWFC’s gardens is exactly why we were able to see the beauty of so many monarchs this season—and even find a cocoon entrusted to us among the gardens.
Milkweed Conservation!
Save the dates: Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 23
Board Meeting Employee BBQ GRC application deadline Meet the Candidates
Oct. 26, Nov. 2: Bulb planting Oct. 27 Meet the Candidates Oct. 27 Membership Meeting Oct. 31 Halloween Help in-store
Details inside this issue honestslate@honestweight.coop
Viva the Vegan Lifestyle!............ 2 You Count: Take a Survey........... 3 EnviroToken Update................... 3 Weighing in with Bulk: Starting from Seed......................4 Co-op Partners with Troy Barn Dance Experience.......... 5 Q&A/Suggestion Box . ............... 6 GRC Election Information.......... 7 Double Feature: Reconsider “Quorum”! ......... 8 Homegrown Honesty................. 9 Board Decisions & Info............ 10 Do We Owe You? .................... 10 Ownership Equity ................... 11 We’re Over the Moon About Fair Trade Month! ................ 11 Care to Share: MO News ........ 12 Save the Dates! ....................... 12 https://www.honestweight.coop/