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28/11/2024

26/11/2024

Cook Up a Cooperative Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂

This November, celebrate Thanksgiving with items from well-known cooperative brands. Not only are you getting top-quality ingredients, but you’re also supporting local farmers and sustainable practices. Here are some cooperative brands to look for at your local food co-op, plus a delicious recipe from each to try:

Cabot Creamery Sour Cream
Recipe to Try: Sour Cream Pumpkin Cheesecake

Fill your Thanksgiving table with delicious, ethical choices. Shop at your local food co-op and enjoy these recipes that make a difference! 🌾🛒

19/11/2024

Cook Up a Cooperative Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂

This November, celebrate Thanksgiving with items from well-known cooperative brands. Not only are you getting top-quality ingredients, but you’re also supporting local farmers and sustainable practices. Here are some cooperative brands to look for at your local food co-op, plus a delicious recipe from each to try:
🧀 🥛 Tillamook Dairy Products
Recipe to try: Smoked Cheddar & Bacon Potato

Fill your Thanksgiving table with delicious, ethical choices. Shop at your local food co-op and enjoy these recipes that make a difference! 🌾🛒

12/11/2024

Cook Up a Cooperative Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂

This November, celebrate Thanksgiving with items from well-known cooperative brands. Not only are you getting top-quality ingredients, but you’re also supporting local farmers and sustainable practices. Here are some cooperative brands to look for at your local food co-op, plus a delicious recipe from each to try:

🥤 Ocean Spray Cranberries
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🌰 Blue Diamond Almonds
Recipe to Try: Almond-Crusted Stuffed Squash

Fill your Thanksgiving table with delicious, ethical choices. Shop at your local food co-op and enjoy these recipes that make a difference! 🌾🛒

05/11/2024

Cook Up a Cooperative Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂

This November, celebrate Thanksgiving with items from well-known cooperative brands. Not only are you getting top-quality ingredients, but you’re also supporting local farmers and sustainable practices. Here are some cooperative brands to look for at food co-op, plus a delicious recipe from each to try:

🥚 Organic Valley Eggs
Recipe to Try: Deviled Eggs with a Twist
Classic deviled eggs made extra creamy with Organic Valley eggs.

Fill your Thanksgiving table with delicious, ethical choices. Shop at your local food co-op and enjoy these recipes that make a difference! 🌾🛒

31/10/2024

🍁 **Happy October! It's National Cooperative Month!** 🍁

This month, we celebrate the power of cooperatives – organizations owned and run by the people who use their services. Cooperatives exist in nearly every industry, from housing and agriculture to finance and energy, and they play a vital role in supporting local communities. 🌍🤝

Interesting facts about food cooperatives:
Food co-ops recognize that local farms and ranches preserve agricultural land and encourage organic and sustainable practices by preferentially purchasing from them. Local farms and businesses create local jobs, support local charities, and build the local economy. Profit that they make in running these businesses stay locally because the owners- the members- are local. In doing so, local farms and businesses keep more money in the community..

28/10/2024

🍁 **Happy October! It's National Cooperative Month!** 🍁

In October, we celebrate the power of cooperatives – organizations owned and run by the people who use their services. Cooperatives exist in nearly every industry, from housing and agriculture to finance and energy, and they play a vital role in supporting local communities. 🌍🤝

🔍 **Fun Facts About Cooperatives:**
🇺🇸 U.S. co-ops provide over 2 million jobs and create about $75 billion in annual wages with combined revenue of nearly $653 billion.

💵 Credit unions provide financial services to over 100 million members in the U.S. and provide 275,000 jobs.

🚗 Five of the top ten largest insurance companies are co-ops, serving 25% of the U.S. market.

👶 There are over 1,000 childcare co-ops in the U.S., childcare costs can be reduced up to 85% by cooperative daycares.

☎️ About 1.2 million rural Americans in 31 states are served by the 260 telephone cooperatives.

🏠 Over 1.5 million people live in cooperative housing.

Cooperatives build stronger communities by focusing on **people over profit**. Together, we can achieve more! 🌟

24/10/2024

🍁 **Happy October! It's National Cooperative Month!** 🍁

This month, we celebrate the power of cooperatives – organizations owned and run by the people who use their services. Cooperatives exist in nearly every industry, from housing and agriculture to finance and energy, and they play a vital role in supporting local communities. 🌍🤝

Interesting facts about food cooperatives:
Food co-ops have been innovators in the areas of unit pricing, consumer protection, organic and bulk foods, and nutritional labeling. They also have significant environmental and social benefits compared to conventional grocers.

21/10/2024

🍁 **Happy October! It's National Cooperative Month!** 🍁

In October, we celebrate the power of cooperatives – organizations owned and run by the people who use their services. Cooperatives exist in nearly every industry, from housing and agriculture to finance and energy, and they play a vital role in supporting local communities. 🌍🤝

🔍 **Fun Facts About Cooperatives:**
🌎 Co-ops are all around the world. There are over 3 million cooperatives worldwide, with 1.2 billion members. This means that 12% of the world's population is part of a co-op.

Cooperatives build stronger communities by focusing on **people over profit**. Together, we can achieve more! 🌟

17/10/2024

🍁 **Happy October! It's National Cooperative Month!** 🍁

This month, we celebrate the power of cooperatives – organizations owned and run by the people who use their services. Cooperatives exist in nearly every industry, from housing and agriculture to finance and energy, and they play a vital role in supporting local communities. 🌍🤝

Interesting facts about food cooperatives:
Co-ops prioritize investing in the community and often source as much produce, bulk foods, and packaged goods from local farmers and vendors as possible. On average, co-ops purchase 20% of their products from local sources, compared to just 6% for supermarkets.