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The Scoop, our Co-op’s quarterly publication, is no longer in production. Archived editions remain available on this page. Those wishing to receive news about the Co-op are invited to sign up to receive our weekly e-newsletter, The CommPost, here: https://tinyurl.com/2ty5yt7x. Oneota Co-op maintains an active blog (https://oneotacoop.com/oneota-blog/) and social media presence as well.

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[accordion] [section name=”Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 2020″] Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 2020, Full Issue – pdf

[/section] [section name=”Volume 45, Number 3, Winter 2019″] Volume 45, Number 3, Winter 2019, Full Issue – pdf

[/section] [section name=”Volume 45, Number 2, Fall 2019″] Volume 45, Number 2, Fall 2019, Full Issue – pdf

[/section] [section name=”Volume 45, Number 1, Summer 2019″] Volume 45, Number 1, Summer 2019, Full Issue – pdf

[/section] [section name=”Volume 44, Number 4, Winter 2018″] Volume 44, Number 4, Winter 2018, Full Issue – pdf

[/section] [section name=”Volume 44, Number 3, Fall 2018″] Volume 44, Number 3, Fall 2018, Full Issue – pdf

[/section] [section name=”Volume 44, Number 2, Summer 2018″] Volume 44, Number 2, Summer 2018, Full Issue – pdf

Articles:
River Root Farm
We Strive to Serve
Engaging Staff for Success
2018 Board Election Results & Greetings from the Board
Climb that Mountain
J & J Produce

[/section] [section name=”Volume 44, Number 1, Spring 2018″] Volume 44, Number 1, Spring 2018, Full Issue – pdf

Articles:
Local Producer Spotlight: Barb Kraus & Canoe Creek Produce
From the GM: Iowa Food Co-ops Help Support the Future of Organic Farming
Cast Your Vote! 2018 Board Election
Community Supported Agriculture – A Model for Local Economies
Energy Use Update
Natural Solutions for Our Furry Friends

[/section] [section name=”Volume 43, Number 4, Winter 2017″] Volume 43, Number 4, Winter 2017, Full Issue – pdf

Articles:
Produce Geeks
Come Join Us on the Co-op Board
Holistic Skin Care
Waving Grains COOPERATIVE Bakery

[/section] [section name=”Volume 43, Number 3, Fall 2017″] Volume 43, Number 3, Fall 2017, Full Issue- pdf

Articles:
Protecting Organic Integrity: Too Little, Too late?
Oneota Community Co-op Update from the GM
Lighting the Way

[/section] [section name=”Volume 43, Number 2, Summer 2017″] Volume 43, Number 2, Summer 2017, Full Issue- pdf

Articles:
Remaining Relevant in a Split-Second Society
Bulk Department Update

Summer First Aid Kit

[/section] [section name=”Volume 43, Number 1, Spring 2017″]

Volume 43, Number 1 , Spring 2017, Full Issue- pdf

Articles:
The BULK of the Matter
Cast Your Vote – 2017 Board Election
Neti Pots & Nettles: Tis the Season
Some Thoughts In These Times
New Law Plays Hide-&-Seek With GMO Labeling
In Time of Change, Step Forward to Advocate for Sustainable Organic Farming
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Food

[/section] [section name=”Volume 42, Number 4, Winter 2016″] Volume 42, Number 4, Winter 2016, Full Issue- pdf

Articles:
Putting the OWN in Locally GROWN
Investigating a Move to Electronic Voting
Come Join Us on the Co-op Board!
Citrus Grove
New In Wellness
Grimm Family Farm
A Grocer. A Community. A Career.
Butter Up
Locavores Unite!
Incredible Cheese to Delight Your Senses
Wellness vs. Illness

[/section] [section name=”Volume 42, Number 3, Fall 2016″] Volume 42, Number 3, Fall 2016, Full Issue- pdf

Articles:
Ferndale Market: Just Great Turkey
A Hard Look at Bulk
Renew Your Commitment to the Co-op – Run for the Board
Green’s Sugar Bush
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Our Gulf
The Summer of Chamomile
La Riojana Cooperative of Argentina

[/section] [section name=”Volume 42, Number 2, Summer 2016″] Volume 42, Number 2, Summer 2016, Full Issue- pdf

Articles:
Sterile Landscape Not Solution To Feeding the World
European Cheese & Miles of Memories
Local Summer Salads
Neem: The Evergreen with Many Uses

[/section] [section name=”Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 2016″] Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 2016, Full Issue- pdf

Articles:
People, Planet, Profit, & the Best Business Model in the Universe
Another Great Year!
Fostering Fair Trade & Cooperative Values
A Space for Community
Harmony Neighbors – Harvey Gingerich
What? You Don’t Know About the Co-op Cheese Club?
TD Willey Farms
General Guidelines for Using Essential Oils
Using Essential Oils with Children
Grains

[/section] [section name=”Volume 41, Number 4, Winter 2015″] Volume 41, Number 4, Winter 2015 Full issue – pdf

Articles:
High Quality, Competitive Prices, Co+op Basics
$20,000+ to Local Food Pantries Since 2009
An Option to Increase Renewable Power at the Co-op
A Visit to Kalona Organics
The How & Why of Bulk Foods
From the GM: Investing in our Staff & Our Future
A Revitalized Home Cook
Out & About with Produce
We Heard it Here
Aromatherapy Gift Recipes
What’s the Buz?
Getting Back to Our Roots

[/section] [section name=”Volume 41, Number 3, Fall 2015″] Volume 41, Number 3, Fall 2015 Full issue – pdf

Articles:
The Magical World of Medicinal Mushrooms
Nothing Artificial – Turkey Article
Organic Tide Rising
Grocery Savvy
Examining Eggs
Favorite Fall Supplements
[/section] [section name=”Volume 41, Number 2, Summer 2015″] Volume 41, Number 2, Summer 2015 Full issue – pdf

Articles:
Lacto Angel
Tickled Pink
Kitchen Chemistry
A Summary of the Results of Studies by U of IA Graduate Students and Faculty on Frac Sand Mining in Winneshiek County
What’s Coming Up Patchwork Green?
The Kelley Homestead – Duck Eggs
Demystifying Protein Powders
Grass Run Farm – Grass-fed Growth
From the Board of Directors – Strategic Planning Update
[/section] [section name=”Volume 41, Number 1, Spring 2015″] Volume 41, Number 1, Spring 2015 Full Issue – pdf

Articles:
Not the Crunch I expected
The Beard Family Farm
Here We Go – Expansion Update
Co-op Kitchen Classroom – Spatula at the Ready
Canoe Creek Farm
Empty Bowls is Back
Cleaning with Essential Oils
Yogurt Choices a’Plenty

[/section] [section name=”Volume 40, Number 4, Winter 2014″] Volume 40, Number 4, Winter 2014 Full Issue – pdf
Articles:
How We Reduced our Electrical Usage by 9% in One Year
Wellness Through the Season
From Waukon to Utah’s Wilderness & Back Again
Reflections on the Wisconsin Cheese Trail
A Story of a Decorah Transplant
We Are All Growers
Scoop Q&A: Co-op Employee Betsy Peirce & Husband Ketel Paulsen
Expansion Update and F.A.Q.s
A Call to Lead. A Chance to Give Back. Run!
Member/Owners – The Foundation of the Co-op
Happy Birthday, Margret – FDA “Gluten Free” Labeling Standards
Cleansing Basics
Salad Girl Organic Salad Dressing
A Slice of Sunshine
[/section] [section name=”Volume 40, Number 3, Fall 2014″] Volume 40, Number 3, Fall 2014 Full Issue – pdf
Articles:
Educational Migration – Movin’ On Up
Dan Barber’s “The Third Plate” Shows Farm-to-Table Is Not Enough
Eden Foods and Our Co-op
A Hearty “Thank You” to Members for Loan Support
Wellness Foods: supplement with whole foods
Chia Freezer Jam in 20 minutes
Pork
Product Parade
Flexible Late Summer Recipes
Ratatouille

[/section] [section name=”Volume 40, Number 2, Summer 2014″] Volume 40, Number 2, Summer 2014 Full Issue -pdf file
Articles:
Strategically Speaking
By Small Farmer, For Small Farmers: The Next Step In The evolution of Fair Trade
Pat Fitzgerald’s Co-op Experience: From Peanut Butter Beginnings to Food So Fresh the Cupboards Stay Bare
Natural Bug Repellents
Why Even in Tough Times, My Family & Our Co-op Refused to See Other People
The Sun and Your Skin
[/section] [section name=”Volume 40, Number 1, Spring 2014″] Volume 40, Number 1, Spring 2014 Full Issue -pdf file
Articles:
Five Stores and Forty Years Ago
Democratic Member Control in Action Member/Owners Vote in March
The Decorah Holistic Health Project – Creating Sustaining Health in Northeast Iowa & Beyond
Keep Your Cutting Boards in Great Shape
Sustainable Pursuits: The McCargar-Sweats
Decorah High School Students are having a F.E.E.S.T! Food Empowerment Education Sustainability Teams
Oh So Edible, Incredibly Convenient, Quick Breads
Breaking Bad in Iowa
River Root Farm
There is a Season … For Fish
A Return on Community: Decorah-Based Blogs Host Local Voices
Sweat Equity— 15 staff members: 261 years of Co-op Service
[/section] [section name=”Volume 39, Number 4, Winter 2013″] Volume 39, Number 4, Winter 2013 Full Issue -pdf file
Articles:
Cooperative Roots Organic Fruits… of our Labor
From the GM… Solar at the Co-op!
Co-op Forest Project
Applause For the Book- “An Everlasting Meal, Cooking with Economy and Grace”
Be’Tween Cooking
Surviving and Thriving in the Darkness
Products We Love
Holiday Cheese
Winter Radishes: from humble to fabulous!

[/section] [section name=”Volume 39, Number 3, Fall 2013″] Volume 39, Number 3, Fall 2013 Full Issue -pdf file
Articles:
On A Mission
From The GM
The Best Slice of Pie
Aww Nuts!
The Mighty Sweet Potato. Or is it a Yam?
Dessert Can Wait. The Best of Humanely-raised Main Course Cuisine
Customer Comments
[/section] [section name=”Volume 39, Number 2, Summer 2013″] Volume 39, Number 2, Summer 2013 Full Issue -pdf file
Articles:
From Foodshed to Foodcabin
A Sense of Place, Best Left in Place
Two Tart Fruits
Cooked! – a book review
Whales, Unicorns and Wines
Mrs. Fizzleby Bakes
Hot Weather Cooking – Tips to Beat the Heat in the Kitchen
Serenading Sue Otte: An Encore Celebration of One of Oneota Co-op’s Longest Standing Employees
[/section] [section name=”Volume 39, Number 1, Spring 2013″] Volume 39, Number 1, Spring 2013 Full Issue  -pdf file
Get a Number and Own it
The Sweet Spot
Food Labeling 101
Living with Uncertainty
Corporate Organic -Yay or Nay?
Health and Wellness Begin at Birth: Your Birth and Your Decorah Doula
The Beautiful and Suble World of Flower Essences
Mrs. Fizzleby Ferments
Rooted:Connecting the Dots with Rachel Sandhorst
[/section] [section name=”Volume 38, Number 5, Winter 2012″] Volume 38, Number 5, Winter 2012 Full Issue -pdf file
Articles:
Not Just Vitamins
From The GM
Bulk Loose Leaf Teas
Perfect Circle Corp
The Spice of Our Lives
Moosewood Restaurant
Meatless Mondays
Making the Cut
Transforming the Community: Winneshiek Energy District
The Many Uses of Tofu
[/section] [section name=”Volume 38, Number 4, Sept/Oct/Nov – Fall 2012″] Volume 38, Number 4, Sept/Oct/Nov – Fall 2012 Full Issue -pdf file
Articles:
How Should we Grow? Part II
Co-op Make a Difference Every Day
The Vital Persimmon. Seasonal health care for Autumn.
Spotlight on Local: Country View Dary
The Exciting Wold of Dry Beans
Celiac Disease Facts and Figures
First the milk. Now the Cookie
Black Forty Farm, Hamony, MN
[/section] [section name=”Volume 38, Number 3, May/June – Summer 2012″] Volume 38, Number 3, May/June 2012 -pdf file
(How) Should We Grow?
Fire up the Grill
New Bulk Oil: Organic High-oleic Sunflower Oil
Asparagus- A Seasonal Super Food
[/section] [section name=”Volume 38, Number 2, March/April– Spring 2012″] Volume 38, Number 2, March/April 2012 -pdf file
Rooted & Growing: A Reflection of the Co-op’s Early Days, with Sheryl Sheffert
Food Labeling 101
Driven By Membership. Driven by You
From The GM
Changes in the World of Fair Trade
Working Member Spotlight: Karin Martin-Hiner
The Power of Kale
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[section name=”Volume 38, Number 1, January/February – Winter 2012″] Volume 38, Number 1, January/February 2012 -pdf file
A Visit to Aura Cacia and Frontier Natural Products Co-op
Bulk Organic Cereals
A Grand opening for Local Creamery, WW Homestead Dairy
Fruit Basket From the Produce Department- Perfect any time of Year
Bleakspeak
A Profitable Cooperative?
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Volume 37, Number 6, November/December 2011 -pdf file
Volume 37, Number 5, September/October 2011 -pdf file
Volume 37, Number 4, July/August 2011 -pdf file
Volume 37, Number 3, May/June 2011 -pdf file
Volume 37, Number 2, March/April 2011 -pdf file
Volume 37, Number 1, January/February 2011 -pdf file
Volume 36, Number 6, November/December 2010 -pdf file
Volume 36, Number 5, September/October 2010 -pdf file
Volume 36, Number 4, July/August 2010 -pdf file
Volume 36, Number 3, May/June 2010 -pdf file
Volume 36, Number 2, March/April 2010 -pdf file
Volume 36, Number 1, January/February 2010 -pdf file
Volume 35, Number 7: Holiday 2009 -pdf file
Volume 35, Number 6: October/November 2009 -pdf file
Volume 35, Number 5: August/September 2009 -pdf file
Volume 35, Number 4: June/July 2009 -pdf file
Volume 35, Number 3: April/May 2009 -pdf file
Volume 35, Number 2: February/March 2009 -pdf file
Volume 35, Number 1: December 2008/January 2009 -pdf file

 

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In Context Series by Lyle Luzum

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