OCC Updates Organizational Ends – November 26, 2021
OCC Updates Organizational Ends – Board President Timm speaks on process of revision. The Oneota Community Food Cooperative (OCC) Board of Directors recently completed a revision of the Co-op’s Organizational Ends. This process involved numerous discussions throughout the past year, as well as a member survey and input from General Manager Nate Furler. We’ve reached out […]
CAST YOUR VOTE! 2019 BOARD ELECTION
The Board of the Oneota Community Food Co-op is excited to announce the slate of candidates for the 2019 Board election. This year, there are three positions open to fill as Brita Nelson, Flannery Cerbin-Bohach, and Dennis Pottratz complete their terms. As member/owners of the Oneota Co-op, the Board asks that you join us in […]
The Magical World of Medicinal Mushrooms
By: Gretchen Fox Schempp, Wellness Manager (Originally published in the Fall 2015 publication – The Scoop.) The Autumn woods are a medicine chest all of their own. Right here in sweet little northeast Iowa you are able to find varied species of fungi. At the Mid America Herbal Symposium last fall I had the awesome […]
Grass Run Farm – Grass-fed Growth
By: Kristine Jepsen, Co-op Member/Owner A few weeks ago, Kristin Evenrud, Co-op meat buyer, asked me to write about the evolution of Grass Run Farms from our beginnings at the Winneshiek Farmers’ Market nearly 10 years ago to our new partnership with meat powerhouse JBS. First, we consider ourselves lucky to have been in the […]
Demystifying Protein Powders
By: Gretchen Fox Schempp, Wellness Manager Hemp, Rice, Whey, Pea, Pumpkin, Soy, Sprouted… oh my, the choices. Like many of the categories on the wellness shelves, there are many choices in protein powders too. Wouldn’t it just be easier if we had two choices, like chocolate and vanilla and that was that? If only it […]