SILT’s Place in a Sustainable Future – September 9, 2022
An Oneota Co-op Round Up at the Register event for Sustainable Iowa Land Trust will be held Monday, Sept. 12 through Monday, Sept. 26. Shopper round ups will be generously matched by Lyle and Sue Luzum of Decorah, who donated the 170 acre Luzum Heritage Farm to SILT in 2017. Shoppers are offered the opportunity […]
Update on Amy’s Kitchen – March 25, 2022
Oneota Co-op values accountability as it pertains to operational practices surrounding the product we place on our shelves. Because of this, we wish to address recent concerns, and media coverage, surrounding Amy’s Kitchen, long-term producer of vegetarian-oriented prepared foods. On Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, NBC News launched a piece entitled “Amy’s Kitchen says its food […]
The Co-op welcomes Phil Jahnke Sauer as prepared foods manager – March 11, 2022
The Co-op welcomes Phil Jahnke Sauer as prepared foods manager By Tanya O’Connor, marketing coordinator Your Co-op’s Prepared Foods Manager, Phil Jahnke Sauer, is an expressive guy. That is – if you happen to find him actually sitting down. When Phil pushes ‘pause’ from creating food and starts talking about it, his passion’s pretty contagious. […]
Board Election 2022
A fundamental part of the cooperative difference is that Oneota Co-op is democratically controlled by its owners. We embrace democracy through our annual Board of Directors election, in which Oneota Co-op owners elect other owners to serve as directors, and in some years, in which owners vote on proposed Co-op initiatives. Voting opens in […]
Tunnels, Light, 2022 and You – February 3, 2022
Tunnels, Light, 2022 and You By General Manager Nate Furler As I write this, I envision a tunnel. It’s a tunnel lit by light at the end – but it’s still a tunnel. This passageway shifts, descends and climbs. On any given day the path changes. There’s no longer a linear approach forward; the journey […]