Warm up with a cup of ‘shrooms – September 14, 2020
By: Gretchen Fox Schempp, Wellness Manager What? Yep, I said warm up with a cup of mushrooms! Medicinal mushrooms have gained much attention with Paul Stamet’s TED talks and You Tube videos along with his awesome line of Host Defense products. From everything to saving the world: https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world?language=en To saving the bees and healing ourselves: […]
Are You Sleeping? – September 9, 2020
Photo by Matthew Henry from Burst By: Gretchen Fox Schempp, Wellness Manager Sleep support is a huge category here in our Wellness department and a 30 billion dollar business overall. I can count on doing a few things every day. Talking to consumers about sleep is something I do multiple times on any given day […]
From the GM – September 3, 2020
By: David Lester, General Manager It has been a while since I’ve written a piece of communication for our quarterly Scoop publication, which has been on hiatus since March. You will be getting more frequent communication from OCC as we transition to a blog format. I hope you enjoy these future pieces from our staff, […]
Round Up at the Register – $2,000 for Winn County Habitat for Humanity – February 21, 2020
The Oneota Community Food Co-op hosted a “Round-Up at the Register” campaign February 3rd through February 17th. During this time, customers at the Co-op were given the opportunity to round-up their sale to the nearest whole dollar with these funds going to support Winneshiek County Habitat for Humanity. The campaign held in February raised $2,000 […]
Blooming Disaster – August 17, 2020
By: Gretchen Fox Schempp, Wellness Manager The beauty of midsummer is undeniable. Flowers, wild and curated, are in full bloom…. You might be eating from your garden on the daily. The roadsides are full of beauty and even some changing color around the countryside. Glorious days of windows-down drives and floats on the river…. What […]