The Mighty Sweet Potato. Or is it a Yam?
By: Betsy Peirce, Produce Manager hich produce item is grown within a hundred miles of the Co-op, is available (locally!) in copious quantities through all three months that this newsletter spans, has enough nutritional value to be coined “a powerhouse” and is considered to be one of many superfoods? Answer: The mighty sweet potato! Or […]
Aww Nuts!
By: Carl Haakenstad, Bulk Buyer hen you think of Oneota’s Bulk department which items come to mind? Bulk oats or flour perhaps? Bulk dried fruit like the ever popular organic raisins? Or maybe bulk granola? I’ll bet some of you first think of the Bulk department’s many offerings of nuts. We carry a wide selection […]
On A Mission
[two_third] By Steve McCargar, Board President and David Lester, General Manager ver the 39 year history of the Oneota Community Co-op the mission statement of the Cooperative has played an important role. Our original Articles of Incorporation described the purpose of the organization, with slight revisions in the 1990s, as “(1) to supply, at a […]