Month: October 2011

2011 Annual Meeting

October 28, 2011

2011 Annual Meeting Invite

Please Join Us for the Iowa Food Cooperative’s Third Annual Potluck and Business Meeting

Since launching in November 2008, your cooperative has grown to just over 600 members. Your business is making progress in a number of important areas, but more lies ahead and we need your input and help.

We highly recommend you attend this get‐together to share good food, hear how your business has been doing, and help guide the Iowa Food Cooperative into the coming year.

Date: Sat., Nov. 5th, 2011
Where: LaVon & Craig Griffieon Farm, 11655 NE 6th Street, Ankeny, IA 50021
Agenda:

3:30 to 5:00 pm – Tour Griffieon Farm (optional)
5:00 to 5:45 pm – Potluck Dinner ‐ please bring one main dish and one side dish (a salad, vegetable or dessert), plus your own table service. Drinks will be provided.
5:45 to 6:45 pm – Panel Discussion – What is working and where are we going?
6:45 to 7:30 pm – Annual Business Meeting (including elections of two new board members)

Directions To Griffieon Family Farm:

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2011 Annual Meeting

October 18, 2011

by Gary Huber

It will be on Saturday, November 5th at the farm of LaVon and Craig Griffieon just north of Ankeny.

There will be an optional tour of the farm starting at 3:30 p.m., followed by a potluck at 5 p.m. The business meeting will start after the potluck. It will include elections of one producer and one consumer board.

There will also be a panel of consumer and producer members who will discuss there experiences participating in the cooperative, plus an open discussion with members about its future.

Click here to see the invite

American Meat returns to Des Moines

October 7, 2011

by Gary Huber

If you missed the first screening at the Fleur 4 Theatre, join members of the Board for it’s welcome return on October 16th at 11:45.

Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm

American Meat is a solutions-oriented macroscopic documentary surveying the current state of the U.S. meat industry. Featuring, Joel Salatin, Chuck Wirtz, Fred Kirschenmann Steve Ells, Paul Willis, and tens of farmers across America, we take an even-handed look at animal husbandry. We explain how America arrived at our current industrial system, and show you the feedlots and confinement houses, not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there. From there, we introduce the current revolution developing in animal husbandry, led by the charismatic and passionate Joel Salatin. We meet tens of farmers across the country who have changed their life to start grass-based farms, and we highlight every day tangible solutions that people can take, to change agriculture in America.

http://www.americanmeatfilm.com/the-documentary/

Go Raw and Relax

October 3, 2011

by Gary Huber

On Monday, October 17, sneak away for a rendezvous that’s good for you! Join holistic health and nutrition counselor Sheree Clark and chiropractor Dr. Laura Rehmer for a session that will leave you glowing the rest of the day. Sheree will demonstrate how to whip up healthy, delicious and portable lunches using raw, organic ingredients. Then Dr. Laura will share ways to love your body with soothing stretches and meditation. In just 90 minutes, you’ll be inspired to make some simple changes that can calm your mind, melt away stress—and help you live a more radiant life. Event will be held at the Hy-Vee Kitchen, at the northeast corner of I-35 and Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines from 6:30-8:00 p.m. $20 fee includes tastings.

For more information and to register, visit http://www.meetup.com/RawFoodDSM, email info@fork-road.com or call (515) 249-2992.