This is being sent via email to everyone who ordered this cycle and has products to be picked up. Today is distribution at our Des Moines area sites and Osceola, and tomorrow is distribution in Ames. We have an alternative pick up time on Saturday from 10:30 am to noon at our Franklin Plaza site. If you need to pick up on Saturday and haven’t told us already, please let us know with a call to 515-450-6812.
Month: September 2014
Pick-up is Thursday
We had 207 members order 2,339 items this cycle. Total purchases were just over $15,000, which is just about double the same cycle last year. Nice, and thanks for your orders.
If you are getting this message as an email, you’ve ordered something. Pick-up will be on Thursday at our Des Moines-area sites and Osceola, and Friday in Ames. Specific times and locations are to the left. If you need to use the 10:30 to noon Saturday alternative pick up time, send an email to distribution@iowafood.coop.
Note: please check to be sure your pick-up site is correct. You can access your invoice by logging in, going to the shopping tab, and click “view in-process invoice”.
Below are some additional instructions.
Taste of Fall + Fresh Greens + Maple Syrup!
1,202 Different Products Listed; Taste of Fall is HERE!
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Great River Maple (from Garnavillo) is our newest producer. They offer 100% Iowa maple syrup from their century farm on the bluffs of the Mississippi river. Try their pure maple syrup, or treat yourself to their Maple Cream. We are very excited to welcome them to the Co-op! Shop here. Two Amish families from Bloomfield that were Iowa Heritage Foods have separated into two different producers: Yoder’s Natural Farm and Hickory Hills Farm. Both have eggs, beef, pork, and chicken listed, and Yoder’s Natural Farm also has lamb, duck,Ā and ground turkey.Ā Country View Dairy (from Hawkeye) has 3 lb tubs of yogurt on sale with a .50 cent discount per tub. Don’t miss out! WW Homestead Dairy (from Waukon) has again listed salted and unsalted butter (they had been using most their cream for ice cream instead of butter). You’ll also want to buy some of their incredible cream-line milk, cheese, and ice cream products. Rosebud Botanicals (from Afton) is offering a whole new line of products including ‘lotion-on-a-stick’ and Berry Body Batter, made with aronia berries and cocoa! Heritage Hill Farm (from Ames) added eggplant, peppers, and baby beet bundles and New Pioneer Farm (from Carlisle) added spaghetti squash and sugar pie pumpkins. Global Greens farmer Jacqueline NdabazaniyeĀ (farming in Des Moines, originally from Congo) listed butternut squash, zucchini, and dry beans–get these while they are still around! Other Global Greens farmers with new stuff: Narad Bastola (Bhutanese pumpkins, Coosa squash, daikon radish); Bucumi Simon (arugula, mustard greens); Angelique Hakuzimana (arugula, okra, carrots); Bizimana Charles (red beets). Salama Greenhouse (from Boone) is offering 10″ and 12″ potted mums, kale, spinach, and artisan tomatoes. Berry Patch Farm (from Nevada) listed their famous Honeycrisp, Macoun and Lura apples. Early Morning Harvest (from Panora) added some new pepper varieties: Red Flame, Red Rocket, Habanero, Hot Paper Lantern, Sweet Bananas, and Sweet Bell. Iowa Orchard (from Urbandale) offers six flavors of apple cider–perfect this time of year–in addition to all of their apple varieties and baked goods. Raccoon Forks Farm (from Redfield) listed large pasture-raised chickens and Yoke S Ranch (from Russell) has their Corriente beef brisket on sale this cycle. Fieldstone Farms (from Clemons) added three new beeswax candles: Celebration Cake, Honeycomb Pillar, and Rustic Fern Pillar. |
IFC Distribution Today (Tomorrow in Ames)!
This is being sent via email to everyone who ordered this cycle and has products to be picked up. Today is distribution at our Des Moines area sites and Osceola, and tomorrow is distribution in Ames. We have an alternative pick up time on Saturday from 10:30 am to noon at our Franklin Plaza site. If you need to pick up on Saturday and haven’t told us already, please let us know with a call to 515-450-6812.
Pick-up is Thursday
We had 197 members order 2,195 items this cycle. Total purchases were just over $12,300, which is just over $4,100 more than the same cycle last year. Nice, and thanks for your orders.
If you are getting this message as an email, you’ve ordered something. Pick-up will be on Thursday at our Des Moines-area sites and Osceola, and Friday in Ames. Specific times and locations are to the left. If you need to use the 10:30 to noon Saturday alternative pick up time, send an email to distribution@iowafood.coop.
Note: please check to be sure your pick-up site is correct. You can access your invoice by logging in, going to the shopping tab, and click “view in-process invoice”.
Below are some additional instructions.
Meet our distribution team!
By Lisa Bean, Board President
Left to right: Lisa Bean, Board President; Gary Huber, General Manager; Kelly Bassett, Distribution Coordinator.
Our new home base on Franklin is working out very nicely. It is great to have a stable spot. Our food co-op has grown 40% this fiscal year! Each distribution, somewhere around 2,000 items arrive at our Franklin location; items are then sorted and organized based on their final location. Growth in sales and product inventory means we face greater challenges at distribution and to meet those challenges we have hired two people to assist us.
Kelly Bassett, new Distribution Coordinator
Introducing Kelly Bassett, our new distribution coordinator. Kelly has been a volunteer at Franklin and at our Ankeny drop-off site. She holds a Bachelors of Science in microbiology from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Masters in Food Science from Kansas State University. She has over eight years of experience in several different aspects of food chain including agriculture (eggs), processing (meat), and third party laboratory testing (all foods).
She has great organization skills and a passion for good quality foods. Her twin boys Isaiah and Jeremiah have been helping us out too and some of their art work is displayed on our refrigerators. Gary and I look forward to working with Kelly and our volunteers to perfect our delivery of products to each of our consumers at 6 locations ā last year we experienced 40% growth which is absolutely great, but it comes with a few challenges that Kelly will help us meet. Welcome Kelly!
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John Whitson’s ‘Flower Burrito
Hi All!
Many of you know me as the producer member ‘Sunrise’.
I’ve been with the IFC since its inception.
After years of farmers markets and wholesale to stores,the IFC concept offered unique opportunities for connecting producers with customers.
The growth of the IFC over the last 5 years has been exciting!
Producer members have grown with customer members to the point where the variety and quantity of products every cycle is astounding.
This is only possible due to the growth of the customer members.
I’ve been fortunate to have time to participate as a distribution volunteer and witness the growth.
Also,resulting from this growth, QUALITY Assurance is now receiving a boost.
My new role is to zero in and focus on quality issues in order to identify and resolve quickly problems with products received by customer members.
We’ve relied on customer members contacting producer members about sub-par products and that is still encouraged.
Now we’veĀ redoubled efforts to identify problems as they arrive at Franklin Ave.
as well as working with producer members to pre -empt issues.
Perfect Shopping Cycles are our no.1 goal.
Customer members and Producer members,we’reĀ all in this together for our common good.
Please feel free to contact me with ideas on how to improve as well as quality issues.
Many thanks!
John Whitson
Shop Fall + Summer While it’s Still Here
1,280 Different Products Listed; Taste of Fall is HERE!
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Red Barn Produce (from Dexter) added butternut, delicata, and spaghetti squash, along with habanero peppers and limited supplies of edamame beans.Ā Huber Family Farm (from Maxwell) is offering some beautiful potato varieties along with some of their famous Bolero carrots! Pick up some Mountain Rose pink-skin/pink-flesh potatoes or some Purple Vikings, with their purple tie-dye skin (They make the world’s best mashed potatoes.). Iowa Orchard (from Urbandale) is back with several varieties of apples: Gala, Blondee, Golden Supreme, Mollie’s Delicious, Paula Red, RedFree, and Wealthy. And don’t forget the apple cider! Early Morning Harvest (from Panora) is offering 25 pound bags of your favorite flours from Certified Organic grains grown here in Iowa–perfect for those who do a lot of baking! Global Greens farmer Bizimana Charles (farming in Des Moines, originally from Burundi) is offering beautifulĀ ‘Tongue of Fire’ beans (choose fresh or dry) and cherry tomatoes. Other Global Greens farmers with new products include: Jacqueline Ndabazaniye (Red Russian Kale); Bucumi Simon (radishes, winter squash stems); Narad Bastola (mustard greens). 7 Pines Farm (from Maxwell) has garden fresh salsa (made from their very own organic produce). Also, pick up a 10 lb box of their canning tomatoes and make some tomato sauce or salsa of your own. New Pioneer Farm (from Carlisle) listed potted mums in purple, white, and yellow, perfect to add fall color to your front porch or deck. Don’t forget to pick up some of their acorn squash, too. Berry Patch Farm (from Nevada) is back with apples–we’ve missed them! Dean Henry, owner, says ‘Apple season is in full swing now, a few days early and with lots of color.’ Shop their Honeycrisp, Lura, or ‘early’ mix of William’s Pride, Earligold, and Redfree. Good news from Heart of Iowa Soapworks (from Gilbert), owner Karla Moore says, ‘I’ve had a change of heart and have decided to stay in business for the time being. Ā But, I am actively looking for a buyer. I have been absolutely swamped with customers wanting me to keep going….’ She’s added Bergamot & Violet soap, a limited edition while she uses up her remaining supplies. Griffieon Farm (from Ankeny) has lowered prices on their t-bone steaks by .50/lb this month–grilling season isn’t over yet! Heritage Hill Farm (from Ames) listed several herbs–perfect for freezing or drying so you can have ‘fresh’ herbs all winter long. Yoke S Ranch (from Russell) has their Corriente beef arm roast on sale, this cycle only, for $4.50/lb. Oswald Meats (from Manson) added giblets to go along with their other pasture poultry products. |