Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 5
Sun, 12/04/2009 - 21:50 — Bulletin
Fruit & Veg
We'll be jaunting around Sydney to meet the people involved with, and sample the delights offered by some food co-ops in Sydney. We'll be leaving at 10.00am from Thoughtful Foods at UNSW (see map here). You can travel by bike, or if you like by public transport - just rock up on the morning and we'll organise the two groups.
10am: Thoughtful Foods, the UNSW Food Co-op which was previously known as Pigweed. Located in the backyard of the
Roundhouse, behind Eats @ the Round as you head towards the Lifestyle Centre (Uni-gym) on Lower Campus. Phone 02 9385 6097, www.thoughtfulfoods.unsw.edu.
12 noon*: Manly Food Co-op, at 21 Whistler St, Manly, phone 02 9977 0177
2pm*: UTS Food Co-op, located on Level 2 of the Tower Building at UTS, opposite the lifts. Phone 02 9514 1418, fax 02 9514 1157
3pm*: USyd Food Co-op, located in Level 4 of the Wentworth Building, University of Sydney, Phone 02 9660 5222
Bring: Tupperware containers (to put yummy food in!), sunscreen, some money if you want to buy things, and a working bike and a helmet if you're riding.
Happy Easter Long-weekend to those celebrating it for it's original meaning, those that enjoy delicious cocoa bean goodness and all those that just appreciate an extra long public holiday. I spent the last three days in the wilderness of Wollemi National Park, surrounded by blaring ghetto blasters pumping the soundtrack to the new Fast & Furious movie, screeching youths up at the crack of dawn practicing their totem tennis skills and the very finest specimens of 'authentic australians', easily identified by the stubby clutched in one hand providing vital hydration on a 9km walk to see glow worms. Not quite the weekend 'getting away from it all' that I expected, but hilarious never the less. The road there rattled our radiator so much it started sputtering green ooze like a snotty toddler and our butane cylinder reached empty half way through lunch, but hey! Dinner was to be baked potatoes and corn, right out of the fire, so all was good. It's a quiet week this week, the shop is only one day, but if you can lend a few hours, there's a bunch of autumn cleaning to be done.
News
Mid Semester Cleaning Bee
From Chris
Need to earn yourself some discount hours this week? Here is the perfect opportunity: The co-op need some sprucing and cleaning, so if you are free for a couple of hours this Wednesday between 10am and 6pm, we'd love to hear from you. We have very few volunteers at the moment; please email me (christophermoore@gmail.com) if you're available to help.
Mid Semester Break Opening Times
This week the co-op will only be open on Thursday 16 April only. Veggie boxes will still be on.
Ordering Needs A Volunteer
From Suzie
We're looking for enthusiastic vollies to help with some activities to improve our product selection at TF. This will include updating the store inventory, researching product information and organising some upcoming events. Most of this work can be done outside of shop hours and will qualify you for in-store discounts. So if you would like to learn more about our products and have wanted to volunteer for us but couldn't make time before, this is the perfect opportunity! Please email orders@thoughtfulfoods.org.au if you're interested.
Cookbook
From Cassie
From Cassie
The next cookbook meeting is on Saturday 19 April, 11am at the shop. Please RSVP to publishing@thoughtfulfoods.
PRODUCT NEWS
From Suzie
This week your Co-op will be looking squeaky clean and well stocked up. We have installed a temporary *Discounts Table* for old or slightly damaged stock that has been marked down to cost price. This includes a big lot of chocolate that is past its used by date, but still very yummy. Also on the table are alfalfa sees, spelt licorice, walnuts and currants.
Regular items:
Yoga
Free yoga won't be on again until April 23rd.
Eggs - Available now!
Place egg orders before Tuesday and pay for them when you pick them up. If you can't make it into the shop to place your order, you can email it to eggs@thoughtfulfoods.org.au. Eggs are $3.60 per dozen and may receive a member or volunteer discount.
We desperately need more egg cartons. If you get eggs from us, please return the cartons! If you have spare ones, please drop them by the shop.
Fruit & Veg
Please get all orders in by midday on Wednesday. All order must be paid for in advance - money placed inside order form.
Boxes can be picked up between 2pm and 5pm on Thursday. If you can not get your box before 5pm, please call the shop on 9385 6097. If you have any questions about the process, please email veggies@thoughtfulfoods.org.au or speak to a volunteer in the shop during opening hours.
Bread
Bread arrives on Thursday morning and must be picked up that day before 5pm. Place orders (and pay in advance) by the end of the previous Thursday. Orders must include your membership number. Please talk to a volunteer in the shop if you'd like to place an order. If you'd like to see a price list, please see the bread page on our website (http://thoughtfulfoods.org.
Questions? Email bread@thoughtfulfoods.org.au or speak to a volunteer during opening hours.
Training
If you haven't had a training session, and you want to volunteer, come by for a one hour session from 11am or 3pm on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Weekly Meeting
Weekly meetings are held in the ARC building from 6pm every Wednesday.
COMMUNITY
Uses for Boxes...
As mentioned in previous bulletins, there are a number of styrofoam boxes piling up in the co-op and we were asking you all to come up with ideas for their use. Creative Cam (as I will call him) quickly came up with the idea of worm farms but unfortunately they weren't quite the right type of box.
Not discouraged one bit, Cameron immediately came up with a Plan B: Balcony Herb Gardens - put some little blocks or similar underneath them to get them up off the ground for drainage and stop it getting too festy under there.
Thank you Cameron!
Keep those ideas coming in everyone and hopefully we'll inspire enough people to pick up some boxes and put them to good use.
A food co-op crawl by bike or bus!
Friday 17th April
10am from Thoughtful Foods (UNSW)
Friday 17th April
10am from Thoughtful Foods (UNSW)
We'll be jaunting around Sydney to meet the people involved with, and sample the delights offered by some food co-ops in Sydney. We'll be leaving at 10.00am from Thoughtful Foods at UNSW (see map here). You can travel by bike, or if you like by public transport - just rock up on the morning and we'll organise the two groups.
10am: Thoughtful Foods, the UNSW Food Co-op which was previously known as Pigweed. Located in the backyard of the
Roundhouse, behind Eats @ the Round as you head towards the Lifestyle Centre (Uni-gym) on Lower Campus. Phone 02 9385 6097, www.thoughtfulfoods.unsw.edu.
12 noon*: Manly Food Co-op, at 21 Whistler St, Manly, phone 02 9977 0177
2pm*: UTS Food Co-op, located on Level 2 of the Tower Building at UTS, opposite the lifts. Phone 02 9514 1418, fax 02 9514 1157
3pm*: USyd Food Co-op, located in Level 4 of the Wentworth Building, University of Sydney, Phone 02 9660 5222
4pm*: Alfalfa House Food Co-op (Sydney's oldest food co-op) at 113 Enmore Road, Enmore (just opposite the Enmore Theatre), phone 02 9519 3374, fax 02 9565 5053 www.alfalfahouse.org,
*Times are approximate; call Suzie (number below) on the day for our progress.
*Times are approximate; call Suzie (number below) on the day for our progress.
Bring: Tupperware containers (to put yummy food in!), sunscreen, some money if you want to buy things, and a working bike and a helmet if you're riding.
For more info, or on the day contact: Suzie Hunter, 0451 062 079.