[permaculture] good idea
Robert Waldrop
bwaldrop at cox.net
Mon Apr 6 00:56:19 EDT 2009
Another option is the local food cooperative, such
as we have here in Oklahoma,
http://www.oklahomafood.coop . One member, one
share, one vote. Officers and directors are
elected at an annual meeting/food fest/party, we
have open board meetings each month. The coop
does not buy wholesale and then sell retail. Each
producer member is his or her own "brand", when a
member orders, they order from a particular
producer. Orders come in via our website, we have
a once-a-month delivery day. The producers come
to town, bring their orders labelled for customer
delivery, 50-60 people come together and in about
4 hours sort $60-$70K or so in products into the
customer orders, typically 600-700 orders/month,
to be picked up at 40 pick-up sites. Producers
and customers pay a commission to the coop for its
expenses.
Our software is available free of charge under the
general public license system,
http://www.localfoodcoop.org is the software
location. You need someone who understands php
and msql to set it up and run it (in other words,
it's not a "download, plug, and play", you have to
work with it a bit). Our "how to organize a local
food coop" page is
http://www.oklahomafood.coop/organizing.php .
Bob Waldrop, president, Oklahoma Food Coop
tadpole in training with Barking Frogs
Permaculture
www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnathan Avery Yelenick"
<yelenick at riseup.net>
To: <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] good idea
There might be a similar thing here in Colorado.
http://www.doortodoororganics.com/
It does seem like a good idea. I am a little
concerned about the
centralizing of foodstuffs through a distributor.
I certainly favor the CSA model more myself, due
to the direct farmer to
consumer relationship. But I must say that I don't
really have too much
intimate knowledge of the other distribution
model.
>From what I gather, Door to Door Organics and
>Farm Fresh Delivery operate
under top down corporate structures, counter to a
participatory economic
structure. Participatory economics or parecon in
my opinion is quite
amenable to permaculture and a likely candidate
for a sister social
framework (please see
http://vanparecon.resist.ca/ ).
It also looks like much of the produce from Door
to Door is trucked in
from California. That's truly non-local and myopic
with peak oil looming.
Sincerely,
Johnathan Yelenick
Blacktail Permaculture Cooperative
South Platte River Bioregion
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> Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:58:25 -0400
> From: Keith Johnson <keithdj at mindspring.com>
> Subject: [permaculture] Good idea.
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> http://www.farmfreshdelivery.com/products.html
>
> Farm Fresh Delivery has donated over *7 tons* of
> produce and dry goods
> to local food banks in it's first year and a
> half of business.
>
> Farm Fresh Delivery is committed to providing
> fresh, flavorful foods
> free of additives and preservatives. We believe
> in supporting farmers
> and artisans who create products sustainably for
> the health of our
> community, local economy, and the environment.
> We are proud of the foods
> we deliver, and we look forward to adding many
> more products as we
> expand our network of suppliers. For more
> information about our
> suppliers, see Farmers and Artisans
> <http://www.farmfreshdelivery.com/farmersartisans.html>.
>
>
> Fresh Produce
>
> All Farm Fresh Delivery Members have a choice of
> five different Produce
> Bins. These bins vary by size and contents, and
> their contents change
> every week to reflect the seasonal availability
> of fruits and
> vegetables. Your bin is completely customizable
> by choosing from long
> list of substitute produce. You can even add
> produce to your bin ala
> carte when you need a little more. Some produce
> items are available in
> limited quantity so they are only available as
> an addition to your bin.
> All produce is certified organic unless
> otherwise specified.
>
>
> Local Groceries
>
> Once you have chosen the produce bin that fits
> your needs, you can add
> grocery items such as eggs, milk, and bread to
> your order. You decide if
> you want these items with every order or with
> one particular order. We
> offer a wide selection of grocery items
> <http://www.farmfreshdelivery.com/grocery.html>
> and several unique local
> products from Indianapolis Food Artisans. Click
> here to browse our
> Farmers' Market
> <http://farmfreshdelivery.homedel.com/Order.asp>.
> --
>
> Keith Johnson
> "Be fruitful and mulch apply."
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> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:55:58 -0700
> From: Jocelyn Campbell <jocecampbell at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Good idea.
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> I second that idea! Here in the Seattle area, I
> use www.spud.com, which is
> in many other major cities, too.
>
> Spud does a market box of local produce - which
> you can configure to your
> own amounts and preferences.
> Spud also carries local groceries and local deli
> food made from local
> ingredients.
> Spud delivers in recycled plastic bins that are
> reused each week.
> Each Spud delivery van replaces 100 cars going
> to the store.
> Spud cold storage is more energy efficient than
> grocery stores - no open
> cases, lights off at night, etc.
>
> It's a no brainer to get my weekly basics
> delivered to my door each
> week--I
> love it!
>
WITHOUT DEAD TIME!
WITHOUT RESTRAINT!
WITHOUT THE PLANETARY WORK MACHINE!
"If your experience is that your water comes from
the tap and that your
food comes from the grocery store then you are
going to defend to the
death the system that brings those to you because
your life depends on
that; if your experience is that your water comes
from a river and that
your food comes from a land base then you will
defend those to the death
because your life depends on them. So part of the
problem is that we have
become so dependent upon this system that is
killing and exploiting us, it
has become almost impossible for us to imagine
living outside of it and
it's very difficult physically for us to live
outside of it."
- Derrick Jensen
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