permaculture

["Robert Waldrop" <rmwj@soonernet.com>]

For any Oklahoma readers actual benefit, and for those elsewhere, to
encourage you to go and do likewise.  RMW

Oklahoma Food Update

Membership is past 60, we have 26 producers with Oklahoma foods to
sell, including 6 vegetable growers (five certified organic), and 11
meat producers.

Products that will be on our November price list include:

(All the vegetables listed are certified organic.)  Turnips, turnip
greens, butternut squash, mustard greens, kale, arugula, beef (both
grain fed and grass finished), pork, lamb, farm raised venison,
buffalo, pastured chickens and turkeys, eggs, james, jellies, barbecue
sauces, spice mixes, stone ground organic wheat flour and corn meal,
honey, pecans, cheese, almonds, hand crafted soaps, banana nut,
blueberry, and pumpkin breads, salsa, seasonings, firewood, cedar
wood, fall decorations, certified organic dried corn, certified
organic animal and chicken feeds, bottled Oklahoma spring water,
certified organic grain.

Some of the price information is online at
htp://www.oklahomafood.org/coopproducers.htm

Delivery to pickup places is available in Oklahoma City, Norman,
Edmond, Woodward/Enid, Tahlequah, and Stillwater.  Home delivery is
available in OKC, Norman, and Edmond.  The first delivery date is
November 20th, one week in advance of Thanksgiving.

If you would like to join the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, go to
http://www.oklahomafood.org/okfoodservice.htm and follow the
instructions.

On November 6th, 6:30 PM, we are having a banquet in Oklahoma City
featuring foods from nearly all of our producers.  Many of them will
be present so you can meet them personally.  Cost for the banquet for
members is $4.00, the non-member price is $8.00.  Children 12 and
under eat for free.  Four dollars of the non-member price may be
applied to a coop membership.

More information and a ticker order form is at
http://www.oklahomafood.org/banquet.htm .

Below is a list of the categories and products we will have available
in November.

Thanks to everybody for your support.  Less than a year ago this was
just a crazy idea floating around in cyberspace.  Now it is a reality,
and we are getting ready for our inaugural banquet and first
order-delivery cycle in November.  We invite you to join now, your
membership and patronage will help make Oklahoma a better and more
sustainable place to live, while at the same time giving your family
the best food for sale in Oklahoma during this holiday season.

Robert Waldrop

on behalf of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative Organizing Committee
Kim Barker (Waynoka), Kathy Carter-White (Tahlequah), Jonalu Johnstone
(OKC), Walter Kelley (Norman), JoAnn Logan (Edmond), Mark Parman
(Webbers Falls), Robert Waldrop (OKC)


Producer Categories

Vegetables | Meats | Poultry | Dairy and Eggs | Health and Beauty |
Grains, Flours, Breads | Condiments, Sauces, Spices | Non-food Items |
Nuts | Beverages and Water |
Animal and Pet Supplies | Jams, Jellies, Honey, Pickles

Vegetables

PD&H Farms, Okemah, certified organic vegetables
Swinging Gate Farm, Norman, seasonal vegetables, herbs, and bedding
plants
Pesterfields Sweet Corn, Paul's Valley, sweet corn
Crestview Farms, Edmond, certified organic vegetables
Worley Farms, Stillwell, certified organic vegetables
Charles Horn, Cordell, certified organic dried corn (as kernels, not
on cobs),


Meats

Honey Hill Farm, Edmond, farm raised Fallow venison, eggs, honey
Kim Barker, Waynoka, grass finished beef, lamb
Lyle K. Miller, Clinton, Longhorn-Corienta cross beef
Clear Creek Monastery, Hulbert, lamb
PD&H Farms, Okemah, grass finished beef, pork, lamb,
Red Pond Farm, Agra, lamb
Cattle Tracks, Fairview, natural beef, certified organic wheat
Wichita Buffalo, Hinton, buffalo meat (roasts, steaks, ground,
sausage)
Belle Star Buffalo, Eufala, buffalo meat
Kastl's Quality Beef, Stillwater, grain fed beef
Natural Farms, Tulsa, piedmontese beef, pork.

Poultry

Redbird Ranch, Webbers Falls, pastured chickens and turkeys,
Charles Horn, Cordell, certified organic chickens
Natural Farms, Tulsa, chicken

Dairy and Eggs

Honey Hill Farm, Edmond, farm raised Fallow venison, eggs, honey
PD&H Farms, Okemah, eggs.
Redbird Ranch, Webbers Falls, eggs
Christian Cheese, Kingfisher, cheese made with milk from their cows
Swinging Gate Farm, Norman, eggs.


Health and Beauty

Swinging Gate Farm, Norman, handcrafted goat's milk soaps,
Honeysuckle Hollow Soapworks, El Reno, hand crafted soaps


Grains, Flours, Breads

Cattle Tracks, Fairview, natural beef, certified organic wheat
Styxx Company, MWC, banana nut, blueberry, and pumpkin breads
Nick and Karen Callen, Kiowa County, certified organic wheat flour and
corn meal,


Condiments, Sauces, Spices

BL Waybackers, Mountain View, BBQ sauce and meat fixins.
Styxx Company, MWC, BBQ sauce, jams, jellies
Van's Pig Stand, Shawnee, BBQ sauce and salad dressings
Nick and Karen Callen, Kiowa County, red salsa, jambalaya mix, creole
seasoning.

Non-food Items

PD&H Farms, Okemah, cedar wood, firewood
Charles Horn, Cordell, decorations like wheat bundles and corn stalks,


Nuts

Whipporwill Ranch Pecan Company, Okmulgee, pecans.
Redbird Ranch, Webbers Falls, almonds


Beverages and Water

Sleeping Bear Creek Bottling, Woodward, 7 Springs natural bottled
water


Animal and Pet Supplies

Charles Horn, Cordell, certified organic chicken and animal feeds,


Jams, Jellies, Honey, Pickles

Honey Hill Farm, Edmond, farm raised Fallow venison, eggs, honey
Styxx Company, MWC, BBQ sauce, jams, jellies
Country Sunshine Specialties, Enid, jams, jellies, pickles, fudge


Producer Master List

Belle Star Buffalo, Eufala, buffalo meat
BL Waybackers, Mountain View, BBQ sauce and meat fixins.
Cattle Tracks, Fairview, natural beef, certified organic wheat
Charles Horn, Cordell, certified organic dried corn (as kernels, not
on cobs), certified organic chicken and animal feeds, various
decorations like wheat bundles and corn stalks, and certified organic
chickens
Christian Cheese, Kingfisher, cheese made with milk from their cows
Clear Creek Monastery, Hulbert, lamb
Country Sunshine Specialties, Enid, jams, jellies, pickles, fudge
Crestview Farms, Edmond, certified organic vegetables
Honey Hill Farm, Edmond, farm raised Fallow venison, eggs, honey
Honeysuckle Hollow Soapworks, El Reno, hand crafted soaps
Kastl's Quality Beef, Stillwater, grain fed beef
Kim Barker, Waynoka, grass finished beef, lamb
Lyle K. Miller, Clinton, Longhorn-Corienta cross beef
Nick and Karen Callen, Kiowa County, certified organic wheat flour and
corn meal, red salsa, jambalaya mix, creole seasoning.
Natural Farms, Tulsa, piedmontese beef, chicken, pork.
PD&H Farms, Okemah, all natural pork, lamb, grass finished beef, eggs,
certified organic vegetables, cedar wood, firewood
Pesterfields Sweet Corn, Paul's Valley, sweet corn
Redbird Ranch, Webbers Falls, pastured chickens and turkeys, eggs,
almonds
Red Pond Farm, Agra, lamb
Sleeping Bear Creek Bottling, Woodward, 7 Springs natural bottled
water
Styxx Company, MWC, BBQ sauce, jams, jellies
Swinging Gate Farm, Norman, handcrafted goats milk soaps, in season
vegetables, herbs, and bedding plants, eggs.
Van's Pig Stand, Shawnee, BBQ sauce and salad dressings
Whipporwill Ranch Pecan Company, Okmulgee, pecans.
Wichita Buffalo, Hinton, buffalo meat (roasts, steaks, ground,
sausage)
Worley Farms, Stillwell, certified organic vegetables