Farmers’ Market Manager’s Report Meet the Staff Cadillac Desert Book ReviewRegional Flavorites Co-operative Community Fund Grant Award

Members-Owners Appreciation Day GMO-Your Right to Know Annual MeetingBreakfast with the Board Board Retreat

THIRTEEN YEARS & GROWINGTHIRTEEN YEARS & GROWING

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Manager’s ReportManager’s Report by Lucinda BerdonFarmers’ MarketFarmers’ Marketby Elizabeth Powell

Fall 2012 - Our sales in the second quarter of 2012 (April through June) are up 7.1%. This is $41,541 more than the same period last year. We're encountering a lot of sales growth in most of our food departments. We're forecasting a profitable year, and are planning several necessary storewide improvements, explained below.

Q2 2012

Sales: $622,988

COGS $413,004

Expenses $184,190

Net Ordinary Income $ 25,794

This has been a busy summer for us and we were so glad to have three registers to help move customers through our checkouts quickly and efficiently. During the High Sierra Music Festival we had as many as 750 customers a day!

Our sales during the festival were record breaking. In the first 10 days of July our sales reached over $100,000, which is $25,000 more than the year before. The festival also experienced record breaking attendance. Our community really benefitted from all the extra people in town patronizing our businesses.

The past quarter we worked at curtailing expenses, which we did accomplish. However, that backfired when our display freezer broke down. This was costly, as we lost a lot of product and had to replace and repair several parts to get it functioning properly.

Other improvements include:

Our new 'grab and go' case replaced the four smaller units we had in the store for deli and fresh beverages. We have installed our new 10 ft. grab and go case because it's more energy efficient, better looking and holds more product. The compressor is located on the roof so the noise in the checkout area will be less noticeable. Additionally, it won't heat up the building like the old units did.

Thanks for Your SupportThanks for Your SupportAnother summer has come and gone in a flurry of sun,

thproduce and music. We're happy to report that the 13 annual Quincy Certified Farmers' Market was a great success!

This was my first season as Market Manager, and the job was a total pleasure. Our vendors are passionate about what they do, the community loves this event and the summertime setting couldn't be beat. However, I have to say that the best part of coordinating this event is working with the Farmers' Market Committee.

We were lucky to beef up our committee this year; seven of our nine volunteer committee members were new to the scene, and all of them were ridiculously enthusiastic and committed to the cause. Our springtime meetings were rowdy affairs, with questions, ideas and debates flying every which way. Right from the start it was great to have such energy and humor amongst the group - the members cared about our Farmers' Market tremendously, but also didn't take themselves too seriously.

As the season progressed, these folks put ideas into action. Noel Carlson and Michelle Fulton breathed new life into the market Food for Thought booth. Intern Kristin Jacobs visited vendors and created beautiful Featured Grower displays. Carla Hamilton was the leader of the EBT/Food Stamp booth and our official bell ringer. George Scheuchenzuber tackled entertainment coordination and market set up with gusto. Nance Reed also was responsible for the entertainment lineup, and provided invaluable networking, marketing ideas and knowledge of seasons past. Jim Cross was our barricade setter-upper and offered ideas from the Chico Farmers' Market. Kyle Greer launched his own fantastic noodle booth, Strega Nona's, and thus became our vendor representative. And Terri Rust stepped in as the QNFC Board liaison. To top it off, committee members were the muscle behind our market, schlepping shade canopies, signs, tables, chairs, totes & other market paraphernalia needed for each week's event.

These folks contribute time and energy to the Quincy Certified Farmers' Market because they love our community, farmers, arts and music, and the market itself. It definitely couldn't happen without them. Here's to the Quincy Certified Farmers' Market Committee - hip hip hooray!

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Sign up for a classroom visit or store tour! We offer an array of multi-sensory activities to elementary school classes including breadmaking, fruit salad making and grain/veggie salad making.

Contact Jamie Huynh, Eat-a-Rainbow Coordinator,at 530.283.2458 or memberservices@qnf.coop!

We have new orchard bins for the produce department, replacing the old and funky half spool units

Next in queue: the much needed repairs to the west wall of the building. The siding and roofing are in such poor condition that it is imperative that we take care of it before winter.

We hosted our 2nd Member-Owner Discount Day on July 28th. We offered 10% off to all current Member -Owners, plus some great deals on many products. Sales were a little softer than we expected but we still had a fun day! On October 20th we'll be hosting Member-Owner and Customer Appreciation Day, so keep your eyes peeled for that because we'll be offering 10% off for members, again! It's a great opportunity to stock up on items!

We're proud to be hosting the High Altitude Harvest CSA at the Learning Center on Wednesdays. This is a wonderful and successful partnership. The location is convenient and shady for the CSA customers, the fresh produce and other products. It also builds excitement on the block! Check out www.highaltitudeharvest.com for more information.

This season's Farmers' Market has also been a huge success. Starting a couple of weeks earlier seemed to meet everyone's approval, judging by the number of people and vendors who showed up to the first market.

We've been celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) as declared by the United Nations General Assembly. As such we joined forces with Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Co-op and Golden One Credit Union to participate in the parade this year. The focus of IYC is “to promote cooperatives and raise awareness of their contribution to social and economic development and promote the formation and growth of cooperatives.” For more information check out http://social.un.org/coopsyear/index.html.

This year's Cooperative Community Fund recipient has been awarded to the Digging In program, a project of Women's Mountain Passages. For more info on this program, you can pick up one of their brochures in the store or look them up on line at www.wmpassages/programs/youth-programs.

We still have a few copies of our 2011 Annual Report available in the store. This report details the highlights of the past year and is a fun read for those of you interested in the finances, operations and direction of your cooperative store.

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by Nance Reed

Vegetables and kids. Two loves of Kari's. One of our newest clerks, Kari O'Reilly, is a serious woman with an amazing background. She spent two summers as an intern at our local Dawn Institute garden before joining the Co-op team. While an intern she also worked at the Community Garden project in Greenville where she continues to work and teach one day per week. While an interpretive specialist at Plumas Eureka State Park, Kari came to shop at the Co-op and met Manuel, Dawn manager, at the Quincy Certified Farmers' Market. Before that she worked in the produce department at Healthy Living, a natural foods store in Burlington, Vermont. While there she also taught preschool. Following friends who worked at a sustainable farm school in Santa Cruz, Kari worked at health food stores there and enjoyed the beaches.

Although she was born in Chico, Kari grew up all over California, traveling to other states. But she has returned to the lifestyle and the mentors that could make her ambitions possible here in Northern California. Kari is excited about the possibility of homesteading

Meet the Staff: Kari O’ReillyMeet the Staff: Kari O’Reilly

which, for her, is about putting sweat and love into a piece of land. Kari's activities while not working at the Co-op include taking care of her seven laying hens, two ducks and one bantam rooster, hiking, cross country skiing, swimming, learning more about local medicinal plants and reading novels. She recently received baby ducks which she'll take to the Greenville gardens so kids can learn about them.

by Marc Reisner, Revised edition Penguin Books, 1993 582 p. Reviewed by Benjamin Sawyer

Originally published in 1986, with a revised edition in 1993, CADILLAC DESERT is one of the finest "revisionist" environmental histories ever published. "Revisionist" in this case means a reinterpretation of orthodox views on human intervention into the natural world of water in the American West, and a scathing look below the surface of decision making relating to a whole string of water-related issues. The greatest value of CADILLAC DESERT, in my view, is that in Reisner's hands the reader wakes up ecologically to Western water history. Water becomes not just a passive issue, a dam not simply a static structure with the lake behind that dam just a pool of water, and a large canal just an impressive ribbon of concrete moving shimmering water off to the horizon. With Reisner's absolutely engaging and satirical prose, sometimes so good that in places you want to scream and laugh simultaneously, all of these issues become dynamic as he cuts into historical settings, personalities, causes, power politics, chicanery and manipulation and intimidation married to enabling weakness, larger and sometimes positive visions, and perhaps above and beyond all this, Reisner's deeper motivation to pierce the denial of effects associated with human hubris in relation to water. In the deepest sense, to make the natural world of water sacred.

The reason that I am reviewing an older book, and in this case one known to many of us, is to agitate those among us who have not read CADILLAC DESERT to consider reading it. The issue of water is never dormant (especially with climate change now a serious part of the equation), proven by ongoing conflicts over California's Delta water and the Governor's recent proposal to dig 35 mile tunnels under the Delta for north to south water transfer. Reisner creates an invaluable tool for critical thinking about such things with CADILLAC DESERT.

Cadillac Desert: the American West & its Disappearing WaterCadillac Desert: the American West & its Disappearing WaterPlease note: QNFC is committed to providing a range of topics and perspectives to our member owners.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may or may not represent QNFC's opinions.

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Co-op Members!Advertise your business in the next QNF newsletter.

Deadline for the next issue is Nov. 1, 2012

Business card sized ads are available$20.00 per issue/$60.00 per year (4 issues)

To place an ad, please contactJamie Huynh at memberservices@qnf.coop

This book is structured chronologically and water issues of the American West covered are legion. To be efficient, I will list the central ones, which Reisner covers in immensely greater and unrelentingly engaging and wickedly humorous detail:

Jedediah Smith and his importance to the opening of the West to settlement.

John Wesley Powell and his unbelievable 1869 traverse of the Colorado River in primitive rafts, which led Powell to become a major voice in settlement strategies.

The role of the railroads in promoting settlement of the West.

The Homestead Act of 1862 and various following acts as they related to settlement.

The speculation, water monopoly, land monopoly, erosion, and corruption associated with these Congressional acts.

The beginnings of the march toward large irrigation projects in the desert and semi-desert West.

The related imperial-style expansion West and widespread "get rich" motives.

The "grab" of Owens Valley water to enable creation of modern Los Angeles.

The Colorado River and its damming and taming (Hoover, Glen Canyon, etc.).

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s and its environmental origins.

Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams on the Columbia River and resulting job creation and electricity creation for running WWII munitions plants.

The era of the orgy of dam building (approximately 30,000 of them) and the cutthroat competition between the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. Incidentally, many more dams were on the drawing boards for Plumas County than were actually built, including one that would have flooded Meadow Valley.

Behind the facade of indomitable individualism (and often anti-big government attitude), the American West as a welfare state due to generous water and crop subsidies for the big farmers.

Finally, Reisner takes pains to make clear that there is always a "payment" on big water projects (especially dams) beyond official rationales for building, such as irrigation, flood control, and energy creation. Loss of salmon runs and waterfowl habitat, flooding of grazing areas (the racism of early dam building showed no regard for Native American treaty rights in this aspect), siltation behind dams (especially on the Colorado), and loss of recreation associated with free-flowing water are some of the consequences. And now, in the desert and semi-desert of the West an enormous human civilization has been built, made possible by a massive artificial water infrastructure. Can it all hold together?

In closing, two quotes from Reisner tell the story: "All things man-made had become plentiful, but a great menu of things once abundant in nature had become scarce" and, “As is the case with most schemes that involve a dazzling transmogrification of nature, this is a story without an end. . ." (speaking of the six great dams on the Missouri River).

Sutter Buttes Honey Co.We've got regional honey back on the shelves! Garvin Miles, beekeeper and owner of Sutter Buttes Honey Co., uses his hardworking bees to pollinate crops and, of course, make delicious honey. Want a discount? Buy it in bulk! 2 ½ gallons (30 lbs) is only $96. That's only $3.20 per pound! Talk to Dave Willis, Grocery Department Manager.

by Jamie HuynhRegional FlavoritesRegional Flavorites

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Congratulations to Cooperative Community Fund grant recipients Women's Mountain Passages! Quincy Natural Foods Cooperative granted $1,000 to support the Digging In program which offers children in Quincy and Indian Valley a chance to dig in the dirt all summer long. Participants learn about growing food, food sources, healthy eating choices and how those choices affect them and their world. If you'd like to learn more about Digging In check out www.diggingin.us and find out how you can support this meaningful endeavor.

The Cooperative Community Fund Grant AwardedThe Cooperative Community Fund Grant Awarded

In 2012, there are 29 food co-ops sponsoring Cooperative Community Funds. By FYE 2012 the 29 participant co-ops of the Cooperative Community Fund will:

Serve over 20 million customers a year in their co-op food storesDo over $600 million dollars a year in retail tradeServe 600,000 people in co-op member householdsOperate about 40 retail locations in fourteen different statesSee the largest CCF fund: about $300,000 in endowment assetsHave a combined CCF endowment balance of almost $1,100,000TPCF/CCF will have invested about $2 million in cooperative development

The Cooperative Community Funds act as endowments. The annual earnings of each CCF are donated by the sponsor Co-op to nonprofits in their local community. Since 1998 the CCF's will have made donations of almost $300,000 to hundreds of local nonprofits. About 25% was donated to creating and supporting other local cooperatives.

The Cooperative Community Funds actively fulfill three of the International CooperativeAlliances Cooperative Principles; “Education, Training and Information”, “Cooperation amongCooperatives” and “Concern for Community.”

In 1990, North Coast Cooperatives (NCC) began the concept that later became the Cooperative Community Fund. With their approval, the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation began replicating the NCC program in 1999, first in California and later nationally.

Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation invests the TPCF/CCF assets in cooperative development funds, NCB Savings, and in those credit unions and community owned banks which actively support cooperatives. The TPCF/CCF assets create a vibrant cooperative and community building economy throughout the USA.

TPCF/CCF has invested/loaned to the following cooperative development funds and projects:

$350,000 Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund (Midwest)$200,000 Cooperative Fund of New England (New England)$175,000 ICA Leaf Fund (Northeast and National)$300,000 Organic Valley Co-op (based in Wisconsin with membership of farmers in USA)$100,000 Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op (second store financing)$100,000 BriarPatch Co-op (move to a new larger location in Nevada City)$300,000 Equal Exchange (based in New England: national distribution to most food co-ops)$200,000 NCB Savings (federally insured) (the National Co-op Bank's affiliate)$300,000 New Hampshire Community Loan Fund$100,000 plus deposits in a local federally insured credit union

TPCF has also lent and been repaid $200,000 in loans to the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op and the BriarPatch Co-op in Grass Valley.

TPCF/CCF provides more funding to cooperative development organizations in the US than any other cooperative organization. TPCF/CCF assets are financing the development of consumer, worker and housing cooperatives in all fifty states. Every dollar invested by the TPCF/CCF program creates leveraging of at least 10 dollars of additional financing.

TPCF/CCF dollars generate over $20 million of lending mainly to food cooperatives. Almost every new food co-op, second store and existing food co-op expansion is funded with dollars from the cooperative development groups TPCF/CCFs invest in.

By FYE 2015 TPCF/CCF is projected to have assets of over $2.5 million dollars. Invested in cooperative development organizations this will then create $25 million dollars of bank financing for new and existing cooperatives.

And speaking of the Cooperative Community Fund, here are some FUND FILLED FACTS FOR 2012And speaking of the Cooperative Community Fund, here are some FUND FILLED FACTS FOR 2012

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The more CCF's there are the more donations to community groups at the local level and the more funds for cooperative development at the regional level. The CCF program has gratefully received project funding from the groups listed below. Please support these groups in every way possible. TPCF is always looking for support for the Cooperative Community Fund program. Please Contact Lucinda or Jamie for more info on how you can support this tax deductible 501(c)3 program.

National Matching Fund Supporters:National Cooperative Bank/NCB Development Corporation, Washington, DC, The MSI Fund of the Cooperative, Development Foundation, Washington, DC, Organic Valley Co-op, La Farge, WI, Blooming Prairie Foundation, Madison, WI, Equal Exchange, West Bridgewater, MA

Regional Matching Fund Supporter: The Cooperative Foundation, St. Paul, MN

Regional Sponsors: Cooperative Fund of New England, LEAF (Local Enterprise Assistance Fund) of the ICA, Brookline, MA, Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund, Minneapolis, MN

National Program Support Donor:Equal Exchange Organic Valley Co-op, National Cooperative Bank/NCB Development Corp., Washington DC

CCF Participants (in alphabetic order)Ashland Food Co-op, Ashland, OR, Bloomingfoods, Bloomington, IN (East, Downtown & Near West), Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro, VT, BriarPatch Community Market, Grass Valley, CA, City Market, Burlington, VT, Co-opportunity, Santa Monica, CA, Davis Food Co-op, Davis, CA, East End Co-op, Pittsburgh, PA, Food Co-op Conspiracy, Tucson, AZ, Hanover Food Co-op, NH (Hanover; South Park Street & Lyme Rd & Lebanon), Hunger Mountain, Montpelier, VT, Isla Vista Food Co-op, Goleta, CA, La Montanita, NM (Alburqueque, Gallup, Santa Fe)Lakewinds Natural Foods, MN (Minnetonka, Anoka & Chanhassen), North Coast Cooperatives, CA (Arcata & Eureka), Open Harvest, Lincoln, NE, Outpost Natural Foods, Milwaukee, WI (Capital, State & Kinnickinnic)People's Food Co-op, La Crosse, WI, People's Food Co-op, Portland, OR, Quincy Natural Foods Co-op, Quincy, CA, Rising Tide, Damariscotta, ME, Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, CA, River Valley Market, Northhampton, MA, Seward Co-op, Minneapolis, MN, Tidal Creek Cooperative, Wilmington, NC, Valley Natural Foods Co-op, Burnsville, MN, Weaver Street Market, NC (Carrboro, Southern Village, Hillsborough), Wheatsville Food Co-op, Austin TX,Willy Street Market, Middleton, WI

Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization established in 1964.

Member-Owner Appreciation Day. . . Check it Out!Member-Owner Appreciation Day. . . Check it Out!

Calling all QNFC customers, member-owners and community members: Join us on Saturday, October 20th, from 12 - 4pm for free samples, raffles, kids' activities and discounts. It's Appreciation Day and we're offering 10% off for member-owners and 5% off for customers on all eligible purchases.

Not a member-owner yet? Join us by completing an application (available in-store and on our web-site at www.qnf.coop) and returning it to the store along with your annual $20 investment (until you reach $300). We can't wait to show you our appreciation!

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In November, California voters will have an opportunity to declare their “right to know” - their right to know if the food they are eating contains GMOs (genetically modified organisms). A “yes” vote on Measure 37 will ensure that food sold in retail outlets in California will be labeled if it is genetically engineered.

GMOs are organisms - plants and animals - that have been genetically engineered so as to essentially alter their DNA. Often this is done to make them pesticide and herbicide resistant, enabling growers to apply toxic chemicals without harming the Crops.

There are five major GMO foods that commonly appear as ingredients in many of the foods we eat: corn, soy, canola, cotton seed oil, and sugar beets. Other foods, such as salmon, are scheduled to be genetically modified and distributed in the future.

To date, adequate testing as to long term safety for humans and the environment has not been conducted. Testing conducted thus far has primarily been done by agribusiness giant Monsanto, the very entity responsible for creating and promoting genetic engineering.

Currently, the only way to know that you are not consuming GMOs is by buying food that is certified organic. Measure 37, if it passes, will ensure that GMO food in stores will contain the label “contains (or may contain) genetically engineered ingredients.” In addition to this disclosure, genetically engineered foods are prohibited from being advertised as “natural.”

Restaurants, dairy products, eggs and alcohol are exempt from the labeling requirement.

Nearly 50 countries have either banned GMOs altogether, or require labeling. The United States is among the very few who have not done so. If Measure 37 passes, California will make GMO labeling history and set a precedent that other states will surely follow. Inevitably, the Food and Drug Administration, which has been reluctant to deal with this important issue, will follow suit and create more stringent federal regulations for genetically engineered foods.

Measure 37 began as a grassroots initiative, instigated by Pamm Larry, longtime Chico resident and food activist. It quickly gained momentum and statewide support. Local leaders emerged to spearhead the massive petition drive which culminated in well over half a million signatures. Plumas County gathered over 1,200 signatures during the three month campaign. In June, the initiative was declared vote worthy by Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, and given a proper title Measure 37 - Our Right to Know.

Please consider a “yes” vote on Measure 37.

For more information you can visit these websites: http://carighttoknow.org/

http://www.labelgmos.org/

If you would like to get involved to help educate voters in Plumas County, be listed among the endorsers of Measure 37, or if you would simply like to find out more about GMOs and local activities, you can contact area leader Linda Margaretic at wildwoodflower@snowcrest.net or 530.283.3989.

Your Right To Know Your Right To Know by Linda Margaretic

GMO Table at Solar Cook Off

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Did you know that the average number of customers per day is 325? And in the past 5 months our membership has purchased 5,000 pounds of bananas and 5,000 pounds of apples? These were only a few of the fun facts supplied by our General Manager, Lucinda Berdon, during her presentation at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 2.

In addition to a great dinner of veggie lasagna, green salad, and fresh hot garlic bread prepared by American Valley Bakery, we were also privileged to hear Annie Hoy from Ashland Food Co-op. Annie spoke to the seven principles of cooperative business. These are guidelines by which cooperatives put their values into practice. They are:

Voluntary and open membershipDemocratic member controlMembers’ economic participationAutonomy and independenceEducation, training, and informationCooperation among cooperativesConcern for community

During Lucinda's presentation she cited how co-ops are one of the greatest growing forces in retailing today. She also spoke to our emerging vision that includes:

providing exceptional foodproviding exceptional servicefostering a sense of communitysupporting sustainability in agriculture, environment, and communityproviding opportunities for education and extending our outreach effortsbeing a great work placebeing financially sound and responsiblepromoting healthy lifestyles

She enlightened us with a few more fun facts. Warnock Berenda chips outsell all others two to one. Jalapeno cheese puffs come in second. In the middle of the store the top sellers are toilet paper, sponges and kombucha.

Lastly, in supporting our vision in the “International Year of the Cooperative”, Lucinda encouraged all member-owners to bring others into our cooperative community in order to help us grow and be even more successful.

Annual Meeting DinnerAnnual Meeting Dinner by Pamela Noel

Raffle winner: Jeff Ellermeyer

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QNFC BOARDPresident

Terri Rust • 283-0428Rust@gotsky.com

Vice PresidentLinda Margaretic • 283-3989

wildwoodflower@snowcrest.net

Secretary•

TreasurerCarrie Hawthorne • 283-1625

Michael Rodriguez • 283-3225 plumasm@sbcglobal.net

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Pamela Noel 283-2480 Pamellanoella@hotmail.com

Pat Evans 283-2038Evans2evans@gmail.com

Piers Strailey 283-2604 piersandfaith@gmail.com

carrie.hawthorne@gmail.com

responsibilities as members and to become involved with current undertakings. Under the leadership of recently elected President Terri Rust, the Board progressed through an agenda that included better understanding of QNFC's budget and revising the wording for the Co-op's vision statement concerning what we will look like as our role in the community evolves. The Board also devoted time to the development of a strategic plan for how to realize the vision. Finally, the Board's self-evaluation process was reviewed as a means of increasing efficiency and effectiveness in its effort to provide guidance and oversight as Quincy Natural Foods Co-op continues to serve its members and the greater Quincy community.

2012 Board Retreat Review2012 Board Retreat Review

On a warm spring day in May the QNFC Board of Directors, as well as Finance Manager Aimee Chudy and General Manager Lucinda Berdon, met at Board member Linda Margaretic's home to conduct its annual Board Retreat. It was a time for new members Pat Evans and Piers Strailey to become acquainted with their more experienced colleagues- Carrie Hawthorne, Pamela Noel, Terri Rust, Linda Margaretic and Michael Rodriguez- as well as to learn more about their

by Piers Strailey

QNFC Financial AdvisorJohn Kimmel (Volunteer)

QNFC General ManagerLucinda Berdon

qnf@snowcrest.net

EditorJamie Huynh

Design & LayoutChris Bolton, Spudgrafix

Join your Board of Directors and General Manager, Lucinda Berdon, at Pangaea in downtown Quincy on Saturday, November 3rd, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

You'll enjoy a wonderful buffet breakfast, lively conversation with fellow member-owners and have the opportunity to give us your suggestions, ask questions and help steer Quincy Natural Foods Co-op into a strong and inspired future.

This event, along with our Annual Meeting, is one of two important ways the Board and General Manager connect directly with you, the member-owners. We want to share with you our current goals and projects, and we want and need your feedback and direction.

Seating is limited so be sure to RSVP by calling (530.283.2458), signing up in the store or by emailing Jamie Huynh, Member Services Coordinator, at memberservices@qnf.coop. The deadline to reserve your place is Thursday, November 1st. Adults only, no children please. You must RSVP to attend.

by Linda MargareticBreakfast With The BoardBreakfast With The Board

The Seven Co-operativePrinciplesThe Seven Co-operativePrinciplesQuincy Natural Foods Co-op adheres to the International Cooperative Principles as revised and adopted by the International Cooperative Alliance in 1995.

Voluntary and open membership Democratic member control Member economic participation Autonomy and independence Education, training, and information

Cooperation among cooperatives Concern for community

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As the holidays approach, keep in mind that you can special order delicious pies and dinner rolls for your Thanksgiving Dinner from American Valley Baking, right here in the store. Go easy on yourself this holiday season and still enjoy the taste of

homebaked! Call 530.283.9234 to place your order.

stThis year we're taking orders for fresh turkeys starting November 1 . These delicious gobblers will be available for pick-up on the Saturdays before Thanksgiving and Christmas. (Pick-up date may change.) Contact Sharrill Irons at 530.283.3528 to

reserve yours today!

rdJoin your Board of Directors at Pangaea in downtown Quincy on Saturday, November 3 , from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. RSVP by stcalling 530.283.2458 or emailing memberservices@qnf.coop. The deadline to reserve your place is Thursday, November 1 .

Adults only, no children please. You must RSVP in order to attend.

Check with staff in the store to special order your favorite products. You can use the laptop and forms provided in the Supplements and Beauty aisle. Or, you can login to UNFI website from home:

Go to www.unfi.comUNFI Region: UNFI West Region

Log in: qnfcoop@yahoo.comPassword: Plumas269Click on account: 000R

You can view by brand or category or you can search for products. If you know what you want go to 'View By Category' (on the left hand side of page) and select one (for example: 'Bulk'). More specific categories will come up. Click on one of those (for example: 'Nuts and Seeds'). Where 'Products per Page' is listed, click 100 so that you can navigate more quickly. On the top menu you can click 'Publications' to view catalogs, monthly specials, and to see what's on sale.

If you're logging in from home, bring your special order information to the store, along with your name and phone number. You can drop it off in person, FAX it to 283-1537, or email it to: QNF@snowcrest.net.

You can receive the QNFC quarterly newsletter online and in the mail if you like. E-mail Jamie Huynh at memberservices@qnf.coop or call 530.283.2458. You also have the option of receiving e-newsletters with our

bi-weekly sales info and monthly events and workshops.

Consider offering a health or food preparation class at QNFC's Learning Center. Or write an article for our Health Tips column, designed to offer helpful information (not advertising any particular business) about food, supplements, and healthy practices.

Interested? Contact Lucinda at 530.283-3528 or qnf@snowcrest.net.

Watch for classes on gardening, health, and more. Mondays at 5:30 at the Co-op Learning Center (248 Main Street, the white house across the street from the Co-op). Pre-registration is required, with a nominal fee for materials. Watch for details at the

Co-op.

Join your fellow members during this fall's Adopt-a-Highway clean up days and earn yourself a 9% additional worker member discount at QNFC! The last two clean ups for the year will be September 15th and October 13th from 9am to noon. It takes

fastidious volunteers to keep our community looking beautiful. Volunteers get gussied up in the latest safety vest fashion and get to chit chat with other awesome QNFC members. Look for sign-up sheets in the store a couple weeks before the clean up

date, or e-mail qnfadoptahighway@yahoo.com.

If a member-owner has passed away please notify the Co-op. Heirs or successors may complete a Share Withdrawal Form and provide a copy of the Certificate of Death to redeem the deceased member-owner's share equity. Any questions can be

directed to Jamie Huynh, Member Services Coordinator, at 530.283.2458.

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We are actively seeking artists of all ages who would be interested in having their artwork appear on the cover of the Co-op newsletter. If you are intrigued by this idea you may submit electronic images to: ztahol@gmail.com with the words cover art on the subject line.

And now the disclaimer portion of the show...

You must be a current member of QNFC.Files must be in JPEG, PDF or TIFF format only.Files must be between 200 dpi and 400 dpi.For the time, only 2-D images will be accepted.Images must relate to food/farming/Quincy area.Submissions become the property of QNFC on a “one time use” basis only.

If you are still furious that Ted Turner colorized the Maltese Falcon this may not be the venue of choice for you. Accepted images are subject to de-colorizing and image enhancement for printing, color enhancement, cropping and scaling, text overlay and other nefarious things to make the image work in an 8.5x11 portrait format.I will be as sensitive to the image as possible, but this ain’t fine art, it’s graphics and there is a difference. All technical and aesthetic decisions are at the discretion of the designer alone.

You can go to the QNFC website and view previous cover art including works by Joe Willis, Sally Yost and those youthful hooligans, Paloma & Diego Garcia-Couoh.

TROTTING THE GLOBE?TROTTING THE GLOBE?We would love to start a photo file of Farmers’ Markets from the far reaches of this big, blue ball we call home. If you are going to Timbuktu or Greece or Utah or the Central Valley there is probably a Farmers’ Market some where close by. If there is, and you have a suddenhankering for a peach or an unknown vegetable, thenwhile you are wandering the stalls take a minute topull out your smart phone or your vintage BrownieInstamatic and snap a few for those less fortunate folks back home.

If you get a good one that’s in focus and doesn’tfeature your nostrils prominently you can e-mail itto ztahol@gmail.com.

Whenever there accrues a nice selection we will publish them on a page just like this one in theelectronic version of the QNFC newsletter.

It would be swell if you included, with your photo,your name and the location (town & country) of the market.

Happy trails...

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SeptemberSeptemberCALENDAR-O-EVENTSCALENDAR-O-EVENTS

10 Gardener's Forum with Terri Rust, Alan Morrison and Noreen Thompson. 5:30-7pm at the QNFC Learning Center. Sign up in the store.

13 Last Quincy Certified Farmers' Market of the season!15 Adopt-A-Highway clean-up, 9 - noon. Sign up in the store.25 Board Meeting, 6pm at the QNFC Learning Center.28 Ladies Night Out, 5 - 8pm.

OctoberOctoberOctober is National Co-op Month!13 Adopt-A-Highway clean-up, 9 - noon. Sign up in the store.19 Eagle Peak Herbals workshop. 5:30-7pm at the QNFC Learning Center. Sign up in the

Store.20 Member-Owner & Customer Appreciation Day! Noon - 4pm.20 Juice 'Em or Lose Them Apple juicing at the QNFC Learning Center. 9am 'til finished.

NovemberNovember3 Breakfast with the Board. 9 - 11:30am at Pangaea. RSVP by November 1.5 Acorn Preparation Workshop with Pamela Noel and Terri Rust. 5:30 - 7pm a

T the QNFC Learning Center. Sign up in the store.

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