Re: Warehouse open today?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for stopping back by for your order today Jodi! We did have a temporary

staff-less

glitch for a couple of hours today. However, something REALLY BIG happened

during that

time, and it affects us all.....

I had been invited to a very interesting meeting today with MAYOR R.T. RYBAK and

staff!

Turns out the Mayor, and in particular his wife MEGAN O'HARA are starting a new

movement in the Twin Cities called HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS~

We are blessed with a mayor and first family that have read Omnivore's Dilemma!

They

shop at the coop, at the farmers markets and eat in restaurants that serve local

food!

This Kick Off meeting today (where I was over the lunch hour) was the beginning

of one of

the most exciting projects that has ever hit the city! Can you imagine having

city support

for everything we are doing here? Just about everyone who is anyone in the

local food

movement was at the meeting today, as well as a full complement of health, food

and

regulatory people from the city offices. The mayor has declared that he wants

healthy,

local, sustainable food to be available to every citizen of Minneapolis. His

office wants to

help make it happen! The timeline is December 2008 > June 2009! This is a REAL

program (not lip service) with a real mayor who really gets it! This is the shot

of oxygen

that we need so badly!

PINCH ME!

More details to follow when I write a more complete review of what happened

today. I'm

still in shock!

Will Winter

Traditional Foods Warehouse/Buying Club

[Guest guest]

At the Farmers Union Convention last year, RT Ryback was a guest speaker and

this was his pitch to the farmers there. His family buys local and recognizes

the value of MN agriculture to the local economy. We had a nice visit after he

spoke, he really seemed sincere. He understands the economics of it very well.

June