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SuperMarket Update #19--11/21/00
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Due to the holiday and short work week, I'm combining last week's
update with this week's exciting news! The SuperMarket Project
and the Rural Coalition are pleased to announce that one new
group of small farmers has joined our Web site and we anticipate
two more within the next weeks.
At http://www.supermarketcoop.com/pwffpage.html
you can learn about Patchwork Family Farms located in Columbia,
Missouri. Patchwork includes 15 independent, family hog farmers
and their motto is "we raise pork the old-fashioned way."
They are a great group, and
although we won't have photos of their sausage, ham, and combo
meat/cheese gift boxes until next week, you can check out their
product descriptions at the following link
http://www.supermarketcoop.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=CTG
Y&Store_Code=SMCoop&Category_Code=12
In the next week, we hope
to announce products from the Family Farm Defenders, located
in Wisconsin. A group that I met last September during Farm Aid,
they will offer a variety of cheeses (including jalepeño
and tomato/basil) which are yummy. I know some of you were just
waiting for the cheese.
And finally, December 2nd,
Jamil and I will travel to Las Vegas, with other Rural Coalition
staff and SuperMarket Participants for the Intertribal Agriculture
Council's Annual Symposium. We will be hosting a workshop about
the project and how it works and hope to add new IAC products
during the
workshop! Organizational information about the IAC is already
posted at http://www.supermarketcoop.com/IACpage.htm
These new developments allow
us to appeal to a wider shopping audience and make exciting additions
to our fresh balsam wreaths, jams, syrups, honey, wild rice and
rice chips, baskets, lamps, table linens, hair accessories, coin
purses, tote bags, am I leaving something out? :)
And for those of you looking
for gifts, we have created a Holiday Shopping category with samplers
and gift boxes and the fresh Balsam wreaths, from HOME. Order
your wreath today, the first orders will be shipped started November
27th!
http://www.supermarketcoop.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=CTG
Y&Store_Code=SMCoop&Category_Code=08
Please let me know what you
think of the new products and cooperatives. Also any suggestions
you have about future product possibilities or leads would be
welcome. As always, email me at rbond@ruralco.org
In cooperation,
Rebecca Bond
SuperMarket Project Manager
A project of The Rural Coalition
1012 14th Street NW Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 628-7160 Fax (202) 628-7165
Toll Free 1-866-RURAL-80
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