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Highlights

California Avocados

Department: Produce / Posted on April 12, 2012

certified organic Ettinger and Hass avocados

Hass (large & small), Pinkerton, Bacon, Reed, Fuerte, Zutano

(seasonal stock varies)

The beauty of living along the West Coast is our daily abundance of certified organic produce. Our mineral-rich avocados are all from California, and the variety changes from season to season, and even within a season.

Currently, we have the good standby, Hass, and the long, pear-shaped Ettinger and Pinkerton.

Ettinger has a subtle, buttery taste – but is the hardest to peel.

Perfect for scooping out with a spoon! Workers at OA have recently been sighted eating Ettinger like it’s ice cream.

Hass and Pinkerton both darken as they ripen, are easy to peel, and have a pronounced creamy taste – the more traditional avocado taste.

 

OA Housemade Sauerkraut

Department: OA's OWN / Posted on April 6, 2012

OA’s OWN Sauerkraut, 8 oz & 16 oz jars

Our OA’s OWN crew makes the most delicious fermented cabbage, with juniper berries, caraway seeds and chunks of apple – mmm!

High in vitamin C and lactobacilli, sauerkraut is the perfect food to stave away the cold & flu virus. Captain James Cook took it with him on his journeys, to combat scurvy.

Eat it out of the jar! Pack it in your bag with a spoon.

Worker Kathryn’s ancestors ate sauerkraut during the winter months, in the French Alsace style, with their farms’ pork meat (choucroute garnie) to balance out the low pH of the fermented food.

And you get to keep these wonderful glass jars, a reminder of fermented goodness.

 

 

Eat glorious beans

Department: Artisan Foods / Posted on February 13, 2012

Rancho Gordo Heirloom Beans / Prepared Hominy (Posole)

The story is this: Steve Sando opened his heirloom bean shop in Napa Valley  after being fed up with using produce from thousands of miles away, or even overseas. So on the subject of beans – instead of general dried beans, what about connecting with the farmers in Mexico and  importing heirloom beans, paying the farmers a fair wage to support their living? And that’s what Steve did.

What’s the big deal – beans in a bag? I could get dried pinto beans from the bin for far less money, you’re thinking. Oh, you could. But the taste would be inferior to Rancho Gordo’s New World beans! Once you eat heirloom beans, your life will have turned upside-down. You’ll eat these beans for the rest of your life.

And we haven’t even gotten to hominy (posole) yet! Posole – a staple in many Mexican stews, sides & main dishes. If you’re thinking that this is tasteless, mushy hominy from the 1950s that your mother had to eat at the dinner table, well – don’t think that. It’s glorious, delicious, tasty dried corn!

You can visit the store in Napa. You can go to the Ferry Building in the city. Or you can stop at Other Avenues – where we have a small selection in our grocery aisle. Ask us – we’ll trot you over to the Rancho Gordo subsection.

News

Did you knowthat 2012…

is the Year of Cooperatives? 

 

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 Year of the Coop RED CARD PROMO

Our Red Card promo continues for the entire year of 2012! By purchasing a year-long red card, you’ll get one additional month free, PLUS a one-time 20% coupon, good until Dec 31, 2012.

(Barring any unforeseen Galactic/Universal/12.21.2012 situations.)

Read more about our 2012 Promo >>

The Spring 2012 Newsletter has sprung!

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New Stuff 

SALMON CREEK RANCH DUCK & EATWELL FARM CHICKEN EGGS ARE HERE!

 

The SUCCULENTS have landed…read more!

 

& we have more! Go to our HIGHLIGHTS section, and peruse the left sidebar for any category.

 

Salmon Creek Ranch ducks having a delightfully busy day. Taken during a worker field trip in 2011.

What’s California-local in Produce this Spring/Summer?

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certified organic RHUBARB

OA Film

Events & Workshops

Sweet & Easy Raw Chocolate Sweets w/Chef Alyssa Cox ~ SATURDAY, May 19th~

Urban Hen Raising w/Eco-SF ~ SUNDAY, June 3rd ~


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Why Shop Co-op?

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2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives!

Worker-coops worldwide support non-hierarchal decision-making, fair labor practices, & economic equity.

In the Bay Area alone, there are dozens of Worker-owned cooperatives offering an array of services, including retail, bicycle repair, graphics design, web-hosting, and tech support.

By supporting your local cooperatives, you are supporting democratically-owned and operated businesses who act, in the words of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as “a reminder to the international community that it is possible to pursue both economic viability and social responsibility. “