On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 12:17 AM, Mark Snyder wrote:
Perhaps if Dyna were to actually stop by the Eastside Food Cooperative,
I actually have stopped by and attempted to shop at said "Cooperative". I found most everything pretty much double the price at CUB or more. The only thing I found to be reasonably priced was a bag of corn chips on sale. Upon opening the bag I found out why- they were stale!
she'd know that she can get both coffee and hot or cold foods from the deli
and she can sit down and relax in the seating area near the entrance.
I should warn you that I'm not accustomed to paying $5 for "coffee" and $10 for a snack. I've been spoiled by the country co-ops letting my refill my Cenex coffee mug for well under a dollar and sometimes for free. Even with a full meal of say, chicken, potato, and maybe cole slaw I usually get folding money back from a five. And for what a meal for two would cost at the local yuppie co-ops I can buy enough diesel to drive all day and a bag of chips too.
While our coop is unfortunately not able to offer biodiesel or a campground
at this time, it does feature locally-roasted Peace Coffee, which is
delivered by bicycle or by their new 100% biodiesel-fueled delivery van.
Good to see that the folks at Peace Coffee have finally figured out that pedal power does have it's limitations.
The biodiesel for their van is made from soy oil and is supplied by Cannon
Valley Coop (there's that word again!), which is located southeast of the
Twin Cities.
Renewable fuels like Biodiesel are darn near impossible to find here in Minneapolis unless you can handle a couple thousand gallons at a time. Corn fuel can be hauled in usable quantities in a small truck, but you'll need to drive at least 50 miles out to Glencoe, etc. to buy this renewable fuel. Meanwhile Minneapolis is littered with sources of organic foods... it seems we need a renewable fuels co-op far more than we need another yuppie food co-op.
looking for biodiesel and other renewables in Hawthorne,
Dyna Sluyter
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