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Welcome! Terre Foods Cooperative Market is a member-owned, natural foods grocery store that is forming in Terre Haute, Indiana. We will be a full service grocery store, open seven days a week, that will serve Terre Haute and the Wabash Valley community by providing access to local, organic, and natural foods at a fair price.
Terre Foods is being formed by a group of people who value good food and a strong, sustainable community. We believe so strongly in the benefits of a cooperative grocery store that many of us have become member-owners before the storefront has opened. Becoming a member and telling others about our venture are the best ways that you can help make this market a reality. Once our doors are open, everyone, members and non-members alike, will be able to shop at a place that focuses on quality and building community.
Below you will find some of Terre Food's latest News Items. To learn more about the cooperative, or how to become a member, click on the menu links above. Enjoy our site, and spread the word!
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Latest News
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| Upcoming Local Food Talks | | Terre Foods is excited to announce two public events at the end of February that will focus on local food issues. Please join us for one or both of them! A Discussion on Slow Food by Marion Fass, Phd Beloit College Thursday, February 25th, 7pm
Tirey Ballroom of the Hulman Memorial Student Union, Indiana State University Join Marion Fass and Terre Foods for a discussion about the Slow Food Movement while enjoying refreshments made with locally-produced foods. This event is sponsored by Indiana State University and SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility) Please contact jim@terrefoods.org for more details.
Eating Close to Home: A Terre Foods Benefit Sponsored by White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
Saturday, Februrary 27th, 7pm
Reilly Auditorium in Owens Hall on the north campus of St. Mary of the Woods
Jane Bush of Apple Schram Farm in Charlotte, Michigan will be giving a talk on the importance of co-ops in strenghtening local food systems. In addition, she will cover a few season extension techniques used on her farm. Jane has been an active figure in promoting local food awareness in the Ann Arbor area and is also the founder of Grazing Fields egg co-op. Organic/fair-trade coffee and desserts will be served. All ticket money goes to Terre Foods!
You can register for this event here. For questions, please contact Candace Minster at candace@terrefoods.org or 812-535-2935. $10 in advance/$15 at the door |
| | Local Foods Action-Alert! | | We just received a message from Nikki Royer regarding budget cuts to the Indiana Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. From what I understand, budget cuts will reduce inspectors to working just one or two days a week, which means that state-approved processing facilities will not be able to keep up with the volume of meat that is currently being processed. There's also the chance that the USDA will deem this inspection insufficient and eliminate it entirely. You can learn a little more about this here, http://pasturetoplate.wordpress.com/ This does not only affect the Royers--it affects all small farms. Please take the Royer's request to heart and contact Mitch Daniels to let him know how important it is that we maintain access to safe, locally-produced food! If you care about your food and the farmers who raise it, please immediately contact Governor Mitch Daniels @ 317-232-4567 or email http://www.in.gov/gov/2631.htm and tell him to reinstate funding for the Indiana Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. |
| | Have you seen our billboard? | 
This lovely piece of work (courtesty of member Christina Blust of Blustery Day Designs) is visible heading north on 3rd street, just over the Regency Inn, as pictured below. The ad is printed on a reusable material that we can relocate to other parts of town as needed while we maintain our membership drive. (Perhaps once the store has opened, we can have a repurposing contest to see who has the best idea for how we can reuse the material?) 
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I recently moved from Austin, TX to Terre Haute, IN and love everything about this community: the people are nice and inviting; it's affordable and easy to get around; and it's so close to many other exciting communities like Indianapolis and Chicago. The only thing I'm missing about Austin, besides a few friends, is my food co-op. Belonging to a co-op is more than just the opportunity to purchase organic and natural foods, it's a chance to be a part of a community of people working to make Terre Haute, and the world, a better place.
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| Brian Lee Whisenhunt (local resident) |
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Lookout Farm is a local producer of hay, beans, wheat, corn and Alpacas and Alpaca products. We also raise chickens, herbs, vegetables and eggs for sale. We welcome the organization of the new co-op market, and intend to support it by supplying quality food products for sale to customers interested in natural food products. We feel that this new venture will serve a much-needed place in our community.
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Don and Jane Conner - Lookout Farm
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