Good Eggs

We are THRILLED to announce our newest addition to the supporting business family is Good Eggs New Orleans!

And they’re offering all co-op owners a $5 discount off their first order. Place your order by Tuesday the 18th to pick it up just outside the co-op doors on Owner Appreciation Day (June 20th). For more info on Good Eggs and other supporting businesses that offer owners special deals -check out our website and email ownership@nolafood.coop with your name and owner # for the code!

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Operation OK is a relief drive for the tornado victims of Central Oklahoma. We are collecting new or gently used clothing for men, women, and children of all ages. There is an urgent need for baby diapers, formula, clothing, and toiletries.

Operation OK is a charity relief initiative started by a few NOLA entrepreneurs who were college students affected by Katrina, now looking to paying it forward to OK tornado victims.

Top  Reasons to take the N.O. Eat Local Challenge

 
1. Learn what foods are grown, caught, raised and foraged locally. Enjoy a wide variety of local food workshops, tours, classes and participate in the Scavenger Hunt with a $1000 prize.

 

2. Eating locally produced foods supports our local farmers, fisherman and shrimpers. Those dollars are available to be reinvested locally.

 

3. Locally produced foods are fresher and retain more of their nutrients than industrialized “ripen on the truck” fruits and vegetables.

 

4. There is a reason they call New Orleans the culinary capital of the world. New Orleans area produce and seafood tastes the best.

The One Million Bones Project has been fabricating human bones — a million of them in fact — all over the country and has been doing smaller installations, leading up to the major installation on the Washington Mall in June. The installation is intended to raise awareness of ongoing genocide and mass violence in the world. Each bone represents someone, who was the victim of genocide. Each bone will be placed ceremonially in the street, while survivors lie among the bones and tell the story of their experience. Profoundly moving and beautiful, it stirs awareness of ongoing horror and depravity that most people know nothing about. Of course the intention is to create mass public pressure to end genocide.

There will be a fundraiser event at the New Orleans Healing Center in the Interfaith Space in an effort to send some of the students who worked on the project to Washington, D.C to participate in the Installation event.

More information on the event is located on Eventbrite.

More severe weather expected today; people urged to get ready now.

WASHINGTON, Monday, May 20, 2013 — The American Red Cross is helping people in the Midwest with shelter, food, relief supplies and emotional comfort after tornadoes over the weekend destroyed homes and left thousands without power.

As many as 26 tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa, according to the National Weather Service. Hardest hit is Oklahoma, where severe tornadoes ripped through several counties, destroying or damaging hundreds of homes and leaving as many as 35,000 in the dark. The Governor declared a state of emergency in 16 counties. The Red Cross is supporting first responders and is providing shelter, food, distributing relief items and clean-up supplies and working with local and state officials to ensure people get the help they need.

The Red Cross is also helping in Kansas, Iowa and Missouri, where storms left more than 71,000 people without power. Meanwhile, the response continues following last week’s tornadoes in Texas, where the Red Cross is still operating shelters and providing food, relief items as well as health and mental health services. For more information:

We invite you to raise up colorful Tibetan prayer flags on the front of your business as a welcoming gesture to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.