Health Conscious? Check Out the Oklahoma Food Coop!
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on May 09, 2016
Tuesday Morning, May 3rd, Adam Price with the Oklahoma Food Coop was our guest speaker. Adam, pictured at right with Rotarian of the Day, Greg Smith, is the Logistics and operations manager for the Oklahoma Food Coop. The Coop is a great source of made and grown in Oklahoma products, including organic foods and grass fed meats. The Oklahoma Food Cooperative is a member-owned organization that connects Oklahoma producers with customers through our online store. They carry a high quality selection of over 4,000 local food items and craft goods – more than any other cooperative in the United States. Their mission is to make healthy living easy, affordable, and accessible for every Oklahoman. They pride themselves in their transparent operations, environmental stewardship and economic sustainability.
On the first day of each month, the ecommerce portion of their website www.oklahomafood.coop , opens for business. You can then order 24 hours a day until midnight on the second Thursday of the month. Registered customers or members are able order from more than 5,000 different items grown or made right here in Oklahoma by the Cooperative’s Producers. Customers can browse the network of about 100 Producers and shop the online catalog of foods and products. (The number of Producers selling each month varies depending on their production.) On the third Thursday of each month, the Producers bring your orders for fulfillment to the Operations Center located at the Old Farmers Market near downtown OKC. Volunteers sort the products into individual customer orders and they are then delivered to one of 52 locations around the state where it will be available for you to pick up your food items and craft goods