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7 DAYS A WEEK
7 AM – 9 PM
(541) 482–2237
(541) 488–0470 (fax)
237 N First Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Driving Directions
Contact the Co-op
Links
- Demeter USA
- Oregon Tilth
- The Natural Step
- Food Alliance
- LIVE Certification
- Salmon Safe
- Certified Humane
- NCGA
- NCBA
- FTSLA
- Oregon Organic Coalition
- Ecotrust
- Rodale Institute
- Cornucopia Institute
- Organic Seed Alliance
- Farm Aid
- Take Back the Tap
- Food & Water Watch
- Fair Food Fight
- Non-GMO Project
- Return to Tradition
- Siskiyou Field Institute
Board of Directors
About The Board Of Directors
The Ashland Food Cooperative is a consumer-owned, member-governed cooperative corporation, and the Board of Directors is the ultimate decision-making center of the Cooperative. The Board provides overall direction for the Cooperative on behalf of the ownership, ensures sound management to achieve the goals of the Cooperative, and keeps the ownership informed about the status of the Cooperative. Board members are elected by the ownership for a three-year term.Qualifications to become a board member are as follows:
- Co-op owner in good standing.
- Knowledge of natural foods desirable.
- Useful experience, education, or skills might include prior work on a volunteer board; financial, business, or legal background management, supervisory, or organizational skills; negotiation, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills; collective/cooperative experience.
Article IV Section 4.3 of the Ashland Food Cooperative Bylaws state, "Patron directors may be nominated by the Board, by a nominating committee appointed by the board, or by petition signed by at least fifty owners and submitted to the Co-op at least forty-five days before commencement of election of directors. Patron directors shall be elected by owners at the annual meeting or at a meeting in lieu thereof. The staff director shall be nominated and elected by the staff who are owners."
Events and Tastings
Date:
Thursday, March 11, 2010Time:
4:00 pmLocation:
Culinary KioskEvent Details:
Here's a delicious vegetarian late winter early spring recipe for soup!Date:
Saturday, March 13, 2010Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pmLocation:
Culinary KioskEvent Details:
This recipe for a simple red cabbage salad is so delicious that you will want to make it everyday, or at least eat it everyday!Date:
Monday, March 15, 2010Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pmLocation:
Community ClassroomPresenter:
Joy Hosey, Relationship CoachEvent Details:
The "C" word-Commitment-elicits a wide range of beliefs, feelings and potential confusion for many couples. Commitments and agreements are foundational in any healthy partnership, yet many people struggle in clearly communicating their values and preferences. In this interactive evening discover how your conscious (and unconscious!) commitments direct the course of your love life. Whether you're headed for the alter or desirous of a long term "loveship", this evening will provide essential practices for you to explore.Date:
Monday, March 22, 2010Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pmLocation:
Community ClassroomPresenter:
Katja Machcinski, LMT,CNMT,CSTEvent Details:
From birth our Cranio Sacral systems are adapting to the onslaught of stimuli: chemical, physical, psychological, or traumatic. Cranial therapies can mitigate or alleviate the effects that have lessened our capacity for vitality, immunity, mental focus and emotional clarity.Date:
Monday, March 29, 2010Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pmLocation:
Community ClassroomPresenter:
Annie Fuller, Spiritual Healer and TeacherEvent Details:
Shamanism is an over 40,000 year old healing tradition. Tonight we'll talk about the foundational hallmarks of cross-cultural shamanism, with a focus on the human soul and the accelerated healing potential of soul retrieval. If you have been unable to move past depression, anxiety, repetitive patterns, and/or are physically ill, come learn about "old" ways of healing that are still serving us today.Latest Co-op News
Take Back the Tap
Ashland Food Co-op Stops Selling Single Serving Size Water in Plastic Bottles
Board Members
*President - Gwyneth Bowman
End of Term - 2010
*Vice President - Peter Hoyt
End of Term - 2010
*Treasurer - Guy Nutter
End of Term - 2012
*Secretary - Elizabeth Robinson
End of Term - 2011
*Staff Director - Ric Sayre
End of Term - 2011
*Director - Glenn Hill
End of Term - 2011
*Director - Joanie Kintscher
End of Term - 2012
Ashland Food Co-op
Ashland Food Co-op is Southern Oregon's only consumer-owned natural foods grocery and the region's first and only Certified Organic Retailer.
Co-ops are consumer-owned and democratically governed by an elected board of directors.