WINTER 2009:
A Sampler of recent suggestions of general interest ... and our answers:

I heard us mentioned in an interview on WBUR with someone who makes wine right here in JP– Good publicity!

Thanks – That was an interview with our old friend Rudy Canale, owner and proprietor of Twenty First Century Foods, who makes the Cantina Bostonia wine that we sell at both stores.
If that name sound familiar to long-time members, that’s because Rudy also makes the great local tofu we sell packaged and in bulk.
I called Rudy after the interview to ask for more wine, because it has been flying off the shelves since the broadcast.
For a 2004 article on Rudy and his tofu products, check out this page!

Please tape a pen to the One Minute Activist in the store again.
We'll get more signatures and then the customers won't have to hassle the front desk for a pen (which they sometimes don't have)

We did again, and a few days later it was gone again. Sorry. We’ll keep trying!

Learn how to make an Italian Sub!

Being a natural foods store, we tend to do things a little differently. Please let the deli clerk know what you want, so you can have it your way (uh oh, I'm gonna get in trouble for that!)

I want my friends to be Harvest members. I know why I am a member, but what is the best – and easiest - way to explain membership to them?

Great question. You care about the community. You care about healthy food for you and the planet. You want to support a locally owned business. Your reasons are the best ones.
Here’s a membership blurb. Memorize it – there will be a test. (OK, I’ll make it pass/fail)
“Joining Harvest is easy – It just takes a $200 refundable investment, (yes, you get it back when you leave) payable all at once, or $25 a year. Besides being member of a locally owned community organization here to serve you, you get a 10% discount once a month on Member Appreciation Day, a patronage rebate based on what the co-op makes and what you spend, member only specials, coupons, and more” .
Besides memorizing that, you should all carry member brochures around with you – available at a Harvest Co-op near you.

Where do I go to sign up for the farmer’s vegetables I saw distributed during the summer outside Harvest?

That beautiful local organic direct-from-the-farm produce comes from Red Fire Farm. You can sign up for the 2009 CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) by going to their website.
I had a farm share this year, and it was lots of fun – and lots of great veggies!
We host Red Fire Farm for three distributions – Wednesday and Friday in Cambridge, and Wednesday in Jamaica Plain.

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