Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative
Welcome to the Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative
‘We need to make it easier, more normal and convenient for people to make environmentally sound choices"
Bob Waldrop
The idea of a local food co-op was pioneered by Robert Waldrop of the Oklahoma City Food Co-op.
Bob was here in 2006 and did a presentation at the
Marguerite Centre
This led to a steering committee of local folks getting behind the plan.
The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative is a networking project for local food producers and consumers, whereby local consumers can connect with and buy from local food producers.
If you live in the Upper Ottawa Valley and would like to buy and/or sell locally produced food through our monthly online ordering and distribution system, please sign up by clicking on 'Join' at the top of the page.
Note: May and June 2008 are our 3rd and 4th trial order cycles, so please have patience as we continue to develop the system. Feel free to help the process by sending us your comments, questions, or problems, or by offering to be a volunteer, by writing to: info@ottawavalleyfood.org.
For more info on the co-op, download the OVFC Brochure.
Announcing:
Pembroke Farmers' Market Spring Smorgasbord
Saturday May 10th, 6pm at the Marguerite Centre (across from the hospital; parking & entrance at back of building).
**A great meal cooked by market vendors, with their famous pies & ice cream for dessert!
Door prizes
Fresh Baking
Music by Mel & 'The Happy Gang'.
Tickets @ Turbographics & Bunsmaster.
$16 advance, $18 at the door.
Phone 613-646-7878 to reserve tickets if you can't get to town in time.
Hope to see you there!
Thank you for supporting the Pembroke Farmers' Market.
"Homegrown & Handmade
Pembroke Farmers' Market"
Press Release, Feb 6, 2008 Download PDF
Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative – Focusing on Local Food!
The newly formed Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative Inc. (OVFC) will be having its first annual general meeting on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 2:00 pm in the auditorium at the Marguerite Centre (700 Mackay St.) in Pembroke. All interested parties and new and potential members are most welcome to attend!
Volunteers have been working for a year now to set up the OVFC’s Internet-based order/delivery system for locally grown and produced food. Bob Waldrop, the man behind the Oklahoma Food Co-operative, introduced the Internet-based ordering concept to local people in a February 2007 workshop at the Marguerite Centre. The volunteers involved in OVFC are keen on promoting healthy rural communities, environmental stewardship, social justice, vibrant local economies – and the availability of good local food!
“Food that has a story” is a key Bob Waldrop phrase. Many of us would like to know more about the food we eat: where it’s grown, how it’s grown, and how many miles it’s had to travel to reach our plates. “Localizing” the food system – by linking up local producers with local consumers – will have a number of positive impacts, from economic to environmental.
Anyone who wants to eat, buy or sell more locally produced food is encouraged to attend the OVFC AGM on February 17. Directors will be elected, new members invited to sign up, and the Web ordering system will be demonstrated.
You can contact the OVFC by calling Reuben Stone at (613) 281-2734, Janet McNeill at (613) 584-2101 or sending an email message to <info@ottawavalleyfood.org>. You can also visit <http://www.ottawavalleyfood.org>
For more information, call:
Janet McNeill at (613) 584-2101
Reuben Stone at (613) 281-2734.
Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative Steering Committee on Sunday April 1st 2007 at Bob Dobson’s Farm.
