![]() The Olympia Food Co-op was incorporated in March of 1977 and moved to our Westside location in 1980. The original name was the Fourteen Ounce Okie Dokie Buying Club and the first location was a store front on 4 th Ave. Food buying clubs were being started throughout the nation in the 1970s by people seeking healthier food options, at that time whole grains and organic produce were hard to find, and to save money through cooperative bulk buying. Like many food co-ops across the country, the Olympia Food Co-op began as several food buying clubs combined to share resources and space. We strive to make human effects on the earth and its inhabitants positive and renewing, and to encourage economic and social justice. The purpose of the Olympia Food Co-op is to contribute to the health and well being of people by providing wholesome foods and other goods and services, accessible to all, through a locally oriented, collectively managed, not-for-profit cooperative organization that relies on consensus decision making. Ingredients are all eaten, either rice or noodles are added to the broth, simmered a little, andĮnjoyed with some eggs dropped and gently stirred in. What is the most exciting part of eating hot pot, for many people, is when most of the What makes each hot pot complete is the combination of the ingredients that adds so much Sauce, mirin, sake, kimchi, tomato sauce, or even cheese, that don’t require any dipping sauce. There are many varieties that are cooked with ingredients and seasonings, such as miso, soy Seafood, and meats, and they can be cooked in kombu, shiitake, fish broth or simply water andĮaten with different kinds of dipping sauces, such as ponzu with grated daikon or tahini sauce. Ingredients are normally loads of vegetables, tofu, noodles, shirataki or konjac, fish cakes, There are countless varieties that would never make you bored. Together utilizing what you have in your fridge, what’s in season, what’s available in your region,Īnd what’s in your budget. Hot pot does not only warm our body literally, but it also is normally shared with family andįriends at a table on a portable stove, where each of us has a little serving bowl with or without a dipping sauce, and we enjoy it with a good conversation and laughter. That has numerous amounts of vitamins and minerals, proteins, carbs, and fiber as well as some powerful and potent elements from ginger, alliums, sea vegetables, herbs and spices, and so much more. ![]() It might have something to do with our instinct telling us to eat some nutritious food in one go, What makes a lot of us excited and comforted. In Japan where I grew up, as weįeel the cold wind and step on crunchy fallen leaves in fall, the thought of eating a hot pot is Hot pot is deeply rooted in many cultures around the globe. Olympia Food Co-op or beyond! Co-op Table Winter 2022 Learn more about these local businesses and find ways to support them, at the ![]() Issue, Capital Homecare Cooperative and Blue Heron Bakery Co-op. Look outįor information about 2023's Cooperative Academy, happening this spring in LewisĪnd new cooperative ventures need our support! We are highlighting two in this There are lots of reasons to be hopeful for continued growth in our area. Hemp Cooperative, Chesed Farms in Walla Walla to Sound Audio here in Olympia, From Twisted Strait Fibers in Port Townsend, to Tokeland There has been lots of growth in housing cooperatives, worker owner models, as TheĬooperative principles that all co-ops operate from include, “Cooperation amongĬooperatives” and “Concern for community” and we certainly see these values at playĪs local businesses work to enhance our local economy and provide sustaining work to Grow and thrive! Thanks in part to the Northwest Cooperative Development Center,Ĭooperative businesses are popping up like mushrooms, all over the place. It’s an exciting time to watch cooperatives locally and around the state begin,
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