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April Break Baking for Kids!
by Rosalind Ashe Karma-member and baker extraordinaire, Inayat Singh, hosted December 2020’s highly popular Holiday Baking Webinar. She’s back! A home baker and avid cookbook collector, Inayat has taken numerous courses on baking as part of her travels and formal baking classes. On the weekends, she spends time in the kitchen, working on her passion…
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ODE TO A KARMA BUNDLE-BUGGY
by Arthur Jacobs A Bundle-Buggy (BB) is not to be confused witha grocery store shopping cart, or the virtual on-line check-out version.Our Buggy has reached the age of recognition!BB has turned 26-years old.The 1995 date-code,stamped on the cardboard boxlining the inside of its basket,tells me so.BB has completed hundreds of trips to Karma Co-op.More than…
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Keeping Food Fresh
by Jennifer Knoch Karma shoppers take so much care in buying their food, but there are great ways to extend that care, and your food’s life, once you get home. Not only does that save money and resources, but cracking down on our food waste is a top climate change intervention according to international scientists…
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A plant-based grocery guide for Karma Co-op Food Store
While we carry animal products, Karma Co-op has lots of options if you’re a Toronto-based vegan, vegetarian or someone looking to reduce meat and dairy in favour of a more plant-based diet. Want to know what it’s like to shop vegan at Karma? We’ve put together the below grocery guide. Essentials for a vegan or…
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Celebrating our Black Suppliers
In celebration of Black Histories/Futures Month, we’d like to showcase some of our Black suppliers. Karma would be nothing without the products on our shelves and the amazing suppliers behind them. We want to increase our products sourced from BIPOC suppliers. This is an area we need to improve on if our products are to…
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DYK? Fun Food Fact…
by Nathalie Remond, on behalf of the Food Issues Committee. Like most fruit and vegetables, the peel is the most nutritious part of an orange. The way we traditionally peel it results in discarding nutrients with many health benefits. Numerous delicious recipes wisely use grated orange peels for flavour in marmalades, cakes and pies. A…
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Is the Almond Milk We are Drinking Bad for the Bees?
by Helena Friesen, with additional research by M. B. Shaw, for the Food Issues Committee The Food Issues Committee has been asked to look into the question of whether our increasing consumption of almond products is contributing to the decline in bees (1). How almond farming practices are related to the health of bees may…
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Karma’s first building condition assessment guides our planning
Karma’s first building condition assessment conducted by CMS Building Consultants & Engineers in 2020 outlines the essential building repairs and improvements required over the next 10 years. A summary of the capital needs below is pulled from the report with cost estimates. The full report is available to all interested Karma members by emailing Andrea…
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Karma Shopper Survey
by Kristy van Beek Last June, Karma conducted a survey to learn more about you and what you would like to see and experience at Karma. A big thank you to the 333 people who took the time to share their valuable feedback with the co-op.We heard loud and clear what members love most about Karma.…
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Karma’s 2020 holiday campaign raises $11,500!
Thank you, Karma members and friends. This holiday season fifty-nine Karma members, past members, staff, trial shoppers and visitors gave generously to help strengthen and build our food co-op. Every dollar raised will be invested this year in essential building renewal projects. Thank you, Future Fund donors for your generosity and support! Aidan Nulman Alex…