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Board of Directors 2021-22 Nominations
By Andrea Dawber Karma’s current Board is seeking nominees to fill five 2-year terms for Karma’s next Board of Directors, who will be voted in at our upcoming October 18th Annual General Meeting. All interested members are welcome to attend our September 8, 2021 Board meeting. Please contact the Board for more information or to…
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Miscellaneous In-Store Help Shifts
By Alex Molina Beginning this week we have made a new type of member labour shift available. Miscellaneous In-Store Help Shifts! Come help us with various in-store tasks such as bulk restock, date checking, cleaning, folding things, etc. These shifts are now bookable through our website. We will be phasing out Door Monitoring shifts as…
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Preserving Food: Where to Start
By Jennifer Knoch Food preservation, for me, hits a lot of personal values: shopping local and in-season, supporting sustainable agriculture, avoiding packaging and increasing self-sufficiency. Plus at this time of year, “putting up” some local produce is incredibly cost effective. So tie on your apron and grab your wooden spoon, because it’s time for food preservation 101! I’ve arranged…
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Karma Leadership Bulletin
By Andrea Dawber The Community Development Committee needs you! The committee has the enjoyable task of working to create, maintain and grow Karma Co-op community connections, both within and beyond Karma Co-op. We are starting up again and need new members. Get in touch with Libbie Mills, the Community Development Committee’s Board Liaison, if you…
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Seed Saving & the Karma Seed Library
By Kim Stemshorn and General Manager (October 2020) Seed saving is a great way to save on the cost of purchasing new seeds each year and to grow a variety that you know you have enjoyed and loved. If you have an existing garden, seed saving will just take a little bit more effort! Choose…
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Book Review: “Shuk” by Einat Admony
By Marilyn Lazar These precious weeks see the produce section at Karma lusciously laden with local produce. Members’ baskets overflow with fabulous fare, from beautiful blueberries to bright bunches of garlic scapes. It inspires me to pull out my most recently acquired cookbook. Flipping through the gorgeously illustrated pages, I recall a memorable meal I…
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From the Archives: Health and Beauty at Karma
Introduction by Nathalie Remond I first read this article back in 2017 when I had just moved from Montreal to Toronto. I had recently joined the co-op and wanted to learn as much as possible about it. The author is a former staff member named Sarit Cantor, who I never had a chance to meet. I…
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Call for Anti-Oppression Committee Chair
By The Anti-Oppression Committee Karma Coop is committed to developing policies and practices aimed at “dismantling white supremacy, patriarchy, cis and heteronormativity, settler colonialism, capitalism, ableism, and other forms of oppression.” Please read the following link. The Anti-Oppression Committee is seeking a Chair to ensure that Karma Coop’s commitment to anti-oppression is carried forward and…
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Product Profile: Delight Ice Cream
By Alex Molina & Benjamin Miller Summer is going strong and what better way to beat the heat than with Ice Cream? We have an assortment of flavors from Mint Chip to Dairy-Free Strawberry! Some fun partially true facts about ice cream: Ice cream cones were invented at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis…
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Product Profile: Jocelyn’s Soil Booster Worm Manure
By Alex Molina & Benjamin Miller Grow happier plants in happier soil! A regenerative product used to improve soil health in your garden-indoors or out. The worms are fed 100% recycled organics, collected from environmentally friendly workplaces in Ontario. Good for your plants and our planet. Worms had this to say: “You can taste the…