Karma Roundtable

Mission Statement

Our aim is to:

• Create a community of actively participating members;
• Foster a healthy connection to the food we eat, the people who grow it, and the other organizations who share our beliefs;
• Co-operatively educate ourselves on environmental issues;
• Exercise political and economic control over our food;

by operating a viable co-operative food store.

2009 Karma Membership Survey

After a brief hiatus the Karma Membership Survey is back! That’s right it’s time to take a few minutes, share your opinions and help build Karma.

This year, we’re particularly interested in learning more about your shopping habits, what drives your purchasing decisions and what types of products you purchase or would like to purchase at Karma.

To thank you for your time, after you complete this survey your household will be entered into a draw for a $50 Karma Co-op Gift Certificate!
 This survey will take you approximately 20 minutes to complete. So please follow the link below and let us know what you think. If you can’t complete it now, mark your calendar, the deadline is July 12, 2009.

Events

Karma Bike Tune Up Day is Cool and Community Building!

Saturday June 6th, 2009 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This year’s Annual Tune Up Day is supported by The Bike Joint. Join cool bikers and get a tune up as well as repair tips (bring your own parts/accessories). Get your bicycle humming. Be ready to ride the streets of Toronto. Hit the bike paths or trails in or outside the city this summer.

Call Derek for more info: #(416) 532-6392

1st Ever Healthy Fair!

All of us have one thing in common; we are into healthy alternatives from conventional practices of food production. Taking this one step further, we of the Events Committee want to tap into the wealth of health information members have to share with each other on healthy lifestyle practices from anything related to food preparation, body healing and practices that in anyway enhance our health and mother natures! Join us to learn about practices such as yoga, holistic nutrition, fermentation, energy healing along with other energizing and healing ways to address your health and wellbeing. Come chat, sample and try out something new or not so new; learn about how others use a practice that may inspire you to grow and develop in a different way.

Saturday June 13th, 2009 10 a.m to 6 p.m. (Rain date – Sunday June 14th 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Call Laura for more info.: #(416) 531-7977

Submit Event

Past events can be found in the Events Archive

News

Attention all Karma members – The Coop needs your help! Membership at Karma has been declining recently and we need to reverse this trend. How can I help you may ask – This is how: Tell a friend and help Grow Karma!!

We are asking each member to tell your friends about Karma; While you’re at it why not bring them into the store and show them how great Karma is.

As an added incentive the Outreach Committee will be conducting a prize draw. For every person you bring in that becomes a Karma member you will receive an entry for the draw. Every new member will also receive an entry. One prize each, consisting of a $25 Karma gift certificate, will be awarded to an existing Karma member and a new Karma member.

The contest will run from May 1 and close September 15, 2009 so…

Tell a friend and help GROW KARMA today!!!

April-May 2009 Chronicle

Table of Contents

• Report From the General Manager
• Finance Committee Report
• Keep on Building: Lend a Hand
• Get Involved and Grow Karma
• Karma Then, Now, and ???
• Local Food Plus
• Simple Steps for Spring
• Springtime Recipes
• The Ripe Review
• Product Spotlight: Crofter's Jam
• Karma Events and Such

Read the latest issue of the Chronicle (PDF)

Karma Members Needed for Outreach Committee

Members are needed to restart the Karma Coop Outreach Committee. The Outreach committee works to promote Karma Coop in the local community in order to enhance our visibility and attract new members.

• Do you have communications and/or promotional experience and skills?
• Do you have a large social network in the local, food, environmental or coop community?
• Do you think Karma is a great place that others should know about?

If you answered yes to any of these questions the Outreach Committee needs your ideas and time to help recruit new members and grow Karma.

For more information contact Kevin Taylor or Sarah Pretty at board@karmacoop.org

Karma is the best organic market

Read the Now article.

Karma Hours of Operation Update

Please note that, as of September 5th 2008, Karma Food Co-op will start opening at 11:00 am on Fridays. See Karma's hours of operation.

The Chronicle Via E-mail

The Chronicle can now be received via email as a PDF document, from an email distribution list on the day of publication. We encourage people to save trees, and try to read the chronicle online if they can. If not, you can always get your issue of The Chronicle at the store, beside the cashier - if you don't see it just ask!

Instructions on how to sign up for the email list.

Submit News

Older news items can be found in the News Archive