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Frequently Asked Questions:

1. What does the committee do?

The food issues committee is involved in various tasks, which include defining and interpreting the product policy, implementing case studies to test different purchasing scenarios, and developing the implementation guide. One of these case studies concentrates on the needs of members seeking products associated with local harvest celebrations. One result of this research was the Harvest Bulletin, which looked at celebrating and promoting the harvest season.

The committee is also in the beginning stages of developing an analysis of the impact of the food policy guidelines on how buyers balance potentially contradictory criteria (i.e., “Do I buy local melons or organic melons, if we haven’t got enough to buy both?”). When members approach staff to ask them to order a particular item for Karma, how can that request and the buyer’s answer be shaped in part by the policy guidelines? Stay tuned to the Chronicle and the coop website to see what the committee is involved in.

2. How do I become involved with the committee?

Karma Coop members who are interested in becoming involved and contributing to the food issues committee can do so in several ways. Committee members can get involved as adjunct or core member. Adjunct members work on specific assigned committee research tasks. Core members contribute to the committee on a routine basis through meeting attendance and participation, contributions to case studies, guide writing and specific tasks that arise. For further information, please fill out a membership application. [600 kb]

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3. Who are the members of the committee?

• Michael Herring (chair)
• Anil Kanji
• Betsy Carter
• Gillian Kranias
• Michelle Szabo

This page was last updated on 26 September 2007.