Week three of the Co Op

Things are going good with my PSP, we are continuing as a family to buy most of our stuff from the Co Op.  This last week we had a little bit of a bump in the road as far as just living our normal lives.  My wife gave birth to our second daughter Paige Elizabeth on the 9th

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As far as the PSP went, we were all forced to eat hospital food from their cafeteria.  The food tasted fine; however, I am willing to bet that it is not organic or from local farms.  This is ok though, I know that it is not all that realistic to eat solely food from the Co Op when things like this happen.  Also during the week , just to get rid of some of the meat that we had in the freezer, we made some burgers that were probably a part of a high yield super farm in which the cows were fed corn.

This Co Op is owned by the community, and that is what drives me to continue to shop there.  The profits do not go into the pockets of the employees, and at the end of the year if there is a surplus, it goes back to the owners.  This hasn’t happened in over 5 years, but the idea is nice I guess.  Another driving factor is the fact that I know where my food is coming from with this place and it forces me to eat more of a variety instead of convenience foods like corn dogs, or a frozen pizza or something.  This co op is full of more than just healthy food, they have many community outreach programs and donate money to local organizations.  For more info, check out the vid below:

Economically, the co op costs me a little more, but I really don’t care because ultimately it could keep me alive longer because it keeps me healthier than if I were to keep eating disgusting food.  A personal thing that I like is that it is teaching my daughter at a young age to eat good clean food and not be susceptible to norm of eating what is easily available.  To me, having to pay a little more is not an issue.

One way I guess that my PSP benefits me economically is that the Co Op is close to my house and I spend much less in gas to drive there and do my shopping than I would going to Win Co or Costco.  And the thing with going to Costco is I never intend on spending much before I go, and when  I am checking out I usually have a bill of around 250-300 dollars.  So maybe, shopping at the Co Op could be saving me some money because I usually only buy what I need at the Co Op instead of what I want.  Below is a post from everydaytipsandthoughts about why one individual decided to cancel their costco membership and I really am tempted to cancel mine as well:

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I think that shopping local is great and the whole community could potentially benefit economically by shopping local.  Supply and demand could become an issue with local farms given the fact that there are far more consumers around than there are farms.  But, I think that most people are stuck in their ways and happy with the norm.  Maybe that is how some of these local farms and the Co Op stays in business.  If they got too busy, they would be forced to defeat their own purpose and begin to mass produce items.  I am not a farmer, this is just my current observation.

Anyway, I think that I will totally continue to be a member at the Co Op and recommend that everyone comes by.  I can recommend that and not worry about supply and demand becoming an issue because I know that only a small number of people will actually do the right thing sadly.  Thanks for reading, and isn’t she sweet?!?