[BCN] Looking for Room in a Coop

[George Lee]

Hello All

I'm looking for a coop to live in starting Feb. 1.  I have experience in
cooperative/community living and am looking for a more social and
sustainable living situation.  I'm 23, recently out of college where I was
an Environmental Studies major with a focus in Religion.  In the past
year or so I've been an outdoor educator for the Student Conservation
Association as a youth trail crew leader and also interned as a children's
farm educator out in Ghent, NY.  Have been involved with agriculture, trail
work, backpacking, cooking, play the fiddle and guitar, and just excited to
possibly find a coop of like-minded folks in the Boston area.

My number is 310-633-4876 and my email is georgerlee at gmail.com

Please drop me a line if you have a room opening sometime soon or any leads
about one!

Warm (or cool?) wishes,
George Lee


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>   1. Re: Fwd: produce comparison between harvest and whole foods
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> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 22:06:52 -0500
> From: Karla Ellenbogen <red_house at pop.mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: [BCN] Fwd: produce comparison between harvest and whole
>        foods   prospect street
> To: "Jeffrey Rosenblum" <rosenblum.jeff at gmail.com>
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> I have heard that the Whole Foods store on Prospect Street
> systematically prices their items below those of Harvest, in an attempt
> to force the co-op out of business. It isn't hard to do because Whole
> Foods is a big chain, which can afford to take some losses --
> especially so since their workers are not unionized.
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> We do as much of our food shopping as we can with the Somerville Food
> Co-op SFC), which is not a store-front co-op like Harvest and orders
> directly from UNFI (United Natural Foods Inc.), so it's often cheaper.
> You might want to consider that as an option. (But SFC doesn't order
> lamb.)
> -- Karla
> On Jan 5, 2007, at 9:04 PM, Jeffrey Rosenblum wrote:
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> > I was surprized by this, just wanted to pass this info on to other
> > coopers. I'm not sending this to discourage shopping at Harvest (I was
> > on the Board for 5 years), just to encourage coops to get active in
> > communicating their concerns to the Board.
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> > Jeff
> > Bishop Allen Drive Coop
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> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Jeffrey Rosenblum <rosenblum.jeff at gmail.com>
> > Date: Jan 5, 2007 8:58 PM
> > Subject: produce comparison between harvest and whole foods prospect
> > street
> >
> >
> > All--
> >
> > I'm catering a party for 100, and part of the menu is lamb (which I
> > rarely cook), so I bought that at Whole Foods Prospect Street store.
> > While I was there (I'm never there, I'm always at Harvest), I did some
> > comparisons pricing of organic produce, and ended up buying all my
> > produce there. I thought you might be interested in the difference,
> > which surprized me quite a bit.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > January 5, 2007
> >
> > All items are organic.
> >
> > item -- harvest price -- whole foods price
> >
> > leeks -- $4.89/lb -- $2.98/lb
> > yellow onions -- $1.50/lb -- $1.98/lb
> > red onions -- $2.39/lb -- $1.98/lb
> > yukon potatoes -- $7 for 5lbs -- $3.98 for 5lbs
> > parsnips -- $3.79/lb -- $2.19/lb
> > carrots -- $5.99 for 5lb bag -- $4.49 for 5lb bag
> > beets -- $4.29 per bunch -- $2.49 per bunch
> > turnips -- $2.29/lb -- $1.98/lb
> > parsley -- $2.19/bunch -- $1.49/bunch
> > romaine lettuce -- $3.99 /head -- $2.49 /head
> > dates -- $9.99/lb -- $7.98/lb
> > arugula -- $2.99 /bunch -- $2.49 /bunch
> > cilantro -- $2.99 /bunch -- $1.49 /bunch
> > watercress (harvest did not have any)
> > endive (harvest did not have any)
> > local massachusetts boston-head lettuce -- $2.49 /head -- (harvest did
> > not carry)
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