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Dear Co-op Members, Vitamin Order Forms are DUE! Please call if you have not mailed yours yet! The rain on our coast is delaying growth and harvesting for local crops. Prices overall remain high, which is why our orders are smaller than usual for this time of year. Fruit prices are coming down, however, so enjoy the fruit. Strawberries have been an excellent buy. Pod News: Thank you to Mary Polo, whose pod is moving to Tamima Friedman’s, Margaret Lewis/Wendy Kelly moving to Nancy Shiber's and changing to Thursdays, and Lucy Thompson, whose group is moving to Catherine Lyons’. Members of Mary’s and Jonne’s pod: Jonne’s new house is closer to Mary’s and Tamima’s is closer to Jonne’s old one˜want to switch groups? Call PD office and we’ll help. This week, we’re getting New York Ecologically Grown Empire apples and organically grown baby Deer’s Tongue lettuce and lamb’s quarters (for salad,) and radishes (good for the heart and blood;) Colorado spinach, California broccoli, red cabbage (possibly a half if they are large,) carrots, white corn, leeks, lemons, romaine lettuce, russet potatoes, strawberries; Tommy Atkins mangoes, orange-flesh honeydew melons; tomatoes from Mexico and Ecuadorian bananas. The onion price remains so high we got leeks and potatoes instead for the same amount of money. Please call immediately with any quality questions. Fruit shares are getting cantaloupes, Valencia oranges, peaches, strawberries and Packham pears. Fruit shares are $20, or three or more, $17. Please order by Monday morning, or call to cancel or confirm by then as well. Dividing instructions are in the manila envelope sent with each delivery. Dividers, please be vigilant about quality and call us right away so we can get credit from suppliers. Please get an ok from the office if you think it best not to give out an entire case of something. Always get an ok from the office before you divide two of something if the dividing instructions don't say to divide two cases, bags, etc. What’s coming in the order email (Tues. for Wed./Thurs. groups; Thurs. for Sat. groups): Send your name and your coordinator's name to janit@verizon.net to get on the list. Save money by helping out! Sat. Summit pod need a new host starting in June. Please call for details. Takes about an hour per week; $40 discount each delivery. How to make a Special Order: Call the office on Monday of your order week. Pay for your special orders by giving your coordinator a check before the delivery payable to Purple Dragon. Write the item and coordinator's name on the comment line. Or send it to us. June Specials (order by the 23rd) (Please call by Monday of your delivery week to order; Monday a week before for Wed. groups): Rapunzel 25 oz. organic oils, Spanish olive, 2/$20 or canola, 2/$10. Org. maple syrup, dark, 12 oz. (glass) or 1 qt. (plastic,) $10. Sweetened tart dried cherries, 1 lb., $10. Rumford baking powder, aluminum-free, $3. Dried apricots, organic Turkish, 1 lb., $4. Figs, dried organic calmyrna, 1 lb., $6. Organic dried cranberries with sugar, $8/lb. Gin-gins hard or chewy ginger drops, 2/$5. Cool fruits freezer push-up juice pops, no sugar added, 42 1-oz., $10. or 168 for $35. Once Again peanut butter, org., smooth or crunchy, salt or no, 3 lbs., $10. Honey, 5 lbs., $15. Eden org. beans, fat free, choose one: aduki, black, black-eye, black soy, garbanzo, great northern, kidney, white kidney, navy, pinto, OR red. 12/15 oz., $15. lentils or baked beans, $18/cs. Pasta, 10-11 lb. org. semolina fusilli, linguine, penne or spaghetti, or ww penne or fusilli, $20. Long grain brown rice, org. 5 lbs., $6.25; 25 lbs., $25. Sun. org. dark choc. chips, 9 oz., 2/$9. Avalon lotions, 12 oz., lavender, lemon, mint-thyme or rosemary, ANY 2/$15. Best, Purple Dragon Co-op: The local farm season is beginning now. Try to stay in the co-op even if you will be traveling this summer. Find a friend to take your spot if you will be away, or donate it or give it to someone to whom you owe a favor. Our small, regional farmers need our support to stay in business. Last year, we lost two who could not survive despite all their hard work. For environmental and economic reasons, we need to keep organic farming going in our area. Thanks for your help! Co-op Classifieds: Co-opers needed to speak to people about Purple Dragon in September, one hour or longer shifts at a farm fair in W. Jersey & a health fair in Summit. Please call to let us know if you would be interested. You would probably enjoy the fairs, too! (973) 429-0391 Brownie, 5 y.o. hound-shepard mix, loves attention, walks, running around, needs a home without children. Liz efenton@optonline.net; (973) 538-0559 Free-lance copy editor, proofreader, typist, desktop publisher will make your copy sing! Send 3 pages and $10 for a sample of my work. SAGE Editorial Services, 479 Maple Hill Rd. #36, Hackensack, N.J. 07601 Phone and fax: 201/489-7243; E-mail: SageEdit@aol.com 1992 Acura Vigor 147k miles, burgundy, 4 door, 5 cyl, ac/pw/pl, good condition. $3300. John (908)317-0272; jfe00000@yahoo.com Share partner needed, Montclair area, Caroline soyca1@webtv.net; (973) 893-0259
June organic coffee specials (shade tree grown and fair-traded, kosher): Colombian, a mellow complexity with a smooth finish. This coffee comes from a small estate where the owner pays his workers 65% above normal salaries, provides health care, day care and a school for the children. 5 lbs., $40 (reg. $45.) OR Guatemalan decaf, a mild yet full flavored coffee with a slightly cinnamony finish. 5 lbs., $45, (reg. $50.) Both in either a Full City or French roast, available whole bean or ground, roasted when ordered. Smaller quantities: 12 oz. foil packages (last a year:) Catskill Mtn. blend, Zanzibar, or Cup o' Joe, 1/$8; 3/$21; Rip van Winkle Decaf.1/$9; $3/24; Go Nuts Hazelnut, with hazelnuts! 1 lb., $11 (not in foil.)
Special Order Organic/Eco Produce Items (Prices this week): We can special order almost anything—call! almonds, $8/lb. or 2/$14; Eco apples, Mutsu, 20 lbs., $25; 38 lbs., $40; avocadoes, 6, Hass, $10; broccoli, 3 heads, $6.; carrots, 25 lbs., $20.; dates, Medjool, $7/lb.; coconut date rolls, $4/lb. or 2/$7; non-fertile eggs, 5 dz., jumbo, $15.; garlic, 1 lb., $6; 2 lbs., $10; ginger (Hawaii), 1 lb., $8; mangoes, $15+/box (8-14); onions, 3# yellow, $5.; exquisite pecans, not org., 1 lb., $6; 2/$11; 5/$25; pine nuts, $12/lb., short grain brown rice, 5 lbs. $6.25.; shallots, 5 lbs. $25; strawberries, 12 pints, $25-40; walnuts, 1 lb., $8; 2/$15.
Non-produce items: baby food grinders-$12; portable; puree regular food for baby; Bac Out stain & odor eliminator, 2/16 oz. bottles, $10; biodegradable bowl cleaners, 2/$5 or 12/$25; chopsticks, bamboo, 10 prs., $2; purple & pink floral, lacquered, 12 prs.; $15; stainless steel food mill, 3 disks, applesauce, etc. $30 (no peeling!) organic cotton grocery bags, Purple Dragon logo, $15 each or 2/$25. 15 bags-$11 each; 30+, $10 each, (two pairs, one to drop off and one to carry veggies home;) cobalt blue glass mugs with etched PD logo, 12 oz., $15; Miracle pulp-ejecting juicers, 1. plastic, $100 (reg. $125,); 2. fancier model takes blender attachment, $150 (reg. $175;) 3. stainless, $300 (reg. $325.); coir bristle veggie brushes quickly clean carrots and potatoes instead of peeling, $5; Aqua Belle water filters, (www.geocities.com/aqua bellemfg,) highest quality, $90; replacement cartridges last two years, $35 (compare this to other systems!) fluoride-removing, $125; cartridges, $60; shower filters, (for soft, chlorine-free water,) $50; wood care polish, natural scent, 8 oz., $7.50.
Natural Insect Solutions: Prevent mosquito larva from hatching! Your town can use this instead of pesticides! Bt mosquito dunks for standing water, drainpipes, birdbaths, etc. $12/6; Moths in your kitchen? Pheremone traps for meal moths, in-cabinet, $9 ea., 3/$25; larger hanging traps, $12 each; lures last 16 weeks. Cat flea collars, 2/$10. Zero Bite insect repellent, $8/4 oz.; boric acid ant bait, 6 filled traps, $8 or bottle of liquid (economical,) $6.
RECIPES & information! Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PurpleDragonCo-op to trade recipes, ask for help with challenging veggies and chat. Like having a recipe Fairy Godmother! Thanks to Wendy Kelly, Bergenfield pod co-coordinator. Red Cabbage Sauté
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