*Co-op T-shirts & Ads in Owner's Manual*

Co-op T-shirts will be back in the store at the end of the week - come and get one, we will have a bunch of of different colors: get a T-shirt and show your support of the Durham Food Co-op!

The Marketing Committee has been working on updating the Co-op's Owner's Manual - we're planning on having it ready for the Community Sustainability Festival on 9/23. We have the last page reserved for sponsors and local partner businesses - members who wish to advertise their member-owned business along with the end-page ads for neighborhood business may send an image or text to Mary, "m.sagar@earthlink.net":mailto:m.sagar@earthlink.net. You may send business cards or letterheads, and these images may be truncated, shrunk or otherwise manipulated to fit.

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*Weekly Produce specials*

* Local Organic Eggplant $1.69/#
* Local Organic Sweet Dumpling Squash $1.59/#
* Organic Zucchini $1.49/#
* Organic Baby Carrots $1.69/1# bag
* Organic Pluots $2.89/#
* Organic Ginger Gold Apples $1.85/#
* Organic Bartlett Pears $1.89/10oz
... and more - while supplies last.

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*Weekly Co-op Update*

The Co-op now has two new lines of local beauty products! Moon Dance Soaps www.moondancesoaps.com and Earthly Good/Belisama Body Works. The two lines offer a complete selection of everything from baby care products to hair care products. Come in and check out the great work of our local entrepreneurs.

This Friday 9/15 we will be having a potluck at 7:30pm and a movie at 8:30pm to commemorate Culture Crawl - the Co-op is now a Culture Crawl stop. Come one ...come all to the Durham Food Co-op and share food to launch the evenings events!!! Starting at 7:30 we will be convening at the co-op to share in the bounty of that which the Co-op stands for... -- FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE -- come meet some new folks and stay late to watch a movie and check out the awesome art - impressionist pieces by Gabrael St. Clair and b/w photographs by Barbara Tanos. Enjoy a great free movie: at 8.30pm there will be a showing of Charlie Chaplin's 1936 classic "Modern Times." This film hilariously satirizes Depression-era social ills through the Tramp's disastrous encounters with the industrial age. This art show as part of Durham's Culture Crawl starts an exciting week at the Co-op, which will culminate in the Community and Sustainability Festival at the Durham Food Co-op on September 23rd.

The Durham Food Co-op is sponsoring a Community Sustainability Festival on Saturday, September 23, 2006 from 10am to 8pm. The festival will take place inside and outside the Co-op, which is located in the culturally diverse West End Community. As we all become more aware of the bad news-- conflict between people, and destruction of our natural environment--we need to become more aware of the good news--individuals and organizations that are creating meaningful positive change in the world. Right here in the Triangle, people are taking action. From bio-diesel vehicles to locally-grown produce to solar-powered music amplifiers, festival presenters will share their successes and help visitors learn what they can do to reduce their ecological footprint and live more sustainably. Several groups of local teens have been invited to explain how they are helping their neighbors become more aware to "Think Globally and Act Locally." Other topics include:

* composting with earthworms
* establishing neighborhood associations
* learning how to do home repairs
* exploring healthy eating habits for kids and teens
* conserving resources in your home
* making decorations with recycled paper
* learning about the Slow Food Movement
* understanding organic, local, and sustainable agriculture

Local musicians will entertain throughout the day; there will be a variety of kids' activities; and of course, we will have samples of delicious food and drinks sold at the co-op, some of it produced locally. Our neighbors at the mosque (masjid) next to are also having a street festival that day, and we are really looking forward to sharing the space and energy! They will have a fish fry and various booths.

Come join the movement for a better world. The Community Sustainability Festival takes place at the Durham Food Co-op on Saturday, September 23, 2006, from 10am to 8pm. For further information, please contact Sarah Palmer at (919) 286-1092, (919) 225-0466 (cell), or "mushiko_99@yahoo.com":mailto:mushiko_99@yahoo.com

As always, please let us know what you think of the Co-op. Your comments and Feedback are part of what makes the Co-op the dynamic organization that it is. Our next Board meeting is Sunday 9/24/06 at 4pm and members are welcome to attend.

Denise VanDeCruze

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*Upcoming Events:*

* Yoga @ the Co-op, Sundays 9:00am-10:30am -- This week: Traditional Shivanada style yoga taught by Ajay Bhatt. Please RSVP, for more details visit www.durhamfoodcoop.org/yoga
* Culture Crawl @ the Co-op, Friday 9/15 6pm-10:30pm -- Two local artists and a silent movie: Visit www.durhamfoodcoop.org/culture for details. Potluck at 7:30pm - Come and meet old and new friends!
* Community Sustainability Festival @ the Co-op. Autumn Equinox: September 23, 2006, 10 am to 8 pm --Visit "www.durhamfoodcoop.org/CSF":www.durhamfoodcoop.org/CSF for details. Volunteers are needed to help with the event. Please contact Sarah Palmer at (919) 286-1092 or email mushiko_99@yahoo.com

*Upcoming Meetings:*

* Marketing Committee, Friday 9/15 6pm-7.30pm
* Board meeting, Sunday 9/24 4pm

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*CSC - Community Supported Co-op Produce Program*

If you live in the neighborhoods listed below you can get a bag of fresh produce delivered to your door. The produce is chosen based on the availability of seasonal, local and organic produce. Each bag will contain a variety of produce including greens, root vegetables and fruit. You don't have to be home to receive your delivery. For details on how to sign up, visit "www.durhamfoodcoop.org/CSC":www.durhamfoodcoop.org/CSC.

Downtown Durham, Duke Central Campus, Duke East Campus, Duke Forest, Duke Park, Duke West Campus, Forest Hills, Lakewood, Morehead Hills, Old West Durham, Old North Durham, Trinity Heights, Trinity Park, Walltown, Watts, Watts-Hillandale, The West End

Denise VanDeCruze, BoD & CSC Initiator

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*Recipe for Simplicity* by Linda Breen Pierce
Source: "www.gallagherpress.com/pierce":www.gallagherpress.com/pierce

"Simplify, Simplify..." More than a century after Henry David Thoreau uttered these words, his plea for simplicity has more significance now than ever before. We work hard and play hard, filling nearly every moment with activity. Most families believe they need two incomes to pay for a standard of living that has doubled in the last 50 years. But do we? Based on my three-year study of over 200 people who have simplified their lives, I found that we can work less, want less, and spend less, and be happier and more fulfilled in the process. Here are ten suggestions to simplify your life. Don't try to simplify your life in a few weeks or months; most people need an initial period of three to five years to complete this transition. Small, gradual steps are best.
Don't let any material thing come into your home unless you absolutely love it and want to keep it until it is beyond repair. Too much stuff - it's suffocating us. Purchasing, maintaining, insuring, storing and eventually disposing of our stuff sucks up our precious life energy.

# Live in a home with only those rooms that you or someone in your family use every day. Create a cozy home environment that fits your family. You will find this is much more satisfying than living in a museum designed to impress your friends. Spending time and money to maintain a home that is larger than you truly need diverts these resources from more fulfilling endeavors.
# Limit your work (outside of the home) to 30 hours a week, 20 if you are a parent. To live a balanced life, we need "down" time - time to daydream, to relax, to prepare a leisurely meal, to take a walk. If we surround our structured activities with empty spaces, those activities will become more productive and meaningful.
# Select a home and place of employment no more than 30 minutes away from each other. Commuting time is dead time. It nourishes not the body, the mind, nor the soul. Preserve your energy and money for more rewarding life experiences.
# Limit your children's extracurricular activities to one to three a week, depending on age. Otherwise, you will exhaust yourself and your children will grow up addicted to constant stimulation.
# Take three to four months off every few years and go live in a foreign country. Living in a different culture fascinates, excites, and vitalizes us. It teaches us to live in the present, a core practice of simple living. We gain perspective when we experience a foreign culture. We learn how much we have to be grateful for.
# Spend at least an hour a week in a natural setting, away from crowds of people, traffic, and buildings. Three to four hours of nature time each week is even better. There is nothing more basic, more simple, than the natural world.
# Do whatever you need to do to connect with a sense of spirit in your life, whether it be prayer, religious services, journal writing, meditation, or spiritually-related reading. Simplicity leads to spirituality; spirituality leads to simplicity. Cultivate a practice of silence and solitude, even for 15 to 30 minutes a day. Your spirituality will evolve naturally.
# Seek the support of others who want to simplify their lives. Join or start a simplicity circle if you enjoy group interaction. Living simply in our culture can be a lonely journey. Your friends and family may still be on the work-n-spend treadmill and are unlikely to give you support. Participating in a study group will give you support and validation for your choices.
# Practice saying no. Say no to those things that don't bring you inner peace and fulfillment, whether it be more material things, greater career responsibility, or added social activities. Be vigilant with your time and energy; they are limited resources. If you say yes to one thing (like a job promotion), recognize that you are saying no to something else (perhaps more time with family). Live consciously and deliberately.

Linda Breen Pierce is the founder of The Pierce Simplicity Study and the author of Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World and Simplicity Lessons: A 12-Step Guide to Living Simply. She can be reached at pierce@gallagherpress.com

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