For most people, making a gingerbread house at the holidays is challenge enough. But Roz Cummins wanted to take it a step further this year: she decided to build an eco-house. What's the best way to make...

Currently, chickens are only allowed in Durham Residential Suburban Zone 20. There is no reason they should not be allowed in any urban backyard...

CSC, Community Supported Co-op weekly produce delivery took a break for the summer. This service will be available at the Co-op again with deliveries starting on November 28, 2007.

The Co-op's Annual Membership meeting will be held from 2pm-5pm in the Auditorium at "*J.J Henderson Towers, 807 South Duke St.*":http://www.google.com/maps?q=807+S+Duke+St%2C+Durham%2C+North+Carolina+27701&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title Please use parking and entrance in the back.

Agenda items include:

* Meeting Guidelines
* Q & A based on "Annual Report and Summary of Board Actions":http://www.cgtp.duke.edu/~rinke/DFC/annualreportweb.pdf
* Guest Speaker - TBA
* Revised Bylaw Proposal
* New Board Members
* Ideas and Hopes for the Co-op's Future

Prior to the meeting proper will be an *Old North Durham/Downtown Co-op Focus Group Discussion from 1-2pm* (also at J.J Henderson Towers).

Following the business part of the meeting, _Entertainment & Potluck_ starts promptly *at 5:15pm at the Co-op* with singer-songwriter Joe Woodson.

In this "issue:":http://www.durhamfoodcoop.org/files/Newsletter20070321.html

* Potluck & Movie @ the Co-op: Fri, 3/23
* General Manager Search
* Fresh Produce Delivered to Your Door
* Board Meeting on Sun, 3/25, 2pm.
* Earth Day Volunteers Needed.
* Weekly Co-op Produce Specials
* Co-op Opportunities - Getting Down to Values
* Durham Bike Co-op
* Growing Food, Growing Community, Growing Justice
* National Farmworker Awareness Week, March 25-31

In this "issue:":http://www.durhamfoodcoop.org/files/Newsletter20070314.html

* Potluck & Movie @ the Co-op: Fri, 3/23
* Slow Food Support Group Meeting
* Conflict Resolution Training Session
* Weekly Co-op Produce Specials
* General Manager Search, by Sarah Bish
* Quo Vadis, Durham Food Co-op?, by Michael Bacon.
* A Few Thoughts on the Challenges Facing the Co-op, by Dan Fiscus
* Co-op Democracy, Co-op Leadership, and Co-op Future, by Sven Rinke
* Board Meeting on Sun, 3/25, 2pm

In this "issue":http://www.durhamfoodcoop.org/files/Newsletter20070301.html:

* Conflict Resolution Training Session
* Co-op Documentaries
* Movie @ the Co-op: Unnatural Selection
* Board of Directors - Co-op Leadership
* Architect or Architecture Major Needed
* Call for CPA to serve on Finance Committee
* Co-op Conflict, Co-op History, Co-op Future
* Central Park Market - A Downtown Durham Co-op?

In this "issue":http://www.durhamfoodcoop.org/files/Newsletter20070222.html:

* Board Invitation
* Co-op Confidential Collective.
* What is a Consumer Cooperative?

* What: *West Chapel Hill Street Charrette*
* When: Saturday, February 24th, 8:30 am until 4:30 pm
* Where: Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, 904 West Chapel Hill Street

A charrette is a process where residents, community members and local business owners get together...

Watch this documentary by UNC student Julia Marden, who created this film as part of the "Portraits of Southwest Central Durham Neighborhoods" class at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.