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HGC Annual Owner's Meeting
Save the date. The Hudson Grocery Cooperative annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 14 at Woodland Hill starting at 6 p.m.Watch for an invitation and more information in October.
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HGC Seeks Board Candidates
We are currently seeking candidates for the Hudson Grocery Co-op Board of Directors.
We are closing in on the Annual Owner Meeting and we are still taking applications for our Board of Directors. As a Director, you will have the satisfaction of serving a growing organization which will cultivate and sustain the local economy here in the St. Croix Valley!
Our volunteer Board is made up of 5 to 9 co-op owners who each serve a specified term. Directors commit to attending meetings, sharing ideas and pursuing educational opportunities.
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a Board Member - please reach out at hudsongrocerycoop@gmail.com. We will be happy to talk you through the process and give you a better idea of what being on the Board entails.
The links below will provide you with more information about becoming a board member, as well as the application which needs to be completed by October 27, 2017. Thank you for your interest in the Hudson Grocery Cooperative Board of Director’s!
Board Application Packet 2017
Board of Director Application 2017
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Val Aune: Owner #223
Val is the owner of two shops in downtown Hudson, La Rue Marche and The Bees Knees. She is grateful for the incredible local support her shops receive and believes a Hudson Grocery Co-op would be embraced by many of those very supporters. Val loves the idea of a grocery co-op providing a year-round farmers market to our community.
Val is an active member in the Hudson Independent Business Association.
Her fondest food memory - cooking with her grandma in a true farm to table experience. Coupling her grandpa's incredible gift to garden and her grandma's recipes, there was so much goodness to enjoy.
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Left: Not just for kids, Larry White has fun with veggie prints. Center: HGC volunteers Michelle Sjobeck and Ann Peck. Right: Sherry Venies joined HGC at the art Festival.
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HGC at Spirit Art Festival
HGC had a successful weekend at the Spirit of the St. Croix Art Festival; we had two new owners sign up on the spot. There were about 40 people who signed up to receive The Beet newsletter and three who were interested in volunteering. These numbers are impressive!
Our volunteers did an incredible job and we want to thank them for taking time out of their weekend to share their enthusiasm for growing our Co-op.
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Our event volunteers were: Deb Beaudway, Jacki Bradham, Jacqueline Dahlstrom, Melanie Herberg, Steph McCormack, Annie Peck, Bec Peters, Michelle Sjobeck, Tracy Yndestad and Carol Zempel.
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October is National Co-op Month
The cooperative model is unique. A co-op exists to serve its members, but the members are also the owners. With ownership comes an opportunity to participate in some co-op decision-making. Globally, there are nearly one billion people who are cooperative member-owners. And in the United States, there are more than 29,000 co-ops, including—but not limited to—retail food co-ops. Co-ops are for everyone. At nearly all food co-ops, you don’t need to be a member to shop. Your local co-op is democratically owned and operated, and everyone is welcome.
A BIT OF HISTORY
- Minnesota was the first state to declare an official Co-op Month proclamation in 1948.
- Co-op Month has been a nationally recognized celebration since 1964, when U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, a former Minnesota governor, proclaimed October Co-op Month.
- The first national theme in 1964 was “Cooperatives: USDA Helps Build a Better America.”
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Sheepdog Competition
Dogs, sheep and beautiful weather made for a pleasant weekend at the Wisconsin Working Stock Dog Association (WWSDA) Sheepdog Competition at Badlands Sno-Park. It is amazing to watch the dogs at work and the beautiful rolling hills make an picturesque setting.
Thank you to the event volunteers Jacki Bradham, Melanie Herberg, Buck Malick and Bec Peters.
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