Suggestions

Those whom we have been speaking to regarding forming a new co-op have made the following suggestions:

JB says:

CO-OP BUYING IDEA: AMMO

LK says:

LK's co-op proposals:
* 1) maintain a list of good food sources on the website;
* 2) obtain some supplies from the sources in the list below: #2, 7 & 9-13 and sometimes #3-6 & 15;
* 3) allow or encourage co-op members to speak for one minute each at meetings to share important info;
* 4) allow or encourage members to advertise products and services to fellow members;
* 5) use sociocratic unanimous rule at meetings as per lin4.webs.com;
* 6) plan to set a goal and to make plans to achieve it;
* 7) provide members sources of info on how we can cooperatively buy fuels, electricity, phone service, and many other basic regular purchases;

Here is a list of some of the best sources I know of.
1. Index of local sources of good food products etc:
www.mercola.com/article/agriculture.htm
2. Oregon source of good, cheap wild or organic herbs, superfoods etc, mostly by the pound:
http://www.pacificbotanicals.com
3. Dr. Schulze's powerful herbal tonics:
herbdoc.com
4. Dr. West's exceptional natural products:
doctorsonduty.com
5. Dr. Royal Lee's whole food supplements:
http://www.standardprocess.com/display/router.aspx
6. Dr. Mercola's products:
http://products.mercola.com
7. Locally grown foods and farmers markets:
http://www.localharvest.org
http://www.localharvest.org/search.jsp?lat=43.07131&lon=-71.50908&scale=9&ty=-1
8. Farmers Markets:
http://apps.ams.usda.gov/FarmersMarkets
9. Locally grown wild or organic foods:
http://www.eatwild.com/products/index.html
10. NH organic beef:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103278713038992589454.00043cda60808d2b41b19&om=1&ll=43.032762,-72.128092&spn=0.719737,1.505127&z=10
11. MA organic meats, eggs etc:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103278713038992589454.00043cc8bff719efc240c&ll=42.625591,-72.691598&spn=12.26726,18.215332&z=6&om=1
12. VT organic meats, eggs etc:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=44.613934,-72.020874&spn=5.544426,7.075195&z=7&om=1&
msid=103278713038992589454.00043ccc9230cc5ec5cf1
13. ME organic meats, eggs etc:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103278713038992589454.000438dae6399da996adf&ll=44.377805,-69.734548&spn=2.705005,3.99353&z=8&om=1
14. How to grow good crops:
http://attra.ncat.org
15. Most important health and dietary info:
nhc.lefora.com
16. One of the best places to search for cures, or effective treatments:
curezone.org
curezone.com
17. Place to find alternative health care practitioners:
byregion.net