The Local Food & Film Festival held annually each March is going virtual. Local Food & Film Series will be held the first Monday each month. Anyone is welcome to join virtually to learn more about local food sources, farming, the environment, and more – all from your living room couch! Mark your calendars! Continue reading
March Message from the Board
Thank you volunteers! This past January the Rooted Carrot had over 500 hours of volunteer hours! We look forward to warmer weather when we can gather and celebrate our awesome volunteers working to make the Rooted Carrot Co-op Market (RCCM) a reality in 2022. Continue reading
The Capital Campaign is Here!
Last night at the Member-Owner Capital Campaign Launch Party the Rooted Carrot Co-op Market began formally raising $1.6 million to help us reach our overall project costs ($2.8M) to open up our community-owned grocery store. Continue reading
New Member-Owner App available Friday!
The Rooted Carrot Co-op Market mobile app will be available on Friday! Now you can keep your membership card on your phone and stay up-to-date on the latest offers from our business partners around the Cedar Valley!Continue reading
Spicy Sweet Potato Fries
In January, The Co-op Kitchen featured sweet potatoes. Here is one of the recipes Luann shared on the show. It’s really easy and you can customize it with your favorite spices. Luann encourages you to experiment with a variety of spices to find combinations that you like. Continue reading
The Rooted Carrot Co-op Celebrates its Newest Members
Please give a big Co-op welcome to:
- Anna Banfield from Cedar Falls
- Alan Stainaker from Cedar Falls
- Dotti Thompson from Waterloo
- Jensine Sullivan from Cedar Falls
- Sean Williams from Cedar Falls
- Nate Schmidt from Cedar Falls
- Bethany Heidemann from Cedar Falls
- Renae Hockemeyer from Cedar Falls
- Laura Martin from Cedar Falls
- Barb O’Rourke from Cedar Falls
- Karen Everling from Cedar Falls
- Jia Akaff from Cedar Falls
- A new friend from Cedar Falls
- And Business Member-Owner CrawDaddy Outdoors from Waverly
We’re inviting YOU to invite your friends to join these new Co-op friends and all 1086 member-owners by completing the online membership form and purchasing their share of the Co-op: https://rootedcarrot.coop/join-today/.
February Message from the Board
This is an exciting month for the Rooted Carrot Co-op Market! We have 1100 members, the Capital Campaign has officially started, and our new member-owner app is launching soon!
Our volunteer board members, who are also committee chairs, are spending many hours making this work happen. They couldn’t do it without the help of their volunteer committee members! Are you a new volunteer who wants to get involved? Are you a volunteer who wants to get back involved with us? Check out our volunteer page.
The Co-op Kitchen: Healthy Cooking with Luann
In November, the Co-op launched its own monthly virtual cooking show on Facebook Live. Volunteers Anna Bandfield and Luann Alemao have put together an interactive show featuring local ingredients and taking questions from viewers. Continue reading
Principle Number One: Open & Voluntary Membership
Rooted Carrot is a co-op ever establishing and growing itself in membership and benefit to Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and the surrounding communities. We are governed by seven co-op principles that make us distinct from other organizations. Each month you will learn more about each one of the principles. Continue reading
The Rooted Carrot Celebrates Its Newest Members
Please give a big Co-op welcome to:
- Rachelle Makinde from Cedar Falls
- Pamela Hays from Cedar Falls
- A new friend from Waverly
We’re inviting YOU to invite your friends to join these new Co-op friends and all 1086 member-owners by completing the online membership form and purchasing their share of the Co-op: https://rootedcarrot.coop/join-today/