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/.

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. 

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→

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→

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/

We need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.     – Alan Rickman

During these difficult times, spending quiet times exploring the written word has had additional meaning for many of us.  Two years ago, a diverse group of individuals came together to explore experiences found in books and share occurrences from our own lives.  Throughout this period of time, we have added new voices and shared goodbyes with several of our members.  But through it all, the voices we have heard have opened new conversations and created special memories.Continue reading→

The Co-op board and volunteers have been talking about a capital campaign for years. “Be ready” and “It’s coming” have been part of the key messaging. Now the messaging has been updated: “The Capital Campaign is here!”Continue reading→

The Rooted Carrot Co-op Market is honored that health advocate and incredible Co-op supporter, Luann Alemao-Johnson, has offered to host cooking classes from her own kitchen!  Did you catch her program on spices in December?  Beginning this month Luann will be live at 3:30pm every 3rd Thursday of every month! But remember, you can always watch these programs later on the Co-op’s Facebook Page or the Co-op’s YouTube channel Rooted Carrot Co-op Market on YouTube.Continue reading→

Happy New Year! Rooted Carrot Co-op Market (RCCM) has a lot to look forward to in 2021! This is an exciting time to be a member-owner and we need everyone’s help to keep us moving forward towards our goal of opening in 2022. How can you help? Continue reading→

You have through January 2021 to take advantage of this SWEET deal!

The Rooted Carrot Co-op is extending the opportunity for new fully invested member-owners to receive a homemade pie along with all the other membership benefits through January!   Not only will new members enjoy all the current benefits of membership but they will also receive a Gift Certificate for a delicious pie made by The Pie Lady!  You heard that right!  All new members will have 1 entire year to redeem their Gift Certificate and order the fruit pie of their choice!  The Pie Lady, aka Laura Bru, is not only a proud member of the Co-op she is also a Business Partner.  The Pie Lade offers each of our current members $1 off every pie you purchase from her business!

For every 5 new members a piece of the “PIE CHART” on our webpage will disappear! Let’s see the entire pie vanish!

RULES:

1. New, paid in full membership through January 2021
2. Must like pie!

Will you help devour the pie?   Join Today – Rooted Carrot Co-op