Tidal Creek Co-op’s Annual

Celebrate Local Weekend

Enjoy 10% discount on local items all weekend, Friday – Sunday.

Celebrate Local Day

Saturday, May 26, 12-4pm

Join the Co-op community to meet and greet our local producers, growers, and artists.

• Enjoy live, local music by Axiom.

• Sample local products.

Look for local, today and every day at Tidal Creek Co-op!

The Driveway Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held on May 16th, and featured guests and speakers, including: Craig Harris, Tidal Creek General Manager;  Charles Maimone, UNCW Vice Chancellor; Elise Rocks, Worsley Real Estate Appraiser, Broker and former TC BOD member; and special guest Margaret Haynes, Wilmington City Council member and TC owner.  Photo courtesy of UNCW / Jamie Moncrief.

“Keep it real, park in the teal” and come back often!

photos courtesy of UNCW / Jamie Moncrief

Join Tidal Creek Co-op for a guided tour of Black River Organic Farm. Explore the fields and greenhouses with Stefan and the crew, and find out more about where your food is grown. Tour meets on the farm in Ivanhoe and begins at 11am. Tickets and more information are available at Tidal Creek’s Customer Service Desk or by calling 910.799.COOP. Adults $10, Children 3-12 $5, Kids under 3 FREE, Tidal Creek Owners 50% discount!

We knew that a shed large enough to hold a 1000-gallon tank and nice enough to stand adjacent to the building that houses the Tidal Creek Co-Op and the Wilmington Yoga Center would have to be put together with much volunteer labor and materials in order to keep the construction costs under $10,000 — particularly from the general contractor, Old School Rebuilders, LLC, and the architect, Dogwood Design Studio. Further, for philosophical and budgetary purposes, we knew that the materials used to construct this building would need to be of re-purposed and second-hand sources as much as possible.

The inspiration for the exterior appearance of the building came from an article in the February 2011 issue of Dwell magazine. We’ve been looking for just the right project with which to implement the feature design in the article Superuse in Action. The big idea with the exterior of this residential project was to take recycled industrial cable reels, break them down, and employ the resultant lumber as exterior cladding.

I showed this Dwell article to Eric Jabaley of Dogwood Design Studio and asked him to put together a set of plans for the building that incorporated found materials from around Wilmington—cable reels from a local Time Warner Cable lot, leftover storefront glass from Standard Glass, crushed concrete and brick from Wilmington Materials, rebar for the foundation reinforcement from the scrap yard at Horton Iron and Metal, old metal roofing panels bent into new waterproofing flashing from Hanover Iron Works, a green roof from Mott Roofscaping and Highland Roofing, exterior doors from the salvage supply of EW Godwins’ Sons Lumber, and miscellaneous framing lumber from the construction and demolition pad at the New Hanover County Landfill.

Based on the dimensions of some of our found building materials, Eric quickly proceeded to compose a wonderful set of building plans for our structure, and we were on our way. Topping off our unique design is a building orientation that will maximize winter heating of the fuel supply by passive solar, and a robust insulation of the north-facing wall and vegetative roof.

After receiving our permit approval from the City of Wilmington’s Zoning Department, New Hanover County Inspections Department, and the Fire Services Department of Wilmington, we commenced the project on April 13, 2012, and hope to have a completed building, ready for biodiesel fueling and a special ribbon-cutting event, by May 9.

We would like to express our thanks to the businesses that have come on-board early with this project, and have agreed to donate materials or services at a reduced rate, or else for free:

Polecat Concrete, Horton Iron and Metal Co., Standard Glass, EW Godwins’ Sons Lumber, Hanover Iron Works, Wilmington Materials, New Hanover County Landfill, Mott Roofscaping, Highland Roofing, and Bill Ladd Electrical Services.

-Christopher Yermal
by Old School Rebuilders, LLC

“In a constant flux, like a true tidal creek…” A Spatial History of Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market

Environmentalism at Tidal Creek: A Food Cooperative’s Connections to a Social Movement

All Mixed Up: Gender in the Founding and Growth of Tidal Creek

Professionalization and Modernization: Changing Business Practices of Consumer Cooperatives

Of course, April also brings the celebration of Earth Day. I will take this opportunity to “toot our horn” here in the Co-op Kitchen. We have embraced our identity as an eco-kitchen. The staff is very conscientious and recycles multitudes of boxes and containers. Carrot trimmings, celery stalks, and onion skins get turned into vegetable stock for our great soups. What we can’t cook goes to someone’s compost bin or chickens. Even the wheatgrass flats feed the back door squirrels and robins.

Speaking of being environmentally conscious – meet us at the Earth Day celebration at Hugh MacRae Park. The store will be well-represented at our food booth and we look forward to seeing you there!

Co-op Kitchen Team

Tidal Creek Co-op Twin Pines Community Fund
Tidal Creek Co-op owners contributed almost $1400 to the Twin Pines Community Fund through donation of their 2011 Patronage Dividend Refunds. The Community Fund was established in 2007 as a permanent fund whose interest is given annually to local non-profit groups working on issues relating to sustainable agriculture and organic food, hunger and malnutrition, environmental protection, and cooperatives. Nourish NC, recipient of Tidal Creek funding in 2011, is a grassroots organization dedicated to feeding underserved children in our community who suffer from food insecurity. Applications for 2012 funding will be available at Tidal Creek’s Customer Service Desk, and will be accepted from qualifying community organizations through July 31st, 2012.

Wilmington Yoga Center is Expanding
The Wilmington Yoga Center is expanding this spring! WYC will grow into a 5000sq.ft. center above Tidal Creek Co-op, including; a state of the art 2000sq.ft. HOT yoga studio, expanded nationally recognized teacher training programs, 100+ classes weekly, showers, and more! Please stop by and mention that you read about it here, and receive a free class pass for you and a buddy! Visit our website to register for our FREE yoga workshop, highly unusual promo specials, events, and more as we launch our re-grand opening! We thank our students for the past 12 years and look forward to many more!
www.wilmingtonyogacenter.com 910-350-0234

My Co-op Rocks Video & Photo Contest
2012 has been declared the International Year of Cooperatives and the My Co-op Rocks Contest is celebrating by upping its game. More co-ops. Bigger prizes. More people sharing the love! Tidal Creek
Co-op invites individuals over the age of 18 to submit short, up-to-2-minute videos or photos in the My Co-op Rocks Contest, a nationwide competition in which co op fans fire up their cameras and unleash their creativity to share all the ways their co-op is making a difference in people’s lives. Submissions will be accepted online through April 30th at www.MyCoopRocks.coop and six big winners will share $5,000 in prizes. All skill levels are welcome. Whether shooting with a cell phone or high-definition camera, people are encouraged to submit an entry that celebrates the 2012 International Year of Cooperatives or communicates how their co-op helps builds a better world. The contest is offered by National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) and co-sponsored by National Cooperative Business Association, National Association of Housing Cooperatives, and U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. Voting will continue through May 31st, and the public will determine three winners in video category and three in the photography category, based on voting. Winners will be announced on June 15th. For the official rules, to enter the contest, or to vote on submitted entries, visit www.MyCoopRocks.coop.

Stock Up and Save with the Co+op Deals Coupon Book
The April-May edition of the Co+op Deals coupon book is mailed to active Tidal Creek owners, and will be available at your Co-op! This spring, save on your favorite brands including Organic Valley, Lundberg Family Farms, Kashi, Chobani, and Santa Cruz Organics. Food co-ops are celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives with great food, good values, and special series of short videos hosted by “Top Chef” fan favorite Kevin Gillespie. Join Kevin as he travels to food co-ops across the country – from grocery aisles to farm fields, and shares their passion for delicious food and their local communities. Watch and you’ll quickly discover the many ways food co-ops, their shoppers and owners, and their communities are stronger together. Visit www.strongertogether.coop to join in and learn more. Look for the coupon books at Tidal Creek Co-op in April. Coupons are valid through May 31, 2012.

Healthy Healing; a Step-by-Step Guide to Healing over 300 Ailments Through Diet, Whole Herbs, Supplements and Exercise
14th Edition by Linda Page, PhD., Traditional Naturopath, and Sarah Abernathy

An alternative subtitle for this book could be: Avoid the Side Effects of Pharmaceutical Medications and Skyrocketing Medical Costs with America’s Original Guide to Natural Healing.

This is a comprehensive, user-friendly, detailed, and informative reference book. I hope to give a thumbnail bit of information about this marvelous volume in order to entice you to want to have it for your very own.

Linda Page’s career in natural health spans three decades. Her bestselling books are used as textbooks at higher education institutions. She holds degrees in Naturopathy and Holistic Nutrition from Birmingham, Alabama’s Clayton College of Natural Health. Sarah Abernathy has been a researcher, writer and herbal consultant in the field of natural health for over 15 years. She is a graduate of the East West School of Herbology.

Millions of copies of this book have been sold since it first went into publication in 1985. Healthy Healing is easy to use. It is well organized and has a great glossary of terms as well as a useful index to find the ailment that you are researching. Instead of searching many web sites and loads of headings, here you can find the ailment with its definition and solutions right at your fingertips. Enthusiasm for and interest in alternative medicine is exploding in America, say Page and Abernathy. They estimate that in 2011, sales of herbs and herbal products might surpass $5 billion!

These authors say that doctors receive no reward for maintaining health, only for treating illness. Despite everything we know today, many U.S. medical schools still don’t teach disease prevention, good nutrition, or exercise as part of health. Technological advances and prescription drugs have become the new health care frontier; both of which carry a tangled network of third party red tape, involve long waits, and lots of money. Natural healing, on the other hand, is a life style. Its goal, you will find in this book, is to give people the opportunity to live well.

No prescription is more valuable than knowledge. This book is a ready reference for the alternative healthcare choices open to those wishing to take more responsibility for their own well being. Page and Abernathy never say throw away your doctor’s phone number. We need choices from all healing modalities. These authors say it is time to return to Mother Nature. According to these two women, whenever there is a need, Nature provides the answer. “The natural healing rule of thumb is one month of healing for every year you’ve had the problem.” Naturopathy is founded on five therapeutic principles, reveal experts Page and Abernathy; these are: Nature is a powerful healing force, the person is viewed as a whole, the goal is to identify and address the cause of the problem, the naturopath is a teacher, and prevention is the approach.

These principles are explained in detail and well worth knowing for future good health. It is the lifestyle of the person that the naturopath is concerned with. Most of us reading this review will concur with this and hopefully will make it part of our healing and care. Various alternative therapies are detailed in Healthy Healing. The modalities described include massage therapy, biofeedback, magnet therapy, applied kinesiology, acupuncture and acupressure and spiritual healing such as meditation and prayer, to name a few. What I like is that not only does Healthy Healing offer explanations of various therapies, but who they might be appropriate for and who should avoid them.

Page and Abernathy go into detail on herbs and therapies which utilize herbs. They even talk about the interaction of drugs with herbs. They admit that there is much to learn about taking herbs and drugs together. They believe that most negative interactions occur when people use highly potent standardized herbs, take extremely high doses of herbs, or combine herbs and nutrients with drugs that have innate toxic properties and serious side effects.

Healthy Healing gives detailed descriptions of a wide variety of ailments and suggested treatments for each. The reference guide describes the symptoms that might be associated with an ailment, as well as the causes and progressive stages of an illness. Following that are recommendations to prevent, treat, and heal the ailment using a variety of modalities. The recommendations are intended to provide a reference for the variety of alternative options that might be appropriate for addressing a particular health issue.

The roles played by vitamins and minerals in wellness and healing are explained in Healthy Healing, and the best ways to obtain specific vitamins and minerals from foods. This book even goes into healthy diets for dogs and cats. Organic foods are explained as well as genetically engineered foods. This information is very important in the world we live in today. This book is one of few books that allow you to customize your own personalized natural health program for more than 400 ailments.

You can find Healthy Healing plus many herbs, food, and supplements at Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market.