Gift Ideas from Harmony Co-op for 2014

It’s the “Season of Giving” and your co-op is ready to serve you and help with all of your meal and goodies preparations as well as your holiday gift list. The store is filled with perfect gift ideas for everyone. Buy my gifts at Harmony? Absolutely! You won’t believe the options of gifts available. Here are just a few suggestions: Local Products: Showcase what our area has to offer and create a gift basket of locally grown and/or produced items. Honey from Bar Bell Bee Ranch, wild rice from Native Harvest, batter mix from Red Lake Nations, breads and baked goods from the 4 Hippie Chicks at the Cabin Coffee House, Roma Kawa and Wollman coffee, Minnestalgia syrups and jams – the list goes on and on! Just look for the “buy local” shelf tag. Quality Culinary Products: You would be hard pressed to find a cheese assortment as superb and varied as ours. Pair some of the cheeses with the gourmet crackers, dips, and spreads we carry on the shelves or from the Good Food Deli for a truly amazing gift basket. Don’t forget the World Cuisine section for hard to find ingredients that every foodie will love! Seasonal Products: New this year are gift packs from the wonderful Badger company like a balm sampler, portable aromatherapy stick packs, and balm kits. An assortment of the always popular wall calendars and datebooks from We’Moon are also back. You can find all of these and more on the “Your Holiday Preparation Store” display as you come in the store. Other favorites are the Chico reusable bags and specialty kitchen items like sushi mats, measuring cups, natural and reusable coffee filters, chop sticks, marble mortar and pestles, and many other choices. Books: Harmony is one of your best sources in the area for the most requested and trusted books on food, nutrition, and health. The Moosewood series of cookbooks, Prescription for Nutritional Healing and Herbal healing, the original Nourishing Traditions and the more recent Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care, the Harmony Co-op Good Food Deli Cookbook – they’re all here! We also have a wide selection of books from our extremely talented pool of local authors which includes children’s books, non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and more! Classes: Our amazing selection of classes are the perfect gift for everyone on your list! With classes on plant based cooking, world cuisine, salve making, food preservation, home brewing, and more. The choices are endless! Gifts Cards: I don’t know about you, but try as hard as I might there is always a couple of people on my list for whom I have no idea what to get. So I go to my usual safety net: Gift Cards. However, giving a gift card from Harmony is different. You can feel good knowing you are giving the gift of quality, organic, local, and/or fair trade products. Cooperative Ownership: We all have that one person or family on our list that seems to have it all. Investing in a share of Class A Stock for them is the perfect gift! Not only does it make them a Member-Owner like you, but it helps build the base of our cooperative and gives them access to all of the sales including the Member-Owner Deals and the quarterly discount. It’s the gift that, literally, keeps on giving! Remember, when you buy local, you’re not only getting quality products, you are also supporting our local economy. According a study by the National Co-op Grocer’s Association, on average, for every $1,000 you spend at Harmony Co-op, you generate $1,600. Yes! You heard that right! $1,600 of economic activity is generated in our community just by shopping at your co-op and other local stores! The holidays are a time to celebrate and enjoy what the season has to offer. While you are preparing, keep your co-op in mind. We not only have great gift ideas, we have the best, quality ingredients to make the perfect holiday meal! From all of us at Harmony Co-op, we wish you all a happy, safe, and healthy holiday season!