Comments about ‘Grocery co-op in northern Utah's future?’

Utah has needed this for a long time to give some competition to the mega food processors tainting our food with chemicals and preservatives to ship food thousands of miles. I would rather have locally grown food myself and I hope this organization can do more to keep these farmers in operation.

They should start by lobbying for tax breaks on their land and its being passed to later generations of a family. They should also lobby for a law that keeps developers from buying farm land and shutting down the farms for other uses of the land. The time has come that farm land is more precious than a new home or subdivision.

I hope more of their food makes it to the Salt Lake area for consumption and help support Utah farmers.

I can't wait to see the immense selection that will be offered in the seafood department.

Right now Wal-Mart sells a whole lot of organic food items that they didn't five years ago.

Why? There was a demand for it.

And the price at Wal-Mart for organic milk is a whole lot better than at Whole Foods or even Smiths.

If the demand skyrockets for locally grown food items what are the chances that Smith's and Wal-Mart and Associated Foods Stores ignore that demand?

In a time of pricing pressure, all any cooperative can offer is affinity. Because the dividend is worth very little.

I'm a member of REI, but I seldom shop there; it's too expensive.

In short, while I expect there's a strong future for locally-produced food items, I'm not so chary about the future of local food co-op.

That's the idea. Buying clean, LOCAL food that's not trucked around the country for days.

You ARE aware that trout and other freshwater fish are sold in "seafood departments", right?

Neanderthals abound in Utah.

What a great return of security within our great state "UTAH". Just think of keeping the profits here in Utah. Smiths (Now Kroger) takes dollors out of our state, so do Albertsons and other food stores. The thought of being far more self dependant makes my day, how about yours? God bless this idea and its return. Thank men of foresight and wisdem. I will be there. I have seen the co-op in Sanpete County and the great value they are to it people. May be we should use this idea for health care right here in Utah. Thanks men.

Here comes another pyramid scheme. Doesnt Utah ever get tired of these half baked ideas? Is there enough agriculture in utah to sustain a full grocery store. Lets call it organic and local and use buzz words like sustainable........ This makes me laugh.

Hey Fred if you want your dollars to stay in state then shop the Utah stores that are already doing business here. Harmons, Maceys, Dicks, Dans, Lynns, Winegars, Kents, and Lees (just to name a few). All locally owned and operated. And Albertsons is now owned by Associated Foods(at least 36 of those stores). Thats a Utah Company Fred those dollars stay here.

Do your research! Co-ops are doing very well in Alberta and across Canada.

For everyone that believes they are eating organic food, heres a quote from the USDA. "All synthetics are prohibited in organic production and handling, unless they appear on the National List under 205.601, 205.603, and 205.605 (b)."

There are plenty of non organic substances on that list, including preservativies.

I am all for Local sustainability, but I suggest you look up Greenspirit from Dr. Patrick Moore, one of the original founders of GreenPeace. It will open your eyes to a whole new light on Local Sustainability. I say lets have a Local Co-op with organic and non organic foods.

Ugh, as well done as this article is, it is clearly an example of the Deseret News striving for that "more Mormon" flair that the publisher wants. Although a co-op could be connected to ZCMI, it just seems like an unnecessary stretch when talking about a new grocery co-op venture.

There are so many people who would love to see a good co-op in northern Utah!

Good luck!!

Much of the cheese at WalMart is locally produced at the Schreiber's plant in Logan. Even Tillamook is done there at Gossners.