Linden Hills Co-op 2016 Annual Meeting
You are invited!
Thursday, October 27th
6 pm to 8:30 pm
St Mary's Greek Orthodox Church
3450 Irving Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Join us for a night of local food and celebration! We will again be hosting a community food fair with many local food and beverage vendors and several community organizations. You’ll have the opportunity to fill your plate with tastes from our favorite local producers while enjoying the company of fellow co-op members. Our deli will prepare appetizers, cut cheeses, and desserts and we’ll be serving wine. Stay for a presentation from LHC’s Board President and Interim General Manager and keynote speech from Midwest Food Connection.
Come cast your vote for the proposed consolidation, our new board directors and recipients of the Seedling Fund! Election results for the Board of Directors and Seedling Fund will be announced at the end of the meeting.
Registration for the 2016 annual meeting is now closed.
The Evening's Schedule
5:30pm Welcome and registration
6:00pm Community Food Fair
7:20pm Interim General Manager and Board President Report
8:00pm Keynote Speaker: Uli Koester from Midwest Food Connection
8:25pm Election Results announced for the 2016-17 Board Candidates and Recipients of the Seedling Fund
Keynote Speaker
Uli Koester, the Executive Director of Midwest Food Connection will be speaking about the important work that Midwest Food Connection has done in our neighborhood schools for the past 20 years.
Midwest Food Connection (MFC) sends educators into elementary school classrooms to teach local school children about healthy eating, local foods and sustainable and organic agriculture. Their lessons range from preparing foods with the children to talking about ethnic and indigineous foods to teaching children how to grow vegetables at home. Over the course of a year, Midwest Food Connections teaches over 1,700 lessons in local schools.
Learn more about Midwest Food Connection.