Serious talk of “fully pedestrianizing” Plaza, with car-free mall to Creamery District Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The Plaza Improvement Task Force is well into its quest to improve conditions on the Arcata Plaza. Charged by the City Council to identify, prioritize and make recommendations to the City Council on projects and…
At The Market: Support farmers by leaving dogs home
It was interesting walking around the farmers’ market, looking for folks who would be willing to pose for a photograph with my homemade sign, “I support our farmers – I left my dog at home.” I skipped the people with dogs for obvious reasons. Some people acted as if I wanted to talk to them…
At The Market: Farmers’ Market merch is so Arcata
You’ve been to the merch booth at your favorite group’s concert, buying CDs, downloads if you are hipper, and of course, a T-shirt. The merch booth, otherwise known as the information booth, at the Arcata Farmers’ Market makes those music merch booths look positively out of date. Where else but at the Arcata market can…
Arcata Farmers’ Market mourns, adapts to sudden challenge
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA PLAZA – The North Coast Growers Association (NCGA) learned Saturday at 5 a.m. that it wouldn’t be able to use half the Plaza. With the Ninth Street side an off-limits crime scene, the market would have to adapt. City Manager Karen Diemer, NCGA Executive Director and Director of…
Coast Guard comes to the rescue
U.S. Coast Guard McKINLEYVILLE/DINSMORE – At 11:45 A.M. this morning, Feb. 6, the U.S. Coast Guard received a request for assistance from the Southern Trinity Health Services dispatch office in Dinsmore to transport a patient from the Dinsmore Airport to the nearest hospital. An ambulance was transporting an 88-year-old female patient with pneumonia and difficulty…
Member Linkage Report to the Northcoast Co-op Board, January 2014
Melanie Bettenhausen has been working with our Marketing, Membership and Merchandising team to determine the best way for the Board to support the proposed ordinance that would effectively ban the cultivation and production of GMO crops in Humboldt County. While everyone on our team is personally in support of it, there seems to be hesitancy…
The NCGA’s GMO Policy
The Mad River Union asked the North Coast Growers’ Association for its statement regarding the GMO crop ban. Here it is: The North Coast Growers’ Association endorses the Humboldt County Genetic Contamination and Prevention Ordinance. The North Coast Growers’ Association operates Certified Farmers’ Markets for the benefit of both producers and consumers; promotes public awareness…