In 2017, The Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center and Western Pennsylvania Humane Society have become Humane Animal Rescue merged and are now Humane Animal Rescue. Their open door policy ensures that no animal is ever refused shelter. The non-profit provides care to abandoned, neglected, and injured animals, including injured, orphaned, or ill [...]
By Kate Safin, Marketing & Member Services Manager For several decades, the eco-minded consumer in the United States enjoyed access to reasonable and reliable recycling options. In the early 1990s, most recycling was sorted at home and dropped off at a local recycling or waste management center or picked up curbside. Then in the early [...]
The 2018 Pittsburgh Urban Farm Tour took place Saturday, September 8th. The annual event is organized by the East End Food Co-op (EEFC), Pittsburgh Food Policy Council (PFPC), and Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) to promote urban agriculture as a viable means for food production, build connections between consumers and farmers, and support [...]
Shop the Bulk Department. There are hundreds of items that come without the extra packaging, plus you can shop with your own containers (or reuse the ones we provide). Choose products that come in reusable glass containers like milk and our on-tap kombucha. Put produce in reusable mesh bags or recyclable/compostable paper bags. You [...]
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In September, Co-op Members had the opportunity to pre-order fresh, local, pasture raised turkeys from Heritage Farm. This was our first year collaborating with the farm to raise a flock of turkeys exclusively for the East End Food Co-op. Your support for local is clear! We pre-sold 43 of 50 birds. You can imagine the [...]
Here are some tips to help you recycle it right: Clean material is a resource and dirty material is garbage. Items in your recycling bin should be empty, clean, and dry. Lids: remove from glass containers, screw on tightly to plastic, and only include tin can lids if they are still attached to a can. [...]
The Co-op Community fund helps East End Food Co-op put cooperative principles into action, specifically education, training, and information; cooperation among cooperatives; and concern for community. Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF) sponsors the Co-op Community Fund program and donates income earned from the investment principle to local non-profit groups working on issues relating to [...]
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PASA works to improve the environmental soundness, social responsibility, and economic viability of food and farming systems in Pennsylvania and beyond. In existence since 1992, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) is a diverse network of growers, businesses, and consumers that facilitates and enables viable farming systems to provide healthy food as locally as [...]