Bethlehem Food Co-Op announces first elected Board of Directors

At Bethlehem Food Co-op’s first Membership Meeting last night, the following volunteers were elected to the Board of Directors for the following term lengths:

• Jon Soden – one-year term
• Varee Var – one-year term
• Kelly Allen – two-year term
• Joe Amedeo – two-year term
• Matt Hengeveld – two-year term
• Heather Manning – three-year term
• Gary Warren – three-year term
• Santiago Rivera – three-year term

To read a short bio on each new board member, visit http://www.bethlehemfood.coop/2014_board_candidates. For a short Q&A with each board member go to http://www.bethlehemfood.coop/board_nominee_q_a.

Until now an interim board has been leading the organization. Soden, Amedeo, Manning, Warren and Rivera served on the interim board.

The Co-op’s public meetings will resume in January 2015 and will change to taking place quarterly instead of monthly. Meeting locations are still to be announced.

The idea for the Co-op was launched in 2011 by a group of community-minded individuals. It was legally incorporated in 2012. A membership drive was launched in 2013 with each member paying a one-time fee of $300 to join. Tentative plans are to open the co-op in late-2015 if its membership goal is reached. To-date the Co-op has 164 paid member-owner households.

The Bethlehem Food Co-Op is a diverse community encouraging physical, social, and economic health by providing healthful, affordable food; emphasizing local, sustainable, humane, and natural food systems; and offering unique educational opportunities to the entire community. More information can be found at http://www.bethlehemfood.coop