cha-ching + diaeresis

The first 3 weeks of our CSA totaled 28 pounds of vegetables!

I procure the rest of our food (including even more vegetables o_o) at the downtown farmers' market and at the town's food coöperative, of which I'm a member.
   I fell in love with the coöp when I learned that to shop there, I was to bring my own containers (weighed and tare weight marked) and fill 'em up. Such had been my dream!
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   The coöp's better than I had dreamed a grocery store could be; it's so much more, so much more awesome than a traditional standard grocery store, and not just because of packaging reduction and reuse. It offers food education classes (see principle #5 of the 7 Coöperative Principles). It has provenance stickers for each produce item, and a special sticker for local items.
   I wish I could take all my readers on a tour.

The coöp also relies on member volunteers.
   Earlier this week I finished my final training session (a supervised shift) to qualify as a volunteer cashier.
   I think that being a cashier is a daring job. It takes chutzpah. I have to be bold. I have to execute. I have to be careful but speedy. I have to handle money. It's a good way for me to do something crazy and new, and it earns me a wee stipend.
   Tomorrow morning, I take on my first lonesome cashiering shift! Wish me luck.