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organo (or ga’ no)n. a vestige of the hippie
generation; a person who, in an attempt to get
back to the basics, buys healthful, unprocessed,
organic foods in natural food stores.
Eugene is a veritable haven for organos. As a
member of one store put it, the area is glutted with
natural food stores.
Students — organos and nonorganos — also
purchase so-called natural foods. An informal
survey reveals those items purchased most often
by students include bagels, yogurt, granola,
cheese and juice
A price average for seven area stores was
derived by adding up the prices of 11 different
items and dividing by 11.
The eleven items priced at each store were
Nancy’s 8-ounce fruit and plain yogurt; Golden
Temple and Solstice granola; Tillamook Cheddar,
rennetless (rennet comes from the stomach of
cows and is used to make cheese) jack, swiss and
Jarlsberg cheese; and Genesis apple and apple
blend juices by pint and quart. Bagels were not
included in the computation because they are not
sold at all natural food stores.
From lowest to highest price average, the
stores are the Food-op at 1535 Agate, Sundance
Natural Food Store at 748 E. 24th, The Kiva at 136
E. 11th, Willamette People’s Co-op at 1391 E.
22nd, Community Natural Food and General
Store at 140 E. 5th, The New Frontier Market at
1101 W. 18th and Sahalie Natural Foods at 611 E,
13th.
The Food-op is operated in a run-down shack
by students. It has a relatively limited selection of
foods and fresh produce.
It's perhaps most famous for its 15-cent
bagels. Even the manufacturer, Humble Bagel,
charges 5 cents more.
The Food-op also offers yogurt at prices
lower than any other natural food store. Nancy’s
Yogurt is 44 cents for 8 ounces of plain and 55
cents for fruit. Other best buys include quarts of
Genesis apple and apple-fruit blend juices and
Tillamook Cheddar and Jarlsberg cheese.
Sundance offers cheap pints of juice and
some of the cheapest granola. The Golden Tem
ple’s “golden granola" is $1.45 per pound and
Solstice s “crunchy’’ is $1.30
In addition to its large variety of stock, a chief
attraction of Sundance is its close proximity to
other organo stores, including shops with fresh
produce, bagels, hardware and garden supplies,
and coffees and teas.
The Kiva offers an even wider selection of
natural foods, especially fresh produce. It has the
cheapest Solstice granola, the second-cheapest
yogurt and some reasonably priced juices.
The Willamette People's Co-op is the only
true cooperative among the natural food stores
mentioned. However, members say they expect to
remain open only two months longer and are
unsure whether they will relocate and reopen.
Households wishing to join the co-op in the
meantime must work two hours per month. Non
members who shop there are charged 10 percent
more than members for each item.
Willamette People’s Co-op, operating out of a
renovated house, is the oldest natural food store
in the Northwest. Members say other stores in the
area have been drawing customers away.
For members, it offers cheese at some of the
lowest prices and juice at some of the highest.
Nonmembers pay the highest price in all ca
tegories at the co-op.
Community Natural Foods looks like an or
ganic Safeway. It offers the widest selection and
the cleanest surroundings. Its prices are moder
ate with the exception of 53- and 66-cent Nancy’s
yogurt.
The New Frontier, located in a homey old
house, and Sahalie, conveniently close to cam
pus, both are well-stocked, but a little more
expensive than the other natural food stores.
For example, Sahalie sells Tillamook Cheddar
at $3 per pound, the New Frontier sells it at $2.79,
while the Food-op charges $2.40.
And all offer friendly service.
PUBLICATIONS
• The Woodstove Handbook Terilyn Anderson,
Kevin McKay, Merrie Buel. 1979
• How to Use Small Claims Court by Merrie
Buel, Charlie Harris. Mary Vale Vitums, July,
1978
The Rising Cost ot Health Care by Fredd Segal.
1977
• Water Crisis??? Alternative Policy Scenarios,
January 20 & 21, 1978, edited by Jan Sokol.
Ecosystem Management of Forests — January.
1980
Legal Rights — A Handbook for the Visually
Impaired — 1979
The Renter's Handbook — 1979-80 Edition
Paint My Mailbox Blue A Guide to Group Ow
nership and Use of Real Property by Constance
Crooker, Attorney at Law, June, 1979
Utility Deposit Practices — January. 1980
No Credit For Women Sexual Discrimination in
the Marketplace of Consumer Credit A Report -
by the Women and Credit Study Group. Fe
bruary, 1 "”3.
* Women and the Law Laws of Special Interest
to Women in Oregon, 1977
* Saving AM the Pieces: Old Growth Forest in
Oregon by Cameron La Follette. March, 1979
* The Facts Behind Home Financing by Charles
Harris. Michelle Haynes, 1978
Oregon's Bottle Bill: A Riproaring Success " by
John R Savage, Henry R Richmond III May 6,
1976
Complaining to the Public Utility Commissioner
and the Oregon Insurance Division by David
Tobin, Ian McColgin, June, 1978
* Juvenile Detention Facilities in Oregon: Care.
Guidance & Control? April, 1973, January, 1978
Homosexuality, Employment and Discrimina
tion by Sharon White, Wendy Redersen, April,
1975
* Living in Oregon's Nursing Homes A Problem
Solving Guide tor Residents, Their Friends, and
Relatives, by Walter H Crandall, Photographs by
Robert Cradall, October, 1978
* Unit Pricing In Oregon by Thomas J McIntyre,
Faith E Ruffing, 1975
• Migrant Living Conditions, Jesus R Lopez.
1978
* Peaceful Corps Existence? A Citizen’s Guide
to the U S Army Corps of Engineers by Douglas
M DuPriest, June. 1976
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