New Roots Coffee Now at Just Local Food!

New Roots Coffee is now available in Eau Claire, WI and ONLY at Just Local Food Co-op!

As the coffee buyer for our store, I had heard about this place via a recommendation from a family member. After tasting some of the varieties New Roots offers, I had to get it in our store. And to make a good thing even better, New Roots supports the coffee growers by paying ABOVE fair trade pricing and has a deep commitment to quality. You can expect a focused lineup of beans coming from some great coffee-producing regions. New Roots coffee is roasted-to-order, which happens every week here at Just Local Food. Based out of Ringle, WI this coffee is only coming from 100 miles away to Eau Claire once roasted. We're proud to work with yet another Wisconsin coffee roaster (in fact, that's all we work with)!




We now offer the Daylight in the Swamp! Breakfast Blend in bulk with more varieties on the way. Check out this great blend the next time you're in the store!

If you care about clean rivers and streams please make your thoughts known to the EPA. But time is running out!

The Pew Charitable Trust has compiled this information through their PEW Environment Group. Please take a moment to read and respond.

What's the Big Secret?

Much of the pollution in U.S. rivers and streams today comes from the manure generated by CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations), which confine thousands of animals on a single site. To determine the extent of the problem and how it might be better addressed, the public and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) need to know more about these facilities and the waste they produce. But unlike many other industries, CAFOs do not regularly disclose facility-specific information to the EPA—and the powerful interests behind CAFOs want to keep it that way.

Under a recent settlement agreement, the EPA promised a regulation that would require CAFOs nationwide to report some basic facts, such as the location of the operation and number of animals housed. The EPA is now asking for public comments on a proposed rule to collect some of this data from the nation’s largest CAFOs. Having this information will vastly improve the agency’s ability to ensure that CAFOs comply with the Clean Water Act and do not contaminate our lakes and waterways.

Gathering this information is about simple transparency and protecting the environment, but industrial animal agriculture is fighting to keep CAFOs shrouded in secrecy. The industry is pressing the EPA to withdraw the proposal or limit its application. So please act now, and urge everyone you know to do the same.

Ask the EPA to finalize a rule that collects information from CAFOs across the country. We have only until Jan. 19 to get as many comments as possible.

Click here for more information on the proposed rule and Regulations.gov.

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