Thoughtful Foods is a volunteer-run co-operative. We sell minimally packaged, ethically produced, non-genetically modified and affordable whole foods and household products to the UNSW community and beyond.
A Volunteer-run Cooperative at UNSW
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Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 12
A warm winter welcome to my wonderful woolly weaders! I spoke to my Brisbanite sister this afternoon and she was complaining that it was too cold. Mmm... yes... don't you hate it when it's a chilly 22 degrees outside! Its my second winter away from Canberra and I still have the expectation that when I look out to a grey day in the morning I'll need to brace myself against the frosty air when I step outside. Still a good time to start testing those soup recipes I say!
Now, since my greeting seems to suggest I'm writing to sheepies, I'd like you all to follow me into the news...
Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 11
Hello Readers! Did we all survive the whipping winds from the North!! I think half of poor old Maroubra Beach got blown halfway up the hill. I was already getting perforated eyeballs (or receiving a free facial exfoliation) from high speed sand granules as I battled my way to the surf club before I even got within 100m of the beach. I was headed down there for some yoga, as a result of which I am now suffering of overstretched hamstrings. Or something. Maybe I'm just a wimp.
Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 10
Good Evening Folks! In the spirit of MasterChef (which I'm watching for the first time tonight) I thought I'd write about food. It's been a week of all new tastes for me. Firstly, on Thursday, I picked up my loaf from the shop. It's been two weeks coming and was worth the wait, although I've forgotten what is was that I ordered (I can tell you it was something to do with soy and linseed). Every time we slice I'm still there picking all the crumbs off the bread board. Can't let those tasty seeds go to waste.
Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 9
Hello dear readers. Firstly I'd like to apologise to Suzie for the incorrect heading for the Chai and Chat in last week's bulletin. I wrote "This Weekend" and since it was actually on a Thursday I'm hoping I didn't lose too many readers with the incorrect line. I know she sent out a reminder email throughout the week so hopefully it was a success. My poor computer is struggling this evening trying to cope with the software I installed on it for uni. It was already running in slow-mo, like a walkman coping with drained batteries, before I loaded it up with more work, so, to be safe, I'd better send off the bulletin. Otherwise I might be left with a gurgling melted mess on the table and no way of spreading the short, but sweet, news for the week:
Semester 1 Week 8
Oh Happy May dear Readers. Did anyone dance around a May Pole? What fun things they made us do in primary school. In Germany there is a tradition for guys to put a decorated 'May tree' outside of the house of their 'love'. I was busy trying to put the guilt trip on my boyfriend for my lack of tree but he quickly pointed out that I'd have been against any sort of tree cutting anyway and that surely I wouldn't approve of such unsustainable practices. Ok, point taken. I already seem to be opposed against all other special calendar days because of the consumeristic connotations linked to them all. Why not at the 1st of May to the list too?
Semester 1 Week 7
Good Evening Readers. We had a short break, and now a week back at our studies. Already the end of semester is looming and we have snow on the mountains! Does that mean the ski season is upon us already?
Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 6
It was a dark and stormy night as Joey sat, crouched over her laptop, frantically herding keystrokes into words...
Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 5
Happy Easter Long-weekend to those celebrating it for it's original meaning, those that enjoy delicious cocoa bean goodness and all those that just appreciate an extra long public holiday. I spent the last three days in the wilderness of Wollemi National Park, surrounded by blaring ghetto blasters pumping the soundtrack to the new Fast & Furious movie, screeching youths up at the crack of dawn practicing their totem tennis skills and the very finest specimens of 'authentic australians', easily identified by the stubby clutched in one hand providing vital hydration on a 9km walk to see glow worms. Not quite the weekend 'getting away from it all' that I expected, but hilarious never the less. The road there rattled our radiator so much it started sputtering green ooze like a snotty toddl
Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 4
Buenos tardes amigos! I recently found a link to a site called WakeUp Sydney! What got me there was the promise of a film and music event but the front page quickly told me it had booked out. After some browsing on the site I came across a 'free gift'. Free anything is always good (actually a lot of free things are no good at all, however, the word 'free' does catch my eye) but what kept my attention was the concept: Kindness Cards - a sort of organised 'pay it forward' scheme. So, I ordered my cards and they soon arrived in the mail. On the front was written a quote: "one great, strong, unselfish soul in every community could actual
Bulletin - Semester 1 Week 3
A very good morning to you all. I hope you had a lovely weekend. For me half of it involved a mini-adventure up to Cowan on a field trip, which was interesting enough. Camping on a field station doesn't seem so out-in-the-wilderness when you can hear the Newcastle train whistling by every hour. Anyway people, work calls, and therefore so does the bus (flat tyre still to be fixed). Here is this weeks news (it's a fairly quiet week this week):
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