Julie Cross

Organization:

Davis Food Co-op

Website:

http://www.davisfood.coop

Email:

jcross@davisfood.coop

Julie Cross works on food education and outreach to schools for Davis Food Coop in Davis, Calif.

Articles by Julie Cross

Teaching Kids: Food Education in America

Issue: #153 March - April - 2011

If you're reading this during store hours, chances are that someone at your co-op is teaching a kid about food right now. Truth be told, it's actually more difficult to avoid teaching kids about...

Menus Get the Message Out

Issue: #145 November - December - 2009

The Davis (Calif.) Food Co-op has long held a strategy of winning by becoming the “authority on everything.” We’ve spent literally years cultivating that strategy, answering countless peculiar...

Grocery Shopping in a Recession

Issue: #138 September - October - 2008

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To anyone over the age of 40, the signs are clear: an increase in job seekers, their average age, and...

The Farmers Market: An Invitation to Play

Issue: #130 May - June - 2007

With more than 90 vendors, $2 million in annual sales, and a customer count that hovers around 7,000 each week, the Davis Farmer’s Market has moved beyond “quaint local tradition” straight into an...

Carrots in the Classroom

Issue: #117 March - April - 2005

It sounds remarkably like a late-night TV ad: “In just minutes a day, you can fulfill your outreach needs, please your core members, attract mid-level consumers, educate small children, and make...