Whitewater Grocery Company, that is.

Four year anniversary of the beginning of an attempt to form a co-op grocery store here in Whitewater. As owner #73 out of the current number of 743 I had become frustrated by the slow pace of progress. According to co-op guidelines, 780 members are needed before anything much can really happen.

I therefore, about a year ago, decided to stick my oar in, to try to goose the process—my philosophy being, of course, that a membership drive should actually have some drive to it, and that people like engaging in things rather than just picking up a brochure or a wooden spoon. I therefore developed a number of quizzes that passers-by can interact with. At today’s event (disappointingly small) my Goofy Food Quiz got a lot of laughs—and one new member.

Do Potatoes Grow On Trees