Monastery-Fresh Lamb from Popular Oklahoma Co-Op

A unique co-op that both offers fresh foods and supports small farming is thriving in the Show Me State, according to this article in The News and Courier in Alabama. A $50 fee to the Oklahoma Food Cooperative allows you to buy in and sell your produce, locally-raised meat, products or wares, including tie-died clothing and wool products. Vendors, the article says, include Clear Creek Monastery “The monks offer lamb from the flocks they tend on their rich pastures.” The sheep in this photo are from the Clear Creek flock. The co-op model, which now boasts 105 member-producers is catching on in Texas and Nebraska.