River Valley Co-op started to charge 10¢ per bag in response to the single-use plastic bag ban as an effort to join forces in reducing waste. Verbiage, posters and other graphics were made to remind customers to bring their reusable bag.
Category Archives: Multimedia
Graphic Design: RVC – Activity Book
Part of the National Co+op Grocers Association there is a kids program designed to get children excited about food. About 9 months ago I was tasked with creating an activity book. The book was designed to have 36 pages, with 3 being recipes for kids. Additionally, there was a sticker page featuring graphics/icons from the brand.
I did quite a bit of research in activity books to get a feel of the designs used as they tend to be less formal, fun and exciting and more flow-y and illustrative. I used leaves and fruits and vegetables as part of this design.
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Photography: Boston Harbor Engagement Shoot
Yesterday I was in Boston for an engagement shoot! I was excited to do this as it’s not often I get to do these kinds of shoots. I was particularly worried about the weather but mid-day it was dry, though cloudy. This couple met at the Boston World Trade Center and it was fun doing a shoot that spoke to them as couple. We also stopped by the beer garden to take a few pics. They seem happy with results as do I!
Photography: Art in the Orchard Opening
They currently tend 90 varieties of perennial fruit in the form of raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, plums, cherries, pears and apples. Their apples are set up for Pick-Your-Own harvesting and they sell them at our farmstand here and at several farmer’s markets. Art In the Orchard is a walking sculpture trail which winds through our productive fruit gardens. The self-guided trail is about a half-mile long. A walk through the labyrinth adds about a quarter mile. This year’s exhibition is the fourth biennial which features all new works by sculptors as selected by their credentialed jury.
Graphic Design: Art in the Orchard – Trail Map
They currently tend 90 varieties of perennial fruit in the form of raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, plums, cherries, pears and apples. Their apples are set up for Pick-Your-Own harvesting and they sell them at our farmstand here and at several farmer’s markets. Art In the Orchard is a walking sculpture trail which winds through our productive fruit gardens. The self-guided trail is about a half-mile long. A walk through the labyrinth adds about a quarter mile. This year’s exhibition is the fourth biennial which features all new works by sculptors as selected by their credentialed jury.
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Graphic Design: Art in the Orchard – Program
They currently tend 90 varieties of perennial fruit in the form of raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, plums, cherries, pears and apples. Their apples are set up for Pick-Your-Own harvesting and they sell them at our farmstand here and at several farmer’s markets. Art In the Orchard is a walking sculpture trail which winds through our productive fruit gardens. The self-guided trail is about a half-mile long. A walk through the labyrinth adds about a quarter mile. This year’s exhibition is the fourth biennial which features all new works by sculptors as selected by their credentialed jury.
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Graphic Design: Art in the Orchard – Postcard
They currently tend 90 varieties of perennial fruit in the form of raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, plums, cherries, pears and apples. Their apples are set up for Pick-Your-Own harvesting and they sell them at our farmstand here and at several farmer’s markets. Art In the Orchard is a walking sculpture trail which winds through our productive fruit gardens. The self-guided trail is about a half-mile long. A walk through the labyrinth adds about a quarter mile. This year’s exhibition is the fourth biennial which features all new works by sculptors as selected by their credentialed jury.
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Graphic Design: Meat Jerky Labels
The Meat and Seafood and Prepared Food Departments at River Valley Co-op worked to collaborate together to create a new product line featuring housemade meat jerky. The Marketing Department create three distinct labels using the scratch-made branding.
Graphic Design: Strawberry Ice Cream Social
Graphic Design: Jon Steinman Book Tour
Jon Steinman Book Tour: Grocery Story: The promise of food co-ops in the age of grocery giants
In-Store Meet the Author, 11am – 5pm
Talk & Book Signing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Presented by Jon Steinman and New Society Publishers
Jon Steinman will be making a stop at our Co-op as part of 100-city international book tour for Grocery Story: The promise of food co-ops in the age of grocery giants, published by New Society Publishers. A compelling case of the long and steady work of consumer-owned food co-ops and their relentless and remarkable work to remain relevant and impactful in their communities even in the age of modern chain grocery giants.
About the Author:
Jon Steinman has studied and worked with all things food for over two decades. He was the producer and host of the internationally syndicated radio show and podcast Deconstructing Dinner, once ranked as the most-listened-to food podcast in Canada. Jon is the writer and host of “Deconstructing Dinner: Reconstructing our Food System” – a television and web series currently streaming online. Jon coordinates and curates the annual Deconstructing Dinner Film Festival of compelling food documentaries and was an elected director from 2006-2016 of the Kootenay Co-op – Canada’s largest independent retail consumer food co-op, serving as Board President from 2014-2016. He lives in Nelson, BC.
WHY GROCERY STORY?