This is the first in a series of columns on the politics of local food by Kara Joy McKee, general operations manager of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative. The Coop connects consumers to local food producers through a website that allows people to order directly from Oklahoma farmers. Orders are distributed every month at 40 sites throughout the state.
by Kara Joy McKee
As the new general operations manager of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative (OKF), I had the privilege to travel to our nation’s capital last month to get a front and center …
PRESS RELEASE
Those interested in volunteering at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History are invited to attend one of two volunteer orientation sessions: one from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 20; and the other from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. The sessions will take place in the Kerr Auditorium at the museum, located at 2401 Chautauqua Ave. on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus.
Volunteers serve the museum as docents, education assistants, greeters for visiting school groups, information desk helpers and other …
Greetings to our Founders and Supporters! Many exciting things have happened and are being planned. Here are some of them:
FCC Ruling
Founders Party
Web Magazine
Grants
Program Proposals
Mission Statement
Founders List
FCC Ruling
We are delighted to report that a very favorable ruling was issued by the FCC last week which affirms the position of Voices of Oklahoma Radio. Our last remaining competitor for the Voices airspace filed a bogus claim and has been denied the priority they claimed. The FCC says the South Central Oklahoma Christian Broadcast, Inc. will have to go into the points …
The Apache House is our latest addition to the Voices of Oklahoma Blogs. Tate James has been running the site at his own place since April, in collaboration with Seth Clark and Jared Flaming.
As Tate describes it:
The Apache House was born out of the wonderful Oklahoma creative community, and that community continues to be our focus. We do our best to create and promote Norman-based art, in whatever form it takes, and hopefully along the way we can get people involved in the diverse creative atmosphere that is already thriving …
On October 24, Normanites joined the International Day of Climate Action, taking part in one of more than 5200 events in 181 countries. The Day was organized by 350.org, an international campaign to reduce the carbon in earth’s atmosphere to less than 350 parts per million, which many scientists have identified as a safe upper limit to avoid disastrous climate change.
Below are photos and a write-up of the event by VOK Board Vice-President Mary Francis:
Everything went according to plan. We enjoyed a sunny Fall day in the 60s with our …
by Asia Scudder and Gene Perry
In October the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) held a public meeting to share its long-range transportation plan for central Oklahoma. ACOG is a volunteer association of city, town, and county governments within Central Oklahoma that is responsible for coordinating regional development and aiding local governments in planning for transportation needs.
It is predicted that by 2030, 1.3 million Central Oklahomans per day will need to travel to work, to school, to visit friends, or to go shopping, etc. Their travel will total over …
